King's deer

Sometimes I think and sometimes when I think I think of thinking things that make other people think. Then at other times I think of things that others don’t think of or don’t want to think of. I’m not sure where this rant fits. I’ve never really gone hunting before. Oh, sure I was a kid so my brother and I would kill all sorts of things with our BB guns. And occasionally my Dad would take us out to the river where we would walk endlessly in the hopes of seeing a rabbit. But I’ve never really gone out of my way to plan and actually sit and hunt. But with much enthusiasm and an MP3 player I set out to be a shadow to a friend who had gotten his permit to hunt. This is where I began thinking. Why do we have to get permits to hunt animals who reside on our own land? My contention is that they, those animals specifically deer, belong to the King. They are the King’s deer and the King only wants you to kill them if he has approved you. I have taken the analogy of the King/government from a friend of mine but I think it is a great analogy.

Also, who owns the land? Even if you own your land outright, meaning you do not pay any payments for the land you live on what would happen if you didn’t pay your property tax? The government would come and take the land and kick you off. So, this land doesn’t actually belong to you does it. If it did why would you be booted off of something that was yours? So, what we have is a big rental property that the government/King owns and if you don’t pay your land payment then he will come and take what he feels is his. He is so big and has such deep pockets that you essentially have no rights to defend yourself and are left with no recourse but to pay the tax. Think about it. Your great-great-great grandfather could have bought and paid for the land you live on and it could be paid off for the last 3 generations yet if you don’t pay your property tax (which could be just a $100) you will lose what has been in your family for generations. Is this just? I thought we had liberty here in the U.S..

Therefore, since the King practically owns the land then he can decide who can kill his animals. It is deer season for all those non-hunters and I am finding out some very troubling things. I have not researched this information on conservation department people but apparently they can enter your house without a permit/warrant to ensure that you do not have any deer in your fridge that is over a year old. Apparently it is illegal to have deer from the previous season. It seems odd that the King would be so concerned about dead deer in my fridge but won’t do anything about the Clopects down the road who are storing dead people in their fridge. (For those who haven’t seen the movie ‘The Burbs’ in a while will miss the Clopect joke. So watch the movie and laugh later).

In summary, the King owns the land therefore he owns the animals on that land and you need to take however many classes are required to get your license to kill. You will also need to get your specific tags and then report everything that you kill. Otherwise, Big Brother will come and take all that you have imagined you own.