"....Part of our job as hunters is conservation and wildlife management. Issue tags where the population needs managed...."
Speaking of populations and the issuance of tags....
As the wolves decimate elk and moose populations (compared to what they used to be in the 'good old days").... the issuance of tags to hunters is going to be the FIRST thing to be reduced! Already happened in Gardiner, Montana (nearYellowstone, ground zero for wolves).
Hunters will become less needed to maintain the balance of nature. With fewer hunters able to hunt what they want when they want, more hunters will likely drop out of hunting altogether.... and that is apretty strong trend already without any extra help from this new factor.
It truly was an ingenious, well thought out, well financed, slick.... sucker punch.... sophisticated playersvrsus the "rowdy boys".... sophisticated won.