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I' m just curious as to why they made that decision. Do you know?

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That' s good to see. In some spots in AK, you' re allowed ten wolves a DAY.:D

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Whats the season on Wolves??......fall only or all year?.here i alberta we can hunt wolves just not in the green zones!!

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Hey Al I don' t think you explained wolf hunting in Alberta very well.

Are you getting lots of snow up Athabasca way? We have plenty around Rocky. I wish the farmers and snow-boarders would stop their praying.

Robin.

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.... and they just can' t wait to re-introduce wolves in the lower 48! I don' t think those boys are looking too far down the road. Maybe we can export our eco-game viewing tourists on up to BC or AK where there are apparently more than enough wolves to go around. I worry for our elk populations down here.

EKM

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EKM You have every right to be concerned about wolves affecting the elk population. Here in Idaho they are not only killing elk but running them out of some of our best hunting areas. In only 4 short years you can' t believe the difference the wolves have made. We used to have awesome hunting before they were introduced, now you have to really do some scouting just to find them.

We could sure use a WOLF season. elknut1.

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Amen elknut1.
I think when they step one foot out of the wilderness area or Yellowstone they should be fair game.
Hunters are the main reason the big game herds have increased and prospered and the hunters should have the biggest say in how they are managed not the animal rights peta liberal blankety blanks.

Every year the situation here in Idaho gets remarkably worse when you take into account the increase in wolf numbers, decrease in big game numbers and the monetary impact on the state as fewer and fewer hunters want to come to Idaho.

I see people come onto these sites and say wolves have been in Canada and Alaska forever and there seems to be no problems there. Well in those area there is a lot more open territory for the animals and the wolves are hunted so stay away from man.
Here in Idaho there is limited winter range for the herds. The wolves camp out in these winter ranges and they don' t have to worry about getting shot so they have a free pass to devastate the herds on the winter range and in the calving season.
Animal heaven must be to be a wolf in Idaho.

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In 1995, when Canadian grey wolves were being captured to send down to Yellowstone an old feller in Hinton, Alberta inquired of the rangers, "So what are you boys up to?" "We're capturing these wolves to send down to the states in an attempt to establish a viable population in a few areas down there."

The old man shook his head and grinned, "So those folks down south, do they know what they are getting themselves into with these here grey wolves?" What do you mean? "Oh, the wolves will get established alright and they'll do just fine. Rich land, moderate climate, lots of livestock, plentiful deer and elk; those folks are going to end up with more wolves than they know what to do with! Now whose idea was this again?" Things got quiet, the rangers walked away, "radical" one muttered, "rancher" said the other.
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Two thoughts:

1. It looks like everything is working right according to plan. The wolves have indeed faired well and are "out" of the introduction areas and spreading like the plague. Looks like some good job security and new funding will be coming down the pike for some of our government employees [it was the government that imported them right?], and....

2. The damnedest things get done when the "majority" of the citizenry are sold and then endorse a "romantic idea," especially when one of the "selling points" included is that there will be essentially zero impact on that same majority's own day to day tax bill, lifestyle or livelihood.

It pays to be careful what you wish for, you just might get it, in spades! Up in Alaska and BC hunting seasons allowing a legal take of TEN wolves per day???? Helloooooo! Anybody home? If it wasn't so tragic, it would be flat out, rolling-on-the-floor funny.

Ah, silly humans anyway....

EKM

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I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about the wolves. I like to see and hear them when we camp in the mountains. However though I don't know how they Elk populations, I know for a fact that they really take a toll on young moose. They can take a big percentage of Moose from an area where thier population is pretty high. I also don't know how hard or easy it would be to control wolf numbers by hunting or trapping. Being a life long hunter I would have to come down on the side of protecting as much wilflife as possible.

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Was reading in the local paper(Missoulian) that Idaho now considers the Wolf a game animal and with that status they are working to get them managed AKA Hunted. If they can convince the Feds an open season may be in the works.