Hunters carry on in different world

…A range of views is found among the folks who purchased about 450,000 Ohio hunting licenses in 2010. The ideological spectrum widens considerably among the state’s 11-plus million citizens who did not buy a license to kill the animals the state decrees may be killed.

Hunting licenses were purchased by about 3.9 percent — nearly one in 25 — of the state’s residents last year…

…Hunters, because they generally are in agreement and more active politically than much of the public, have a greater impact on policy than their numbers suggest.

...Many of that 3.9 percent work and spend to make sure that their gun rights aren’t impinged and that the wildlife they pursue is managed in a sustaining way…

…the ratio of active hunters to population totals has been significantly lower all around, including in Ohio…more

Will Solon Use White Buffalo Again for Deer Sharpshooting?

…White Buffalo is a lightning rod for anti-hunting activists…

Solon's original White Buffalo contract angered animal rights groups and residents against lethal deer culling, who argued that there are more humane ways to manage the deer population. They protested at meetings and came out in force to fight the decision.

In January 2006, Solon resident Belinda Geiger was arrested and accused with menacing, stalking and threatening DeNicola.

The criminal case against Geiger was dismissed in 2007, but Geiger also sued the city and DeNicola. That lawsuit was settled in 2008 with the city and White Buffalo paying Geiger $12,500 each, according to the newspaper…more