Re: Reason for low ungulate populations
Originally Posted by
HarryToolips
Exactly...and considering that most ungulates harvested (non FN) by hunters are male, and ratios don't dip below MOE objectives, can't even compare the two since preds harvest all classes of ungulates, but especially the young which greatly impacts that species recruitment..
hunters harvest animals in their prime for the most part, whereas predators largely take down the old and sick - as well as young.
Hunters also have a serious advantage with optics and the ability to reach out to a 1000m make a kill, not many other predators out there have that range.
if you were to add up hunting, road kill, train kill, and habitat destruction I would think humans win hands down.
hunting is an excuse to get outside and fill the freezer