Jim Sr
R.I.P.
Deer debate stirring emotions on both sides
Wildlife: Residents are at odds over how to control the area's growing population.
The idea of controlling the population through killing might not appeal to everyone, but it is safe and effective and "it doesn't cost taxpayers anything," says Steve Huettner, past president of the Maryland Sportsmen's Association and a Glen Arm resident.
"People get all worked up and emotional about hunting, with this vision of hunters as knuckle-dragging Neanderthals," Huettner says. "But we're doctors. We're lawyers. We're plumbers. We're teachers. And we're the first true conservationists."
"Deer are cute," he says. "But it's gotten to the point where it's destroying the diversity in the ecosystem."
Wildlife: Residents are at odds over how to control the area's growing population.
The idea of controlling the population through killing might not appeal to everyone, but it is safe and effective and "it doesn't cost taxpayers anything," says Steve Huettner, past president of the Maryland Sportsmen's Association and a Glen Arm resident.
"People get all worked up and emotional about hunting, with this vision of hunters as knuckle-dragging Neanderthals," Huettner says. "But we're doctors. We're lawyers. We're plumbers. We're teachers. And we're the first true conservationists."
"Deer are cute," he says. "But it's gotten to the point where it's destroying the diversity in the ecosystem."