There are many people that believe hunters are bad people and just kill all animals. The fact is hunters are a vital part of the balance in the ecosystem. There are game wardens to protect the wildlife but there is a limited amount of them for each state. Due to this the game wardens rely on hunters for all the information they can get. 3
Some of the pros of hunting are population control and environmental balance. If there were not any hunters the game population would grow out of control. Then the problem of overpopulation would rise to a critical point. As a result the area would exceed the carrying capacity and the wildlife would die off.
When a hunter buys a license for game that money goes to protecting the animals and the ecosystem. …show more content…
Many animals like the white-tailed
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deer have come back from the brink of extinction. In 1990 the deer population was about 500,000 in the U.S. Now the deer population is over 32 million due to the conservation and regulated hunting.
When a hunter buys any hunting related item such as guns, bows, ammunition, and clothing there is a tax. That tax goes to the wildlife and fisheries for conservation. The money raised from licences sales can only be used for wildlife conservation stated by the Pittman-Robertson Act (PR).
All the money used for conservation is provided by hunters who buy for licences and hunting equipment. The conservation funds are not only used for hunted animals but are for all animals. Overall the taxes that are paid in the in the U.S. is 1.6 billion dollars. In the U.S. there is no other organization that donates to the conservation of wildlife.
In Louisiana hunters are encouraged to hunt outlawed or nuisance animals by allowing them to hunt the animals year round. A specific animal is the feral hog. These animals are the most destructive animal to farmers. In Texas hogs cause 400 million dollars in damage to farmland each year. Due to this there is no limit to the number of hogs that