Photos like this should not be allowed here just as I am not allowed to post photos of a guy in woman's underwear. Both are offensive to some members. Right 20mm?

I've done most hunting without using a firearm or bow. That bullet in the throat isn't a great way to go, but it's better than the results from most traps or simple starvation and disease.

Controlling deer over-population?

The first question is how did the over-population happen.

Could it be the killing of the animals that prey on those deer?

It was usually nets or box traps for small game and deadfall traps for things larger than a rabbit. We didn't have the money/technology to make other kinds of traps. Snares were unheard of. You could either bait the deadfall, or flush the animal towards it.

Weapons like spears, knives, bare hands are a great way to put yourself at risk when the animal is fighting for its life.

(Feral pigs were a problem in the rice paddies. But even the small ones could do some serious damage to a human. They were nocturnal and were a real pain in the ass to catch.)

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It's amazing the damage a single pig can do to a paddy. They also multiply like rabbits. They weren't very well tolerated by the farmers.

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One of my first memories of "meat" was a hairy black pig ear from a stew. Heck, who knew it was really cartilage?

Foxes are vermin and people that complain about the culling of vermin are ignorant of standard farming practices. Ever seen what a fox will do to a chicken-coup full of chickens? You wouldn't want to see a picture of that believe me.

Do you have any more pictures Jensen? It's hard to get a sense of scale.

Humans are vermin too and there are too many on the planet. That means it is ok of me to post bloody photos of people killed in wars here, right?