sc94597 said:
I supported one part of my statement with regards to hunting, and didn't feel like supporting the other part because it was off-topic from the original discussion. Since you inquired, I supported the other part of my statement. The effects of hunting and fishing are different. I didn't use any wrong number. I just supported one portion of my statement. |
I agree that there are more variables in play than merely people and land area. I would agree that the data you provided is not sufficient to conclusively support one position over the other. "Hand wavey area comparison" is not good enough considering the nitty gritty of how many miles/acres of fishable lakes and streams there are (more east than west, I think), their availability to the average person in 1790 and today, etc.
In any case, I don't see where "environmental impact" is only applicable to hunting or how you were limiting the discussion to hunting in some other way in the posts in question. Please point that out to me.
P.S. I think there's a pretty good inferential argument to be made, as follows: Current fishing and hunting is regularly subjected to quotas on account of the populations of game animals being depleted to dangerous levels when these quotas do not exist, which has happened in the past. These quotas were largely not in place in the 1790s and the game animals did not go extinct or become depleted to the same extent as far as I know. Thus the inference can be made that modern hunting has more environmental impact. If I am wrong in regard to the underlying facts, please let me know; if I am somehow right there but wrong in the conclusion, please tell me how that could be so.
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