ORIGINAL: racowboy
Brutal, You admit the fact that the bear are killing 80% of our elk calf crop and argue the fact of introducing more predators. You just really like to argue, huh? I hope you enjoyed the big bulls you took. Do you hunt the same season that I do or the Native American season where you can wait till the snow pushes them down to the highway and you really don't have to go out in the woods? The sadest part of this deal is the fact that our children may not have the opportunity to even see elk with the way we are doing things. I suppose that being a scientific minded person, you also back the scientific study in the Elk City area where they are spending a couple million to see if bears really do eat elk calves, whether they do this as a natural instinct or if it is a learned thing.. My thoughts are that if Idaho's bioligists don't already know that, they should all be fired.
I apologize. That was uncalled for. I can't expect you to know everything that a person in the field would know.
What I'm trying to say is that if the habitat was as it should be, we wouldn't be having the predator problems we are having. I'm by no means trying to say that the wolf reintroduction had a positive effect, but I'm also not convinced that wolves are soley to blame.It was a decision that was made and it can't be taken back.
As is often the case, this isn't a black and white issue, there are numerous factors involved in the decline and the blame cannot be pinned only onpredators, though that is easier to handle than admitting that the habitat is lacking due to our changing land use patterns.
As for the rest of your post, I'm not going to respond to your implied insults. There is no need.