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Originally Posted by matt711

There are more white tail deer in North America now than in the 1930s and it's due to proper game management and hunting.

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

How about because arrogant humans have offed 99.9% of their predators??

Na that couldn't be it

I'd call ^ that mismanagement.

Originally Posted by ODDJOB UNO

there is MORE BIG GAME NOW..................than before columbus landed here, due to PROPER wildlife mgmt.


when "whitey" came here way back when(think bill williams mtn man) all BIG 10 game species had HUGE POPULATIONS, kept in check by APEX predators(mtn kittys bobkittys wolfeys honey badgers,indians,grizzy bears,black bears).

the ONLY predators to survive in any viable numbers to procreate............mr mtn kitty and mr bobby kitty. cuz theys sneaky. but if you were a mtn kitty in the GILA forests of new messiko...........BEN LILLY would have "CAPPED YO AZZ" in a heartbeat as thats ALL HE DID HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THERE! and the ranchers paid him handsomely for his services.

This is the reason. So modern game management, it's modern cleaning up the mess that we created management.

I'm not a hunter, but I eat meat. I've got friends and relatives that hunt for food. I am ok with hunting to eat what you hunt. I'm not a fan of folks that hunt just to get the critter stuffed. If I had to kill something to eat it, I would. Fortunately, I don't have to.