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By definition, hunting strictly speaking, excludes the killing - though similar techniques may be used - of individual protected animals, such as bears which have become dangerous to humans, as well as the killing of non-game animals, domestic animals, or vermin as a means of pest control. Hunting can be a necessary[Williams, Ted. "Wanted: More Hunters," Audubon magazine, March 2002, copy retrieved 2007-10-26.] component of modern wildlife management, for example to help maintain a population of healthy animals within an environment's ecological carrying capacity when natural checks such as predators are absent.[Harper, Craig A. Quality Deer Management Guidelines for Implementation (PDF). Agricultural Extension Service, The University of Tennessee. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.] In the United States, wildlife managers are frequently part of hunting regulatory and licensing bodies, where they help to set rules on the number, manner and conditions in which game may be selected for harvesting.
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Arkansas, USA
