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Yes, letting civillian hunters trophy hunt just because there is incidental species population control is famously a very good idea, particularly in north america, and has no catastrophic precedents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison#Population_bottleneck_and_near_extinction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_animals_extinct_in_the_Holocene
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A group of conservationists also tried to ban the hunting of mountain lions which, if you love animals, sounds great. But if it had passed (which it didn't) would not have ended the practice. Instead of citizens paying the government for permits, the government would have had to do it themselves. Because regardless of what the people want, animal populations have to be maintained.
I know Federal politics is the main topic of the day, but some of the nuanced state politics stuff is super interesting / weird. Give a shout in the thread if your home state had any weird ballot measures.