I would do it all day.

In a heartbeat.

Would take one in a heartbeat. I was in ontario and saw a huge black wolf! Would love to have that pelt!

If the wolf population needed thinned, i'd take one.

We have coyotes in this mixed residential and farming area. The mere appearance of a wolf on my property wouldn't prompt me to take the shot, since my neighbors and I don't have livestock to be concerned about. It would prompt me to discuss it with others to see if there has been any problem in the area and, depending on the response, that wolf's next appearance might be its last.

I would kill one, no problem, same as a coyote but hurts game populations more. Have not seen one yet or I would have filled my tag.

Grey wolves are being re-introduced in rural areas which were once their original habitat when it was all wilderness. The decision to re-introduce them is made by people in tall office buildings in the middle of capital cities of our states. Eventually, the wolves become so numerous that they interact with humans, and become hazardous to the safety of people and livestock. Farmers, ranchers and people affected by them should not have to wait for the people in the tall office buildings to re-think their ideas. If the wolves are a "threatened species", they should never have been placed in that position in the first place.

I hope your not referring to the wolves in the Yellowstone area, they were introduced, not re-introduced. Different kind of wolf, kind of like a smallmouth and largemouth bass. But other than the choice of wording I agree with you 99explorer other than I hate 90's ford explorers.

According to my sources, gray wolf populations were extirpated from the western U.S. by the 1930's. With the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, wolves began to recolonize northwest Montana in the early 1980's. In 1995 and 1996, wolves from southwest Canada were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park (31 wolves) and central Idaho (35 wolves). It doesn't say what kind of wolves they were.

By the way, 99explorer, three wolves were counted in Northwest Montana in 1969-1970. They were all in different locations many miles apart. I was lucky enough to hear one of them and see its tracks circa 1975. Hard to imagine how they were making it on their own. My dad shot one at Lion Hill on his way to work at Hungry Horse dam circa 1952-1953. He said there were four or five in the group. So the wolves wern't quite all extirpated in the 1930s.

Lol...just because I PERSONALLY would not shoot a wolf, which is what the question asked, does not mean I think that hunting wolves is wrong (for those who are quick to dish out the -1's). I PERSONALLY won't shoot a bear either because don't eat bear, so there's not point in me killing one. If I kill it I eat it...that's a rule I stand by. I don't plan on eating wolves...so I probably wouldn't kill one unless it was absolutely necessary.

I rather have 100 tags!!!

Currently, I would only shoot a wolf in defense of human life. I imagine the adreneline rush from killing something you're afraid of would be quite a high, but I'm having enough fun with edible prey. I don't shoot crows, either.
That said, I do not own any livestock, nor do I live in a state where there are wolves, or I might feel differently.

For the government to recognize a livestock kill to be a wolf kill there has to be definite evidence. Definite evidence meaning tracks or wolves seen at the kill, if the biologist "thinks" it is a wolf kill it is not recorded a wolf kill and the rancher is not paid. Those numbers are "hands down" wolf kills and the thousands of "probably" wolf kills are not included. I would times your numbers by at least 4.

I certainly shoot it if it's legal!!!