There are those of us who prefer to live the life of the hunter/gatherer-taking at least some of our sustenance in the natural way our ancestors did over the 100,000 years prior to the agricultural and industrial revolutions. Is this wrong? Is this something to be discouraged in our modern society? We do not think so.

At current harvest rates, use of the renewable products of natural plant and animal communities is much less damaging to the ecosystem than it would be to change these natural communities into agricultural fields or factories to produce the food we need. In the United States roughly 3 million white-tailed deer are harvested each year from a still-growing population of approximately 19 million. This translates to about 150 million pounds of meat. Add to this the amount of elk, turkey, squirrel, rabbit and other game as well as wild fruits, nuts, and vegetables that is consumed. To produce this amount of beef, chicken, or vegetable…