From Deseret News archives:
Hunt helps control bison population, disease
Hunting was such a part of our social fabric that every student was required to take a hunter safety course sponsored by the state division of wildlife. The instruction included live firing of .22-caliber rifles at paper targets.
In the fall, it was common to see deer or elk carcasses hanging in front of people's homes. If my father's hunt was successful, he and my mother would cut the meat on our kitchen table, wrap it in freezer paper and store it in the stand-alone freezer. It supplemented our food supply for the entire winter.
To hunt for food is one thing. To hunt animals merely to hang a trophy head on the wall is immoral, even if it is legal. But I've grown to believe that hunting is necessary to help control animal populations and curb disease.
According to press reports, one observer asked, "How do you feel?"
The teen, rattled by the unexpected attention, sputtered: "It is . . . really big."
The report went on to explain that Clement's family planned to gut, skin and pack the bull buffalo to their home about 60 miles from the park, where they would cut it into several hundred pounds of buffalo steaks and chops.
Some people have protested this hunt because hunters are gunning down animals that are practically domesticated. Anyone who has visited Yellowstone National Park in recent years can attest to the brazen nature of bison. Traffic jams are commonplace because the bison seem to enjoy walking and standing on paved roadways.
Even though these bison have had safe refuge in the park, which makes them less wild than unprotected herds, make no mistake, they are still wild animals. Nearly every time I have visited Yellowstone National Park, I have encountered people (despite multiple warnings from park rangers, literature and signs about menacing the wildlife) who attempt to approach the bison. It's mind-numbingly stupid, considering the size and speed of these beasts.
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