Manager Defends Deer Hunting On National Wildlife Refuge Following the announcement that the U.S. Sportsmen’s Legal Defense Fund (USLDF), with support from other sportsmen’s organizations, has asked a federal judge to dismiss the Fund for Animals/Humane Society of the United States suit to ban hunting on 37 units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, a refuge manager says his refuge would be a harsh, deforested place for many creatures if deer hunting were outlawed, reports The Star-Ledger. Deer hunting is vital to the health of the 8,000 acres of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, says refuge manager William Koch.