What I am getting at is that farmers have not raised chickens in the USA where hawks can get at them for over 50 years. Only urbanites with some fantacy about going back to the land would use having a few chickens around as a hobby to justify killing hawks. For heaven sakes, build a cage or buy one with the money you make on your regular job. Living off the land is an urban myth in America. Killing wildlife illegally is like collecting welfare - living off the property of others. Unless you are making your living off the land, killing deer because they are eating your garden plants is a lame excuse. Put up a fence for your hobby, don't justify illegally killing a shared resource on some noble cause. Just stop and think about what you are suggesting. If you are experiencing real deprevation, then getting a legal permit is not a problem.
