belly-deep
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I don't know the numbers (natural mortality, hunter harvest, etc.), but I find that very hard to believe.
Whether you want to believe it or not, mother nature still has the final say in things.
Then how do you explain the deer hunting in the 60's? Most western states had a rut hunt, and you could buy multiple buck tags in many places. Yet deer harvests, both by sheer numbers and B&C animals peaked back then. Why? The environment was ideal during that window of time.
Right now the only way we can reliably grow B&C animals is to restrict the hunting pressure. The human element is the only part of the equation that we can control. Unfortunately, it is only part of the equation, and a lot of other things go into determining our game populations.
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