My thought has always been the Anti types want enough "natural" predation so they can unjustify humans managing wildlife populations, especially through such means as hunting or trapping. Moving game killers in with helicopters, etc. is just the ends justifying the means.
But the '15 season didn't help, either. I would be okay to go for Mule deer quality buck hunt every other or even 3 years, while being able to take a whitetail or blacktail during the same general modern season. To make a sacrifice today so that there are still good genes around 30 years in the future.
If we can still legally hunt with a high-powered rifle in National Forest lands in 30 years.
