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Date Posted: 08:19:31 11/30/02 Sat
Author: Jane Hamilton
Subject: Re: Why I am posting my land
In reply to: Captain America 's message, "Why I am posting my land" on 09:06:06 11/26/02 Tue

It is a shame when a few bad apples ruin it for everyone else. I post "Safe-Zone" signs around my house for just this reason.

>I am pro-hunting. I think that it is healthier, more
>humane and more sensible to take wild game than to eat
>the irradiated, genetically engineered, hormone
>injected, mass produced meat that is grown in grocery
>stores. I have hunted. Friends of mine hunt.
>
>But I AM POSITNG MY LAND. Yesterday, a hunter shot a
>buck in the back yard of a friend of mine ... 30 feet
>away from her house. He was road hunting in a
>residential neighborhood. No hunter should ever fire
>a weapon so close to houses. It is simply a stupid
>thing to do. When my friend called the local game
>warden to report this "hunter" my friend was told that
>THERE ARE NO LAWS PROHIBITING HUNTING IN RESIDENTIAL
>NEIGHBORHOODS. It does not matter if the deer is
>three feet away from your front door ... a hunter can
>take aim and shoot ...
>
>Since there are hunters out there who have no respect
>for the safety of others and since there are no laws
>protecting me and my family in my own back yard, I am
>posting my 40 acres in the North East Kingdom. My
>mother has decided to post the 50 acre family farm
>(also in the Kingdom.) I also have friends in Stowe,
>Morrisville, and Johnson who have decided to post
>their land as the result of this one hunter who has no
>cares about the safety of others ...
>
>Until the laws change so that it is illegal to hunt
>within 300 feet of a home, this land will be off
>limits to hunters.

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