Wildlife management became the purview of state governments in the early 1900s, and the protection, restoration, and conservation movements brought many species like the white-tailed deer and wood duck back from the brink of extinction. State fish and wildlife agencies, like the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, implemented license requirements, bag and creel limits, and regulations that helped eliminate the overharvest of fish and game animals. The legal sport hunter or angler was by this time, and remains to this day, the primary consumptive user of wildlife and fisheries resources. Hunting can only be comprehended if it is understood as a complex cultural phenomenon closely associated with naturalistic values, one's identity, and the American family. It is an important social and psychological activity for hunters, and is a powerful pursuit, often perceived and practiced at a level above other recreational activities.
Golf is sophisticated exercise, but the love of hunting is almost a psychological characteristic.
A man may not care for golf and still be human. But the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him. We are dealing therefore with something that lies very deep. That tradition, imbedded in the psyche, continues today in those who hunt.