Originally Posted by
iSnipe
By "us", you mean "you".
Live in wolf country and you wouldn't be asking that.
Many years ago the wolves were put to almost complete obliteration... and with good reason. Where wolves are, they quickly mess the micro-eco-system within their immediate area. They can quickly decimate game herds where ever they are. Around here where the wolves are at, the deer are very little.
Problem is that there's too many of them in one area. To have them spread out in smaller numbers would be more tolerable, but when they are under the Fed's protection, they multiply like rabbits and blow out other predators.... like coyotes and possibly some fox.
I'm not offended by the pics, as that's what wolves do, but let their numbers grow and then you'll start to realize the problem.
Not long ago the wolves were taken off the endangered list and then they were over-seen by their respective states, but the bunny-huggers cried too loud and now the wolves are back on the endangered list and controlled by the gov.
When the wolves' numbers are large, they are not tolerated anywhere that I know of. Like any animal, their numbers need to be controlled.
iSnipe
The problem is not that there are wolves, but that the tree-huggers have successfully prevented the intelligent and common-sense management of their numbers. Once introduced into the Yellowstone ecosystem, they have been allowed to expand their range and numbers with absolutely no control. Had a proper management plan been put in place to control their numbers, we would not see nearly the damage they are causing. When predator numbers are not controled, they will decimate the prey population until lack of food becomes a limiting factor to predator populations. The only way to create a sustainable balance without letting extreme back-and-forth movement of wolf/prey populations play out over the next few decades is to SHOOT MORE WOLVES. We manage all other large animal populations, it is nothing short of assinine that wolves get an exception.
And yes, I hunt areas where wolves are a problem. It does not bother me that they are there, but it does bother me that they only recently got the ability to manage them.