RE: Do hunters know best?
No Hunters do not know best. Not only are the professionals educated, and trained, they have field data to examine cause and effect. They have results of prior decisions. They view data and make decisons every year on what they have found in past years. There is more to it than just a 4 year degree.
As Germ said. The goals are very different however. They know what is best for the herd overall. We as hunters want to see more and bigger deer. That is the conflict.