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From: mruxb!patter@bellcore.bellcore.com
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: Poaching (was: Re: Hunting "Accidents")
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.090605.22674@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 19 Jun 91 14:06:04 GMT
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Brush up on your history a little. "Bambi" takes place in Europe (where
the author lived). The sort of "game drive" and "if it moves, shoot it"
hunting described in here was common before WW II. It's a hold-over from
the medaeval days in which a landowner would drive the game to get enough
food for a feast.

I always thought it ironic that the roe deer characterized in "Bambi" is
actually a very anti-social character. They require lots of room in zoos
because the buck will kill the doe if he's forced into close proximity with
her outside of the mating season. Not exactly the innocent image normally
evoked by "Bambi".

[Moderator's Note: It was important that this correction be noted.
However, this thread is starting to leave the realm of rec.hunting.
Followups will probably not be posted...  tjr]