Not when you consider that in some states hunting clubs preserve more natural habitat than most environmental organizations. Although their agenda may be purposeful toward management for deer, quail, ducks or other game species, their role in protecting habitats is increasingly important. Some hunting clubs are exemplary models of private land ownership contributing to the preservation of natural habitats. Habitat destruction is a major threat to most natural habitats and wildlife species. Irresponsible commercial development is a leading culprit when natural habitats are destroyed and replaced with artificial ones.
Most wildlife does poorly in a shopping mall or apartment complex.
I am not against shopping, something I do myself once in a while, or creating places for people to live. But when a forest is destroyed a few hundred feet down the highway from abandoned buildings, one has to wonder. With environmentally sound management, lands on a hunting plantation, as some of them are called, can enhance productivity of target species and actively preserve natural habitats. The emphasis is on keeping forests and wetlands. The results benefit non-game wildlife as well as game species.