While local subsistence hunters welcomed the closures
"Welcomed"..... No, they demanded it - and it had nothing to do with herd dynamics, but that was a handle to hang it on.
Racist and protectionism are ugly words.
I will say, however, that they get little or nothing of monetary value out of the visiting "sport" hunters. No guiding, equipment rentals and very little of anything else.
They get a fair amount of meat donated to them from the outfitters who guide sport hunters. That has ‘monetary’ value in the form of not having to buy meat and not spending money on fuel to go get it themselves.
