- Joined
- Dec 12, 2011
- Messages
- 5,968
- Reaction score
- 16,382
- Media
- 145
- Member of
- NRA life, DSC, SCI
- Hunted
- Minnesota, Texas, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, British Columbia, Argentina, Kansas, Macedonia, Australia, Tanzania, Iceland
So what are the reasons for how SA hunts lions?
As you consider this answer let me point out that had ranchers in Texas not seen a value in whitetail deer they wouldn't have managed their habitat to support the deer. It was those early management practices that has brought back deer to not only Texas but to much of the U.S. Remember we hunt over bait in Texas. Things to ponder.
And I can remember in Minnesota where it was a special treat to see a deer while not hunting, now I normally see several a day. Heck on Monday there was one in our dog fence 15' from the house. (gate was open, the dog was in the house). My wife sprays some kind of ju ju on her flowers to keep deer from eating them. And in Minnesota and Wisconsin alike, the traffic accidents deer are responsible for are real problem, there are that many. I believe we have more whitetail deer in North America today than when the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. I even saw a wolf pup the other day, they were almost extinct in this area and are now becoming a problem (in some areas are wiping out the deer). Bald Eagles are a normal sighting, my brother counted 200 in a field the other day! Hell it turns out they are really nothing more than a buzzard with a better reputation. And turkeys, I see flocks of 50 or more regularly and they were non existent in Central and Northern MN just a couple decades ago.
And I read that in South Africa, there are more total wildlife than when the first white settlers arrived there.
Hunting is solely responsible for the deer population in North America... And for the wild animal populations in Southern Africa.