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<FIRST>Timothy</FIRST>
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<LAST>Vinson</LAST>
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<ADDR1>229 Colony Lakes Drive</ADDR1>
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<CITY>Lexington</CITY>
<STATE>SC</STATE>
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<ISSUE>GUNS</ISSUE>
<SUBJECT>H 4943</SUBJECT>
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I have tracked this bill from its origin of S 454 which was scrapped by the House and rewritten as H 4943. From the beginning it was a decline in deer population based on fawn mortality rates partly by predators, coyote mostly. Then it became an issue of shooting small bucks, not doe deer, because they need to grow horn and body wise. This bill H 4943 only reduces the buck harvest, not doe. The only thing it does is require that all deer be tagged and reduces the number of bucks that can be harvested. There was an example presented to the House based on cattle breeders. A ratio of one bull to twenty five heifers was substantial. Does it make sense to increase the buck population which tends to encourage interbreeding and place the health of the deer herd in jeopardy? The kicker is the adding of the coyote bounty to this bill. This encourages people who have never hunted to arm themselves and pursue an animal that can be hard to identify. How many mixed breed dogs and family pets will be killed as a coyote? How many animals will be killed or maimed in their front yards in the pursuit of the bounty or worst yet an individual or their homes or personal property? How can the House or DNR think there can be any type of a positive outcome putting a bounty of this magnitude on an animal that is mostly nocturnal and extremely intelligent? We are asking for a catastrophe!!!! After following this bill and seeing and hearing all the misinformation presented, the meetings that were contaminated by nonresidents, and this can't be denied, because there were no sign in sheets nor any proof of residency required. Yet SC Wildlife magazines latest edition points out how successful the meetings were and how the majority of attendees were in favor of the buck tag limits. I now see how people talk out of both sides of their mouths and become followers instead of leaders. I will send this to each member of this committee. Advise me when this will be discussed in committee please. Email sent to Senate Committee 
17 March 2016
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