entropy
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You want European-style game management and decreased license prices to encourage more hunters? Did you not understand Chuck R.'s explanation of game management and hunting regulations in Germany? These things are mutually exclusive. A caste-system style society (hunting-wise, at least) where the expensively managed resource is reserved for those included in and invited by those controlling the funds for management is one step removed from banning the peasants from hunting "the Kings' forests" and making killing "the King's game" ,a crime punishable by death. Were they to invite more hunters, they would have to 'provide' more game-oh wait, that's already what most US States' DNR's (or whatever acronym a State calls theirs) do.
Us 'proles' here in the US prefer our less perfect system of game management of providing habitat, (something not possible in much of Europe, due to population density and all arable land out side of cities needed for agriculture. There is also less privately owned forested or non-framed open land there. ) for larger game populations, and keeping regulations (somewhat) sensible and less expensive.
I am for voluntary advanced hunter training in addition to the Hunter Safety programs now in place. But were not in that place where PH's are needed for all hunts, yet. I hope it never gets that way here.
Us 'proles' here in the US prefer our less perfect system of game management of providing habitat, (something not possible in much of Europe, due to population density and all arable land out side of cities needed for agriculture. There is also less privately owned forested or non-framed open land there. ) for larger game populations, and keeping regulations (somewhat) sensible and less expensive.
I am for voluntary advanced hunter training in addition to the Hunter Safety programs now in place. But were not in that place where PH's are needed for all hunts, yet. I hope it never gets that way here.