Oct 28, 2018 2 min read

Hunting small game and deer in the state of Pennsylvania has changed. We can now call it “The Technological Computerized Feeding Frenzy to Harvest an Animal.”

There is no respect for the sport of hunting or admiration of wildlife and Mother Nature. Today, we climb on our ATVs, and plant or put out feeders and cameras. This has taken away from walking through the woods and enjoying the sights, feels and sounds of all wildlife. We don’t feel the wind, cold, rain or sunshine. Instead, we sit in a ground blind and view the same feeders and cameras, work that has corrupted the sport of hunting. These images have been studied for months with the intent to harvest one particular trophy. We even name the animal before harvesting!

We don’t study the ground, the deer signs, the nut and food crop. Instead, we load those almighty 30- to- 80-round clips in semi or automatic weaponry, and ride our ATVs to our feeds and ground blinds to defeat one defenseless and helpless animal. No more instinct, quickness of the draw, patience, enjoyment of fellow man or Mother Nature. Just the high-tech “trophy satisfaction” of killing a fat, corn-fed deer.

If God would give nature maps, phones, bulletproof vests, computers, cameras and food booths, the hunter would be defeated. I look at the technological aspects of hunting and see that we have lost in all senses. 

John T. Thomas

Washington