(Douglas County, MN) On Saturday afternoon, the Douglas County Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a male who had fallen out of his deer stand in the woods near Lake Ida.
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It is sobering to think that, within living memory, the cost of a day’s red deer stalking in Scotland could be largely offset by selling the carcass. In real terms, the cost of the sport was much the same as today – perhaps even slightly higher. The big change has been the dramatic plunge in the value of the meat. I base this observation on the figures detailed in a book called Deer Stalking in the Scottish Highlands 1940-1990, by Michael Forsyth-Grant. As far as I can work out, the inflation-adjusted value of venison seems to have declined by something like 90% since those days. Yet modern training and meat hygiene regulations mean that today’s wild venison almost certainly reaches the human food chain in better condition than used to be the case. What’s going on? Rationing Food rationing continued for years after the end of World War II. Meat was the last item to come off rationing, in 1954. Today, meat from all sources is ridiculously cheap by historical standards. We have n
The National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) has opened applications for the 2022/2023 hunting season. This season will see the introduction of mandatory certi.
they are such peaceful looking creatures. wow. it s magnificent. tom kirsop shares his passion of the west highlands with travellers. part of his job is working to conserve the environment forfuture generations. so, tom, tell me about what you do then? so i am a deer stalker on the argyll estates in inveraray and i look after the deer numbers and i keep them in a balance as you have to, because they don t have any predators. and what were the predators before? would ve been wolves and bears, lynx but of course, we ve interfered with that, taken them out of the equation, so it s just us now. and what do you say to people who would think, 0h, deer stalking is cruel, it s inhumane? if you were to leave them and let them go out of control, all you look aboutjust now, the place is beautiful and green and lush and plenty grass that isn t the case throughout the year.