@Cynicallia: Sorry for the late response!

Oh yeah, I totally agree with you on all of that! I’ve actually started looking up ways to try to prevent something like this from happening again. They were things that ranged simple sign posting and barrier making to setting up motion cameras. The latter supposedly helps in terms of acquiring evidence to help convict them if need be. But still, they REALLY shouldn’t have been there to begin with!

My dad and grandfather were talking about it that night on our way to a restaurant. Aside from some of the stuff I already mentioned, they were also talking about their opinions on drive hunting and how some hunters literally park their trucks on the side of the road or on a piece of land that may or may not be someone else’s property. On the latter, my dad speculated that at least most of those deer hunters could’ve been from a city like Pittsburgh, so they either didn’t know or simply didn’t care about land laws. In regards to the former, both my dad and I are against the practice. I remember him saying that some would chase the deer out, and someone else shoots them all from a set spot, just to fill in some tags. Those hunters would end up killing a lot of said deer for one year, but then complain about how they can’t find any for the next several years. It’s like “gee, I wonder why?”. Honestly, there’s just NO sense of sport behind the practice!

I haven’t had venison by itself, but I do remember trying some jerky made from it. I didn’t think it was bad, I kinda liked it. Although, I wouldn’t say venison would be my first choice if I was in the mood for meat.