Originally Posted by handles II

The population estimate of bears in the U.P. is 19,000. Since you are increasing the DNR estimate on wolves by 40%, I won't go that far, but lets say the real number is 25,000. It is estimated that black bears in the U.P. eat 2 or more fawn per year.

Let's add a very small number of 'yotes, say 5,000 that will eat 5 deer or more per 'yote per year.

How's the math on that?

Yet no matter what the actual numbers show, the wolves are always the one blamed for low deer populations. It's a perfect definition of ignorance and it goes on and on and on and on in hunting circles.

Time for people to change their opinion to one of fact rather than hearsay.

I'm not saying that there can't be some type of wolf control at certain population levels/densities, but the facts remain that if bear and coyotes would be controlled at a much higher level, then those complaining hunters would see an increase in deer population.