Canada Pays $834,000 to Cull 84 Deer

[Weatherman2020]

That’s about the number of deer that I could shoot from my back porch in a month if I wanted.


About 84 deer were killed as part of a controversial Sidney Island deer cull that involved marksmen shooting from a helicopter, says Parks Canada.

The goal is to restore the natural ecosystem on the island, located just off Sidney, after years of grazing by the invasive fallow deer, with an estimated current population of a few hundred animals.

The eradication is part of a nearly $6-million multi-year project to restore the Coast Douglas-fir forest ecosystem on the nine-square kilometre island.

The cost of the first phase, which includes the helicopter and marksmen from the U.S. and New Zealand, is about $834,000, said Parks Canada.

Parks Canada says 84 deer killed in $834,000 cull using helicopter

A second phase of ground hunting is expected to take place between the fall of 2024 and spring of 2025

www.timescolonist.com

 

[Blues Man]

Just bring back the wolves it would be a lot cheaper

 

[Moonglow]

That’s about the number of deer that I could shoot from my back porch in a month if I wanted.


About 84 deer were killed as part of a controversial Sidney Island deer cull that involved marksmen shooting from a helicopter, says Parks Canada.

The goal is to restore the natural ecosystem on the island, located just off Sidney, after years of grazing by the invasive fallow deer, with an estimated current population of a few hundred animals.

The eradication is part of a nearly $6-million multi-year project to restore the Coast Douglas-fir forest ecosystem on the nine-square kilometre island.

The cost of the first phase, which includes the helicopter and marksmen from the U.S. and New Zealand, is about $834,000, said Parks Canada.

Parks Canada says 84 deer killed in $834,000 cull using helicopter

A second phase of ground hunting is expected to take place between the fall of 2024 and spring of 2025

www.timescolonist.com

I see, so you do admit to illegally hunting deer.

 

[WinterBorn]

It would have been even cheaper to sell licences and tags to acyual hunters. Same result but taking in money instead of spending it.

 

[fncceo]

Canada Pays $834,000 to Cull 84 Deer​

Were they using nuclear weapons?

 

[fncceo]

I see, so you do admit to illegally hunting deer.

How could you illegally hunt food?

Is that like illegal grocery shopping? Or illegal vegetable gardening?

 

[Moonglow]

How could you illegally hunt food?

Is that like illegal grocery shopping? Or illegal vegetable gardening?

Try it on a federal reserve and get back to me.

 

[WinterBorn]

How could you illegally hunt food?

Is that like illegal grocery shopping? Or illegal vegetable gardening?

Well, there ARE regulations, including seasons for deer hunting. If you hunt out of season, it is illegal. Regardless of what you do with the animal after.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Why didnt they just let evolution takes its course

 

[August West]

Just bring back the wolves it would be a lot cheaper

Pittsburgh is using qualified archers to thin the herd in the city parks. Wolves aren`t an option, obviously.

What's going on with the Pittsburgh deer hunt -- and what's next?

In Frick and Riverview parks, four deer were killed by hunters Aug. 30, the first day of a controversial archery hunt intended to reduce the city’s white-tailed deer population.

www.thecourierexpress.com

 

[August West]

Decades ago, I was staying at a ski resort in WV and got to chatting with an Asian resort employee who told me he works there just for the deer hunting. He had bagged 16 for the season at that point. I didn`t ask what he did with that many deer. Some things are better left unknown.

 

[fncceo]

Try it on a federal reserve and get back to me.

I would never hunt members of the Federal Reserve... they are too stringy and the meat is too gamey

 

[Moonglow]

I would never hunt members of the Federal Reserve... they are too stringy and the meat is too gamey

They have malnutrition also.

 

[fncceo]

They have malnutrition also.

They don't appear to have ever skipped a meal in their lives...