scottb3472

Well i live in a state that has wolves, we also have grizzly and black bears, mountain lions, bobcats, canadian lynx, and coyotes. We have always had these animals,with the exception of the wolves in the numbers we have today. Several years ago some genious thought it would be a great idea to increase our wolf numbers, BAD IDEA!!! We have had relatively mild winters for the last decade so our deer, elk and moose numbers should be pretty high, they are not, and the single biggest cause of that is the wolf.

Now heard all the usual bs when they first started talking about bring up the wolf numbers," They have small litters, they kill off the very young or the very old, or the injured or sick,they are good to have for balance in the eco system, etc,etc".... Well guess what, WRONG!!! They are an apex predator, they kill anything they can bring down, they will have a litter of pups at least once a year, if food source is plentifull they will have 2 litters a year. They will have between 6-8 pups per litter per birthing female. We have an aveerage pack size of 8 woves per pack, and they will kill an animal or more every single day especially in the winter.

If they can't find a wild animal to take down, no problem, they will kill cattle, sheep, llama's, your pets if not inside your home, oh they are amazing at what they do, let me tell you. We have deer living in the middle of town now, we have elk living on the outskirts of town, because the wolves so far don't come in close to town yet. There are area's in the state that the elk numbers are on the decline, not because of winter kill, but because the elk cows are spontainiously aborting the calfs before birth because they are so nervous about wolves. The wolves in some parts of the state have just about wiped out local deer populations and have had a heavy toll on moose populations also.

Now keep in mind that we have all those other predators here, but the death rates of our deer, elk, moose, mtn sheep heards have sky rocketed scince the wolf recovery was such a success. You know you have a problem, when the govenor of the state goes on tv and tells you forget the federal laws on woves, just start shooting the darn things. We may not have these problems, if and when we can start hunting them legally. Right now the federal courts have banned the hunting of these animals, so there are no control measures to take care of this problem.

If you want more info, look up wolf problems on the net for Montana and Idaho. You will see that what the "experts" tell you about wolves is a bunch of crap.

As an after thought, if you want hard solid numbers on how wolves could effect you deer herds, look at the elk herd numbers for yellowstone before and after the wolves were reintroduced there. If you have no elk, substitute your deer herd for the elk, good luck.