“You that never done nothin’ but build to destroy/You play with my world like it’s your little toy. … Even Jesus would never forgive what you do. ~ “Masters of War,” Bob Dylan
Sept. 14 is day 12 of the 35-day bear hunt. Thousands of bears, vulnerable from baiting since April, and having been run by dogs since July 1, have been wounded or killed with guns or crossbows or dogs. Most of them were spring cubs, yearlings or mothers. The last four months before denning, when they need to feed every day, bears are run relentlessly. As a consequence, there is the real risk of bears and spring cubs starving in winter dens.
Hunters, having bagged their bear, will turn attention to add the smorgasbord of killing opportunities that began Saturday, Sept. 13. The deer kill used to be a nine-day ordeal for those of us who love our…
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Exposing the Big Game 
This has got to be the absolute limit – people who are not physically able to hunt and who wouldn’t be able to in ages past can now be added to the killers’ roster. We just can’t accept or won’t that there are just some things all of us are physically and mentally incapable of doing. What’s next, escalators in Grande Escalante and elevators in the Grand Canyon. It’s truly incomprehensible:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt/disdeer.html