Hunting hunting game at the end of the world wind.

Some famous hunter, such as "buffalo Bill"The United States of AmericaScout William Cody, life had hunted for more than twenty thousand bison.

Western hunters like a group of "gun locusts" inAfricaOn the mainland, raging, just a century, from East Africa to the south, grasslands, forests, coastal broad become wild animal.

After entering in twenty-first Century, the number of the United States of America registered hunters fell sharply, the number of young hunter 30 years old of the following decreased significantly, the proportion of their 2001 34%, only 8% in 2009.

In the early 50's of last century, the famous American ecologist Odom had predicted: in the world of wild animal hunting will rapidly decline. And now, it has become an indisputable fact.

In late nineteenth Century, early twentieth Century, American bison were wiped out as the turning point, great changes have taken place in human hunting view, ecological protection awareness, bloody and brutal traditional hunting by more and more resistance. Moreover, this resistance has been formed the wave, swept around the world -- today, on the continent of Africa's wild animal hunting gradually decline, "ecological sightseeing SAFARI" type is popular in the local;BritainTraditional hunting motion, has been prohibited by law, only some ceremonial things; while in the United States, farmers prefer animals were Coyote attacks are not willing to pick up the gun, killing these dangerous animal...... Came from the ancient of human hunting, perhaps really the end.

Plains bison

Bison: end of large-scale human hunting

Historically, hunted bison, perhaps the last human hunting "feast".

The American buffalo is the North American endemic species, before twentieth Century was widely distributed in the United States of America and the WestCanadaThe south, the number of up to tens of millions of. At that time, as long as the United States of America in early summer traveling west, you can see in oestrous buffalo roam in the vast expanse of grasslands, a thunderous roar, the scene is quite spectacular.

Large bison herd first shook fromEuropeThe "new land" -- the United States of America colonists in 1804, congressman Meili Vaizey and William to the WestTraveling, without exception, they were immediately attracted huge herds of bison. Later in the trip log, Meri Wieser wrote:"...... Looking ahead, dozens of miles range are everywhere. We just broke into the pasture of God, these strong people obviously is the nature of the king, they despise all, we seem to pay no heed to......".

Before Europeans settled in America, the American buffalo is the native Indians. The Indians brought bison as their important source of food, but also rely on the buffalo, horns and hair survival. They were filled with awe of American bison, in their view, the American buffalo is the king of the prairie, represents the strength and endurance, is the embodiment of speed and grace. For thousands of years, Indian and American bison maintain ecological balance and stability and subtle, buffalo is the land of the protagonist, thriving. But with the arrival of European settlers, the situation changed rapidly.

From seventeenth Century onwards, Europe's up to the North American immigrants, the United States of America established in 1776, in order to expand the living space, the settlers began crossing the Appalachian Mountains, advance to the west, this is the famous "westward movement".

Wild bison herd

In the process, people encounter bison, also found that this huge beast interests -- the buffalo physique, a head can provide tons of carnivorous; second is leather -- in synthetic rubber invented, buffalo is widely used in the industrial field (such as the carriage wheel, mechanical a transmission belt), at that time, an ordinary buffalo leather to sell for $3, a fine winter wild cowhide price is $50, and the United States of America was on average wages of ordinary workers are less than $1. So, hunting buffalo became a gain ten thousand percent industry.

Millions of Americans to participate in the hunt, many professional bison hunting team is in this form. According to records, a professional bison hunting team often include hunter, Tanner, bodyguard, driver, cook, groom, some teams even have special personnel from Buffalo carcasses pull the lead bullets for reuse. So careful division of labor, greatly enhanced the efficiency of hunting, some famous hunter, such as "buffalo Bill" said the American scout William? Cody, life had hunted for more than twenty thousand bison.

In the madness of people hunted bison encounter, crowning Calamity -- early nineteenth Century the United States about 50000000 bison, to 1900 when only the remaining hundreds of head, the prairie is full of shining white bone, surviving buffalo in succession to the mountains to escape, this magnificent animal figures don't see in the American West in the wilderness.

Bison were wiped out is a turning point in human history of hunting, since the land again without any kind of animal can supply people hunting party, large-scale human hunting end.