Not having a gun or a hunting license, I’ve tried to stone deer to death. Doesn’t work. They just stand and look at me as they munch my prized hybrid tea roses. Have at ‘em coyotes. Be my guest.
You got that right. All they are is potential hood ornaments where we live. I'd like to see more people hunt them. I've stopped hunting because where we live they are more like vermin and something seems wrong about getting up early to go hunting when i can stand in my doorway and club them most any day.
Last year, I went out with my son and he got his first buck. This year, we went out together and he got another. While I had a license, I did so simply to be able to carry a gun in the woods and not go through a big hassle should some game warden happen to come along. I didn't fill any of my tags because with the bucks my son killed, we have plenty of tough, dry venison in the deep freeze without need of additional contribution by me.
Next season may be more of a problem because my daughter will be old enough to take into the woods. If she and my son take a buck, we'll be eating tough, dry venison most of the year when my preference is for a nicely marbled ribey.