Trespassing Shooters
Sir,—l read with interest the report in Saturday’s paper concerning indiscriminate shooting on high-country stations. I am an experienced deer-shooter and have always made a policy of writing, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, for permission from the manager of a run I know well. For the last two years this man has completely ignored my letter. So can you blame shooters for not asking permission? After all, it takes only five minutes to write an answer. Also can Detective Sergeant Stackhouse answer this? If a garage proprietor is allowed to use a loaded shot-gun on humans within a city boundary without permission, why cannot deershooters be allowed to shoot deer on a paper road? In my 40 years deerstalking experience I have yet to see any domestic animal shot by hunters.—Yours, etc., FAIR DEAL. April X, 1967. [This letter, which had been referred to the Police Department for comment, should have been printed yesterday with the reply of Superintendent Scanlan appended as a footnote. The error is regretted. Ed., “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31341, 11 April 1967, Page 16
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