Comedian Jay Leggett dies after killing deer

[NM_Birder]

197. I'm a hunter,... have been since I was 9,.... you are not a hunter...so......

I'm just being up front, ....I love to hunt most all big game, and certainly every game bird I have access. I am not asking you to change your mind, and I don't want to waste your time if you think you will change mine, however I do have a question that relates to both our perspectives.

I do not hunt in order to provide meat, although I do prefer wild game to anything farm raised. I hunt because it offers more than "thrill" killing, if you don't know what I mean then it is pointless for us to discuss what hunting offers...however there is an aspect of game management that we both will agree on, and I'm curious what you think. I rarely meet a hunter that isn't grateful for just the opportunity to go hunting and share the experience, a full tag is a huge bonus, but an empty tag does NOT mean a failed hunt.

My Question:
Game management relies on the game department making a count of animals in the region, and the ability of the land to support X number of animals. The number of big game tags, and/or game bird bag limits and the sex of those allowed to be taken are a direct correlation to the population of animals that area will support. Without managing animal populations thru hunting, how would the population be controlled ? Starvation, and disease will devastate wild game populations without harvesting quotas, so ignoring the fact that I am "pro hunting", what would be a realistic alternative to game management ?

caveat: people are not going to stop breeding and building cities, however.... even if no new births occurred, game management would still be necessary. Game management is a real issue, there are limited solutions, I'm curious what your preferred solution to game management would be ?