Originally Posted by sasquatch1
Originally Posted by West Ridge
One question I always have about the predation theory is how do we explain the past? According to early American reports, there were huge turkey populations recorded by early American settlers yet many more predators existed at that time as well. I believe Alabama was home to our current predators (minus the hogs) plus wolves, bears, mountain lions, ect. How did the turkeys thrive surrounded by more predators than today and no trapping at all?



That’s easy. How many cement jungles and cities did they have then? It amazes me how people can’t see how our uncontrolled population growth and expansion will be the steady downfall of wildlife!

“Carrying capacity” ever heard that? Guess what, that is what a piece of lands capacity is. Let’s use deer for example and say we have 100 acres that can hold one deer per 20 acres. 5 deer.

Now we cut 40 acres of it to build some more houses for ourselves. Now we can have 3 deer. Overall a lot less in % based but the agencies preach were “at carrying capacity” and everyone thinks all is well! When overall it is not, it’s fancy wording that goes right over ppls heads, when their wildlife is diminishing. It’s kind of like evolution, it’s just slow and takes a long time to where you can’t hardly see it happen it’s so gradual.

Our populations over time will overall steadily decline because there isn’t more land being made. It’s very simple!

Look around you, I bet you have plenty places where “we use to hunt right there” is now a neighborhood.

We are nothing more than an island that in habitat at sense is slowly sinking. There less and less left with habitat to support wildlife.


A few of us on here try to mention the people problem when this comes up. And our never ending obsession with buying the “next 40” out to “get away”.