[GCFL-discuss] Cooked Geese

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Around here goose hunting is legal, a little messy but if you kill it you
can keep it. That includes deer also. Of course the damage done to your car
or truck will cost more that the protean that you can get form the kill. Our
problem is with deer. Most people don't have the skill to dress a goose or
deer, they kill it and leave it on the side of the road and the meat goes to
waste.

Dave
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To: "Shirley Heit" <sdmheit at verizon.net>
Cc: "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] Cooked Geese


> I think it is time for a legal urban goose hunting season in America.
>
> Thirty years ago, the Canada goose was an endangered species, but now it
> is crowding parks and lawns across the nation, and exhibits no tendency
> to avoid humans or human-frequented areas. When this appeared mostly on
> corporate campuses, I thought, serves those wealthy capitalists right,
> but when great flocks congregate in public parks, it is time to change
> the ecological balance a bit.
>
> Every wild species needs some predators to keep it within its proper
> niche in the ecosystem. Research on reintroduction of wolves in
> Yellowstone Park is a good example. Without wolves, the elk were nibbling
> so many young trees along the river banks, that certain tree species
> whose roots and shade were essential to preserving river banks and fish
> stocks were threatened with extinction. Having wolves around did not
> reduce the number of elk, but they didn't browse in uninterrupted
> contentment. They relearned to be alert to danger, and a good number of
> tree seedlings were therefore spared.
>
> The geese we have today were bred from a very tiny genetic stock, in
> captivity, and have lost all natural sense of self-preservation. They no
> longer seek out marshlands where they will be relatively safe from either
> wolves or hunters. And God knows, we do not need to reintroduce wolves
> into city parks.
>
> However, an occasional declared hunting season would condition these
> geese to stay out of sight of humans, avoid areas where human scent is
> intense, maybe even get out of town. And, the flocks are large enough to
> provide a good protein supplement to malnourished families. We can't have
> hunting in city limits with firearms, but each qualifying family could be
> licensed to walk up to and three geese they can catch, and wring their
> necks. DNR stations could be set up to provide instruction in dressing
> the kills, and saving feathers for luxurious mattresses and pillows. As
> with all hunting, seasons and authorized kills would be adjusted to
> insure a breeding stock -- but the most careless and fearless, or
> oblivious, would be weeded out, leaving future generations with a healthy
> distaste for human proximity.
>
> There is something in this for everyone: bleeding hearts and
> laissez-faire Malthusians, ecologists and hunters. Anyone see any
> objections?
>
> Siarlys
>
>
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