You are correct Hank.
If lion (and other trophies like elephant, bontebok, brown hyena, etc) are allowed to be imported into USA again lion prices will shoot back up. Maybe even higher than what they were because the requirements on the lion industry will be so high that it will be impossible for the smaller outfits to comply to the strict norms and standards that will be imposed. That will only leave the bigger outfits with enough land where lions can roam free plus the governments will restrict the quotas so the supply will be severely diminished from what it was.
I also had many clients who have hunted lions with us on foot by tracking them mention to us that the experience they had doing that is far superior than to sit in a blind and shoot their lion from a blind.
Sincerely
Hans de Klerk