The use of #PredatorControl as a management practice to enhance game harvest is controversial.
A new paper by Sterling Miller, David Person and Terry Bowyer analyzed harvest data on #GrayWolves, #BlackBears, #BrownBears and #Moose to determine predator harvest was positively correlated with moose harvest in the long term. No such effect was found:
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/11/939
Very interesting open access paper.
#predatorcontrol #graywolves #blackBears #brownbears #moose