Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Coyotes cause a lot of troubles by harming turkey and white tail deer populations.
People nearly completely wiped out all Wild Turkey populations, they had to be re-introduced into most areas where they had been extirpated.

Humans killed off other Galliformes like the endangered Sage Grouse and all the Tympanuchus Cupido sub-species, such as the extinct "Heath Hen". Heath Hens were extremely common in their habitat in the eastern USA during Colonial times, but they were heavily hunted by settlers for food.
My Uncle helped reintroduce turkey in a few areas as well.

Quail are making a come back in a few areas due in great part to hunters and landowners making sure they have the habitat needed to thrive.

Ruffed grouse are having a rebound in a couple areas again due to hunters wanting to be able to hunt those birds.



As much as humans interfere in nature, nature sometimes needs a little interference once the odds are so off. Hopefully humanity learns from what happened at Yellowstone with the wolves. You have to have SOME predators or the populations get out of control which then hurts the plants and food supply and that hurts cover and next thing you know nobody is enjoying themselves predator or prey or plantlife.