[Tagging] Hunting area tagging

[Greg Troxel]

Craig Wallace <craigw84 at fastmail.fm> writes:

> I think this is wrong. A nature reserve an area to protect wildlife,
> not to allow it to be shot. A nature reserve is managed for the
> purposes of conservation. So if an area is primarily for hunting, it
> is not a nature reserve.

I think you are off here.  Nature is complicated, and "preserving
nature" is too.  There's a long tradition of wildlife management areas
where hunting is allowed (subject to seasons and limits, set by state
wildlife biologists).  In these, while deer and geese are taken, the
area remains natural, and the vegetation is somewhat protected from
overbrowsing by deer.  And, killing individual deer is not bad for the
species.  Around me, and I'm sure around Kevin, as soon as there are
areas that aren't paved over, there are too many deer compared to
historical norms.  Around me, "Wildlife Management Areas" don't feel
different from "Conservation Areas", except that there are a few weeks
you should be wearing orange or avoiding them.

I am near a federal Wildlife Refuge -- and deer hunting is allowed, in
order to keep the population somewhat under control and protect the
vegetation and other species.
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