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Spyrit Byrd Hunters- John Marshall H.S.

                                                                                                                            10/26/2010

     My point of view of bring coyotes in to cut the population. Is if there is an over population

of coyotes then there would be no deer to hunt. Also the coyotes would eat smaller animals like

rabbits, squirrel, turkey, and many other animals if they eat all those animals then there would

be no other animals for us to hunt at all.  If there is nothing for the coyotes to eat then they

would come in city limits and eat cats and small dogs. Also if they come into city limits they

could breed with dogs and people would not want them and eventually the coyotes dogs would

turn and hurt people and there kids.

     Also if the coyotes would come into the city limits hit by cars. That would mean people would

 get hurt and their cars would even get damaged or even towed. Also they could even hurt the

passenger. That would mean that there insurance would go up.

     The good part of the coyotes is we could hunt them for their fur. Also that we could sell

there fur for profits. Also then we would make more money for more hunting. Also one bad

thing about hunting the coyotes and we hunt then out we would have nothing else to hunt.

 

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der shrederzzz- North Harford H.S

                                                                                                                            10/27/2010

Even though some people don't think that hunters have any rights to kill deer, hunters play

a very important role in our environment. If you are for or against killing deer, hunters

keep the population of deer lower than it would be if there were no hunters. Hunters hunt

so that they can have food to support their families, donate the meat to organizations, and

narrow the deer population to a smaller number. Hunters are supplying a necessary food

source for many people in need. Deer overpopulation affects hunters in a few ways but

hunters mostly provide protection to people. The large deer population increases a persons

risk of hitting a deer while their driving and injuring their self. It also increases the rick of

diseases including limes disease which comes from deer ticks. So, hunters help the

community from getting hurt even if you're a tree hugger and don't agree with the killing

of deer. Researchers at West Virginia university found that deer foraging threatens the

survival of ginseng, a medicinal plant that lives on the forest floor and generates more than

 $2 million in income annually for harvesters. My group would like to solve the deer

overpopulation problem in a few ways.  People could allow hunters to hunt their land if it is

said to be overpopulated. Also, instead of having a strict number of days for hunters to

hunt, they could extend the hunting season to a longer time so that the hunters could

narrow the number down a little more.  Lastly, there should be a phone number that people

can call and ask for a hunter to come to their land and hunt their property. I Hear of at

least one story a week of someone hitting a deer when they were driving.  I belong to a

volunteer fire company and there was an accident a few weeks ago where a deer jump

before it was hit and went threw a ladies windshield and injured her. Deer are starting to

threaten peoples lives and their need to be some kind of change to help out the community.

 

 

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MiBrain Hunters- Paw Paw H.S.

                                                                                                                            10/27/2010

If the coyote population increases the deer population will decrease. We think both deer

and coyotes should have a bag limit so they both have the same population. We're

concerned about the potential threat deer farming poses to the state's deer hunting

heritage.  Nationally the private sector market driven movement of live deer and elk has

been responsible for disease outbreaks in free-ranging deer. The threat to West Virginia's

deer population has increased with the recent spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) to

 states east of the Mississippi River.

 

Deer are very charismatic animals, and many people in enjoy seeing, watching,

photographing, or hunting deer.  Although a highly valued species, the white-tailed deer has

reached record population levels in many states and will continue to grow. Densities may

exceed 40 deer per square mile in some rural areas, and over 100 deer/square mile have

been documented near many eastern metropolitan areas.  Overall, public attitudes toward

deer are becoming more negative as deer populations increase. Public concerns include crop

 damage, damage to landscape plants, deer/car collisions, transmission of Lyme disease,

and effects of high deer populations on habitat quality for both deer and other wildlife

species. White-tailed deer garner more interest than any other wildlife species in Virginia.

Many Virginians relish the chance to hunt, watch, or photograph this most popular game

animal. As the largest herbivore (plant-eater) in the Commonwealth, deer have a profound

impact on native forest ecosystems. Deer also inflict millions of dollars in damage to crops,

trees, and gardens and are a safety risk on our highways.

 

 

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Mr Pickles and the J Madness- North Harford H.S

                                                                                                                            10/28/2010

     As hunters, we feel good to play an important role in the deer population issue. Hunters have

 the right to kill deer. Without hunters, the deer population would be through the roof, and their

 would be more issues with random deer accidents. We dont want our children to be driving

down the road and hit a deer. This would cause them serious phycological issues for us. Hunters

 also supply the food supply for many in need. Finally, the more deer, and deer accidents we

have, the more disease we would have in the community.

     According to the WV dnr:The landowners must see that adequate numbers of hunters are

allowed access to their property during the deer hunting seasons and monitor their harvest to

ensure that an adequate number of does are removed each year. The State of West Virginia

must allow the hunters a sufficiently liberal season and bag limits to remove the surplus

deer.(http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/FundDeerMan.shtm)

        Some way we can lower the deer population in a humane way are increase hunting season,

allow hunters to shoot more than one deer a day, and increase natural predators.

         We, as hunters, feel as though we play in an important part in not only helping the

community with over population, but bettering the safty for all.

 

 

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Hunting Devil Dogs- North Harford H.S

                                                                                                                            10/29/2010

Our group is important because hunters are the ones who keep the deer population down by

killing deer. Hunters keep balance in the wilderness. By killing the deer we stop farmers crops

from getting eaten. We also keep deer from eating plants, forest, and destroying ecosystems.

By hunting the deer we keep the population down to a reasonable amount. Hunters kill deer to

help keep our communities safe from environmental disasters that can be caused by over deer

population.

 

 

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The Deer Rangers- Kemps Landing Magnet S. 6th grade

                                                                                                                              11/4/2010

The Deer Rangers “Bang for a buck”

     We the hunters are important because they are one of the primary sources for keeping the

white-tailed deer population moderate. We do this by hunting them and that usually keeps the

population down. Although, people have not been responding and we still need more hunters.

Hunting is good, because it keeps the population down, but if we over hunt then we could lower

the population too much and even make the deer extinct.

     The deer problem affects us because we need more hunters, but it also increases game. This

is because the deer are over populating and there aren’t enough people to hunt the deer. This is

one of the reasons the deer are over populating. When they over populate, they can create

dead zones in the forest. If we could get more hunters or extend the hunting season, we could

definitely help with this problem.

     Our first solution is to try to create a longer hunting seasons. These will both cost almost

NOTHING. The hunting season is from Nov. 15-Jan. 3 right now. If we could increase the

season and the limit of deer that can be killed, we could decrease the amount of deer. Also, this

could affect our life style because it will give us more food to eat. The other solution is to get

more hunters and we could definitely decrease the white-tailed deer population. These would

both affect our lifestyle because we would increase the vegetation and deer meat for food.

     Out of all solutions, we prefer to increase the number of deer that are able to be killed and

the length of the hunting seasons. If we kill more and kill them for a longer time, we could keep

the deer population down and this solution would cost absolutely nothing. These are our

solutions and how they will affect the deer and lifestyle of Virginia.

 

 

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Hungry Hunters- Kemps Landing Magnet S. 6th grade

                                                                                                                              11/5/2010

      The Hungry Hunters

       “Controlling the deer population since 2010”

        We hunters play a very important role in controlling the overpopulation of deer.  As deer

population is succeeding maximum population size, both hunters and deer benefit. We benefit

because if we live in the woods, and are solely hunters.  We have food and can use the fur and

bones, and deer population is minimized.  Basically, the controlling of the overpopulation of

deer could be good or bad for us because if there are a lot of deer, we have more food and fur

to sell, and it’s bad because if they control it too much, we could lose food and money. Deer,

specifically white-tailed deer, are a keystone species in the forest habitat. If they

overpopulate, not only is their species threatened but also other species, too. The

overpopulation of deer can lead to deforestation. As the population density increased because

their predators were hunted, they ate more plant species, decreasing the plants’ species’

populations.  This environmental issue will soon lead to not enough food (the plants), which is a

limiting factor. If the deer population keeps overpopulating, the food web is affected too, this

is a major concern.

        We are important because we can control their overpopulation before it gets out of hand.

We keep the over population in range for the most part. The deer concern about their

overpopulation could affect us greatly because if deforestation occurs, the deer population

density would decrease to a great extent, in which would give us less to hunt. If we have less to

 hunt, that would distress our livelihood of hunting the deer. One solution that we hunters

prefer is that we should spray only some does a year, which prevents reproduction of more

fawns. Another solution is that since the population density is increasing immensely, we should

be able to hunt 8 deer a year east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and 7 deer west of the Blue

Ridge Mountains. One other helpful solution is that we should be able to use dogs to track down

and hunt deer at only certain point in the year.  We could really help and influence the

overpopulation of deer, especially because we are the hungry hunters.

 

 

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3 mouseketeers- Turner Ashby H.S.

                                                                                                                              11/8/2010

      Every year in early October, thousands of hunters venture into the woods in hope of

bringing home a fresh deer to feed their families and boast to their friends about.  But what if

there were no deer left to hunt.  What is the reason for there being no deer you ask?  Coyotes.

if coyotes are introduced into the deer’s environment then the results could be disastrous.  Yes,

 the coyotes would help control deer populations but some hunters make a profit and even a

living off of hunting deer.  Releasing coyotes into the deer’s environment could have horrible

effects on the deer and the deer hunters.

     In addition to killing them, coyotes put deer on edge, which in turn keeps them on the move.

This is bad for hunters because it would be harder for them to find and track the deer.

     Even if the coyotes avoid preying on the older adult deer, they would prey upon the young

fawns.  The answer to that is simple, if the coyotes kill the fawns as soon as they are born then

the adult deer will eventually die and the deer population will not be renewed. 

     If coyotes were introduced into the deer population, then a hunter would be lucky to bring

home one healthy deer per season. But how can we control the deer population? The answer is

simple.  Allow the hunters to get their license at a cheaper price and allow them to hunt more. 

Local butchers could also lower prices for the more deer brought in, which would help increase

the amount of deer people kill.

     The population of deer is a problem but with the right choices the problem can be controlled

easily.

 

 

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The Happy Hunters- Kemps Landing Magnet S. 6th grade

                                                                                                                              11/8/2010

Keeping happy and healthy populations

      We believe that hunting is right because we have to kill the deer before they over populate

even more. Humans also threaten the wildlife by building communities on once the deer’s

habitat. If the deer have too high of a population density even more there will be more car

crashes. Deer will wander into places where they’re not supposed to be and much more. We can

accomplish this task in many ways and here are some of them. It is possible to help deer

populations by hunting deer and not killing their natural predators. By using added rules to the

normal regulations we will be able to keep deer populations in better condition. For example we

can make the hunting seasons longer. The normal hunting season averages from November 15 to

 January 3 but we can make it longer so all the deer don’t die but it lessens the over

populations. So we should extend the hunting season to November 15 to January 9. If we do we

 will be making more money by selling the deer meat to restaurants and people. We could also

give some of the meat to orphanages, Poor homes, and Hunger shelters.  Also we can feed are

families and other families meat. We can be doing all that why lessening the population of

deer. There can also be a permit for off season hunting. You can only buy one permit for the

whole off season days. Also you won’t be able to hunt while the deer are breeding because it

might be hard to reproduce and might really threaten the ecosystem.  Also the food web goes

from sun to plant, plant to deer, deer to bobcats, dogs coyotes, mountain lions, and humans. Also

this is how it should be because our founding fathers  and native  americans survived on deer,

but they had to kill all the predators to kill the deer without being killed. So this is our

statement why hunting is good.

 

 

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Crimson Crusaders- Kemps Landing Magnet S. 6th grade

                                                                                                                              11/9/2010

     As part of the hunter community, I feel that we should have a place in the stakeholder group.

 There are both, Predators and Prey in the life of the White Tailed Deer. These are called

keystone species. There are a few predators of the White Tailed deer, for example: there is

the Grey Wolf, Cougar, Bear, and humans. But there are a few that are prey of the White

Tailed Deer, for example: Deer and Cougars. These are all links to the food web. This shows

who eats who/what and that all carnivores depend on deer for things too. The deer food web

goes from the sun to the grass, the grass to the deer, and the deer to any of the predators I

listed up top.

     Some deer find their way onto the freeway get hit by cars. Over populating deer can cause

deaths and fatal injuries for people. Many of the accidents are when deer see light when

crossing the road and freeze and they get hit and cause brutal car crashes. If hunters kill some

 deer no human can have a deer caused accident. Hunting deer is not bad unless too many are

slaughtered. If hunters cut down the population it would be helpful to all groups of people.

Hunting may be cruel to some people but really it isn’t.

      White tailed deer are a species that are continually growing in population. These deer are

eliminating all of the limiting factors that keep a lot of other species alive. If the population

keeps growing without limitation then they can cause other species to become endangered or

even extinct. If hunters are enabled to hunt white tailed deer more often during certain

seasons than the population of the deer might stay stable.

     Sometimes the population of the deer decreases rapidly. When the deer and the hunter

population decrease, the deer get to populate. To accommodate for this, the clubs have set an

amount of deer to kill, or they have started raising young fawns and then release them. If there

 aren’t any deer, then there won’t be any deer hunters. If there aren’t any deer, there won’t be

any deer predators as well.

     Hunters can have problems with deer. Some hunters call highly trained specialist to

tranquilize the deer and move them to a new area. Others can get different highly trained

specialist to get out most of the deer in the area. Then most of the deer want populate the

forest and ruin it. Then the hunters will get a new problem. It is what the deer eat; (berries,

twigs, and grass). The club of hunters will come together and use teamwork to kill the plants

that the deer eat.

     If we are let in the this group, we will make a change, it might cost us hunter more on

supplies, but it will enable hunters to put the U.S. White Tailed Deer population in check.

Multiple times per year we could send out our specialized hunters to places we need it and less

to areas that we don’t. At a small possible chance that one of our hunters gets hurt, it will keep

the deer population in check, therefore making the whole world a safer place. If the population

 is not reduced, then white tailed deer will overrun the human race.

     If, the hunters are not a part of this group, then this cycle will cease to exist and the whole

“predator vs. prey” structure will fall apart. Therefore this “system”, will eventually break and

will bring more than just this species to extinction.

 

 

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