[Daryles]

Deer season is over. Haven't seen any in a while, then yesterday evening 7 crossed the field downhill from the house. Nice to see. Sometimes they graze on the acorns in the front yard. The young ones butt each other and play tag. Funny to watch. Saw 2 quail the other day, haven't seen any in along time. 2021 summer saw some scissor tail fly catchers.
As for the conservation department...
They are a double edged sword.
They brought wolves back to Yellowstone. Very sad to see them chasing down buffalo and elk. Killing them (not eating). Chasing down and killing more for sport not for food.
They brought kudzu into the country. Ask Georgia how that turned out.
They brought in multi-floral rose. It is a scourge to farmers taking over fields. Its a constant fight to keep your fields clear of it. Same with Bradford Pear trees. I've seen entire fields taken over by them.
Locally, they reintroduced river otters to the 11 point river system. Now there are no fish in the river. Once there was thriving river fishing and floating businesses. Now there is only one left.
We had two catfish ponds. The otters cleaned them out. Not one fish left.
Now they are talking about reintroducing wolves and elk to the area. You may say elk are harmless. If you hit a deer with your car at speed it's survivable. If you hit an elk at speed with your car, you are not likely to survive. Elk are huge.
Reintroducing wolves, well I think you can imagine the problems...
Maybe these smart educated people should reintroduce them to the cities first before infesting us farmers with their good intentions.