Deer-Shooting

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32029, 2 July 1969, Page 16

Deer-Shooting

Sir, —It appears that my own personal shooting qualities are being fought over and not the issue in hand. The topic is about meat-recovery units and professional hunters, not . about my arising too late to find any deer or my being a poor, shooter. "Estimation” would appear never to have been shooting, nor, for that matter, left his armchair, for he expects to find deer on the first hill he comes to. It seems that the public favour a termination or severe limitation on these professional killers.—Y ours, etc., K. J. MADDEN.

June 30, 1969. Sir,—K. J. Madden is partly correct as, too, is Ron Truman. But without professional assistance could Ron Truman honestly say that any type of success could have been obtained? I also have

reliable information on the type of hunting ground the professional works on, and it should be understood that the vast majority of once-a-month hunters would rate well below the standard of fitness required. The places that once held promise of the odd few deer are now wiped out by helicopters, leaving us nothing. Anyone can shoot deer under professional guidance and knowledge, but what about the average keen stalker?— Yours, etc., FAIR’S FAIR. July 1, 1969. [This correspondence is now closed.—Ed., “The Press.” ]