This is a scientifically illiterate post by someone who has no idea how Americans manage wildlife populations. State agencies use complex, state of the art datasets on populations, prey base, habitat, human/wildlife conflict to set hunting quotas and ensure a sustainable harvest. Data from Camera traps, prey abundance studies, GPS collars, all inform statistical models are all paid for by hunting license dollars and taxes on guns and ammunition. So in many ways, our state of the art science and locally responsive management is thanks to hunters like Dart. Every state agency with a mountain lion hunt has goals of maintaining their population, balancing predators and prey, and stopping human/wildlife conflict.
Jaxson Dart, who introduced Trump as his rally, once posted a pic holding a slain mountain lion while tagging rival football team Penn State which uses the animal as its mascot.