24 December 2012, 09:51
AnjinJapan Environment Ministry Seeks Young Hunters
To control crop destruction by deer, boars and bears, use of wildlife meat, healthy ecology.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/na...al/T121223002610.htmSeems like a sea-change in attitudes to me. Did you know that there are four categories of licenses - guns, air guns, nets and traps? No mention of bow hunting, though archery is popular as a school sport today and historically was common. Go figure.