See #5
Open your mind and understand.
On top of that the license fees pay for anti poaching efforts. Poachers don’t care about the math involved. They can take Y to Y - Y = 0. Conservation means keeping a pride or herd at Y... what the land X can support.
Either a park ranger kills a lion or a hunter. A hunter boost the local economy and pays for conservation measures. Almost all hunters are staunch conservationists. An out of control population decimates the environment or even worse leads to a population crash.
Contrary to your low opinion of my critical thinking skills, I think what you wrote makes perfect sense. My problem is with the person who will pay that much to kill for the sake of killing.