The "25 Reasons Why Hunting Is Conservation." Rocky mountain elk foundation is a very useful foundation. It gives plenty of examples of why it is very important for hunting in the world. And why there is a season and why there are so many taxes on guns,ammo,bow and arrows, and licences. There are a couple important reasons that …show more content…
Whit Gibbons says ”the proportion of hunters in the general population has declined steadily over the last four decades, going from eleven percent in 1960 to 8.3 percent from the 1900’s to about six percent in 2001.” Gibbons, Whit. "Why Is Hunting Good for the Environment?”Almost any statistic you can find will tell you that is is declining at a rapid rate. Kids that are younger are the ones that are declining it. Most of the population is older people that have been doing it forever.”according to the most recent survey available to the U.S fish and wildlife watching in 2001. Eighty-two million adults participated in hunting and fishing. But only thirteen million of those are hunter's.”. But they did spend about seventy billion dollars in 2001. Wildlife watchers did spend around thirty-eight billion …show more content…
As talked about in Lin, Doris. "Hunting and the Environment - Are Hunters Environmentalists.” Doris Lin explains how this ridiculous to hunt by. As talked by Doris Lin the bait days or weeks to get the deer back to the same spot so the can kill them. This is totally wrong in so many ways. This brings the fun out of the sport. By putting small or large piles of food on the ground for animals can spread diseases.
“Deer hunting is a popular and traditional pastime in many parts of the united states for a wide variety of reasons. But what many do not realize is that it plays an important role by deer hunting on the ecosystem which is currently not stable.” Mills, Max. "Why Hunting Deer Is Good for the Environment.” This so important to the whole thing. To keep the population down you have to hunt a certain amount.
Some scientist in southwest Montana is working on the grizzly bear population and trying to save them. There are “one in sixteen projects being funded through the us Fish and wildlife service cooperative recovery,” “The Economic Importance of Hunting in America.”
Needless to say that not all hunters are bad people. The hunter population actually helps the environment and also the economic side of it too. Plus they also help save all the animals by setting up groups or