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Old 02-03-2010, 07:02 AM
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bluebird2
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So your point is we either have to increase the herd ,or decrease the hunters to have a sustainable harvest.
We have to increase the herd if we are to have a LARGER sustainable harvest. reducing the number of hunters will increase the percentage of hunters that are successful, but it will only increase the sustainable harvest if the harvests are less than recruitment.

You want as many hunters as possible the chance to harvest which is fine as long as it doesent have an adverse effect habitat and nonhunting population
That is correct. But then the question is who gets to determine what constitutes an adverse effect on the habitat or on the non-hunting public. Those decisions are not made based on science, but on the personal preferences of the stakeholders involved.
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