ORIGINAL: GMMAT
If left un-checked (all hunting removed).....what do you think would happen to the herd in your state? Be realistic.
herd management is not just killing to keep the numbers in check, it is also recognizing that there has been to much killing and stopping, or that a herd is unbalanced so that there is selective killing, etc. If you recall, herd management brought the whitetail back from some seriously decimated numbers to what it is today.
I do agree that if left alone the herds would reach carrying capacity, up or down, and survive just fine.
Before hunters were introduced? would that include native americans
. I think before
mass hunting was introduced (how many buffalo could one buffalo hunter kill in one day?) herd dynamics were healthy.