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I think they should be captured and relocated. Definitely not killed!
Sure, I would like to have a woff-woff rug.
My opinion on this subject is that the wolf population should be managed, by doing exactly what Fish & Game of Montana and Idaho are doing. Which is giving a quota that is about 25% of the states wolf population, which in the end turns out good because the next years pups will re-fill the spots of the ones harvested in the prior year. If the management is done right it should keep the wolf population around the same number for years.
GET ADDICTED_ SMOKE A PACK A DAY!! Yeah seriously, If they don't get hunted legitimately then they will become a huge problem in rural residential areas (this is already happening) and paoching and other irresponsiblee and unregulated forms of reprisal against them will dramatically threaten the populations and all the "goos" done with this restoration will be jeopardized
Why Should Wolf hunting be any different then coyote hunting? If the population is abundant enough to hunt they should be managed or it will start effecting other animal populations
Its about time
theve got to do it. wolves have been recovered for a long time
EXCELLENT!! question swilmot1.We bought our tags tuesday .
I say hunting is a good way to manage the population. Most hunters become protective of the game they hunt, so they will become more eyes and ears out in the field. think about deer hunters and how most would react to a poacher or destruction of habitat.
pawner, do u know the cost it would be to capture them woles, and besides half would die when being transported
Hunt'm if you got'm
shoot one for me please we killed all the red wolves around my parts eons ago
I'm with everyone else. If the population warrants it, there should be a controlled season. I remember the outcry where the Wardens service wanted to open the Moose season here in Maine. Kids were crying with pictures of Bullwinkle and the anti's were running around with fake blood all over them. The season took place and was a great success and the rest is history. We now have a tremendous healthy herd and the state generates lots of money and the hunters have a great time with a bunch of good meat. Total win win situation! Bring on the wolf hunt.
you have to keep the #'s under control. So Shoot um up
They offer more of a challenge than coyotes. Let the hunters harvest them up, most practical and cheapest solution.
I believe the states of Idaho and Montana know quite well what the states can successfully sustain in wolf populations in relation to other wildlife population balances. It's better to begin that balance now than to wait till it's out of control and then crisis management is required. I , personally , have no need to hunt wolves, but to those who do, go forward with the hunt. They need to be managed!
Hunting the wolf before they become a problem is a great idea, keeping the numbers in check is a win win situation.
badbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM BY NO MEANS A TREE HUGGER BUT I AM AGAINST WOLF HUNTING.
This topic is such an emotionally loaded issue. The biologist in me knows that wolves are a very charasmatic and intelligent species that are often misunderstood and have been given the "Big Bad Wolf" reputation over the years. However, the biologist and hunter in me knows that nearly all wildlife populations need to be managed to strike a balance between the needs of people and wildlife, in which case, some wolves will need to be killed from time to time.
To all: I would suggest reading the short essay "Thinking Like a Mountain" in the book A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold.
Shoot as many as you can. they are nothing but a pest to farmers ranchers and hunters
I think it is a good way to manage the population. Just think of what would happen if the population wasn't managed. If the wolves were relocated they would just keep having more pups anyway, plus if they are put in a place where they have never been before the population of other game would go down.(Rabbits, deer....)
I look at the wolf population like the local coyote population. I am in Northern IN so no we do not have wolves but a ton of coyotes. Coyotes and wolves are needed either way you look at it. They both keep the local population of small and larger game in check. I do not think that either 1 will completely wipe out rabbits or deer of elk population. It is survival of the fitest they are not going to eat the big bucks/elk they are going to eat the weak and the old and the sick. I have no problem hunting either their population needs to be kept in check also. If they were unhunted the coyotes would be in the farmers livestock more than what they are now. And I figure that the wolves are the same.
a recent publication by the University of Minnesota that states that wolves after age 3 are on the decline in there hunting abilities and that many of the kills are being made by younger wolves ages 2 and 3. areas with older wolves had more elk and deer. so is the hunting of the oldest wolves really controlling the heard and limiting predators or making the wolf packs stronger by thinning the old and the sick... just as the wolves do for the deer and elk herds. The question is killing the old wolves is it making more room for the younger more strong animals to populate areas and make the problem worse.
i think wolf hunting is a good idea because there one of the reasons the deer pop. is going down and why there isnt as good of hunting as there used to be 5-10 years ago
YES! i think that wolf hunting is good becuause the deer population will go up and then there will be more deer to hunt!
Its the best way to manage the population and the local governments won't be taking tax money to do it. Instead they collect from the hunters who manage the population for the government.
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My opinion on this subject is that the wolf population should be managed, by doing exactly what Fish & Game of Montana and Idaho are doing. Which is giving a quota that is about 25% of the states wolf population, which in the end turns out good because the next years pups will re-fill the spots of the ones harvested in the prior year. If the management is done right it should keep the wolf population around the same number for years.
Sure, I would like to have a woff-woff rug.
I say hunting is a good way to manage the population. Most hunters become protective of the game they hunt, so they will become more eyes and ears out in the field. think about deer hunters and how most would react to a poacher or destruction of habitat.
GET ADDICTED_ SMOKE A PACK A DAY!! Yeah seriously, If they don't get hunted legitimately then they will become a huge problem in rural residential areas (this is already happening) and paoching and other irresponsiblee and unregulated forms of reprisal against them will dramatically threaten the populations and all the "goos" done with this restoration will be jeopardized
Why Should Wolf hunting be any different then coyote hunting? If the population is abundant enough to hunt they should be managed or it will start effecting other animal populations
EXCELLENT!! question swilmot1.We bought our tags tuesday .
pawner, do u know the cost it would be to capture them woles, and besides half would die when being transported
Hunting the wolf before they become a problem is a great idea, keeping the numbers in check is a win win situation.
I think it is a good way to manage the population. Just think of what would happen if the population wasn't managed. If the wolves were relocated they would just keep having more pups anyway, plus if they are put in a place where they have never been before the population of other game would go down.(Rabbits, deer....)
I look at the wolf population like the local coyote population. I am in Northern IN so no we do not have wolves but a ton of coyotes. Coyotes and wolves are needed either way you look at it. They both keep the local population of small and larger game in check. I do not think that either 1 will completely wipe out rabbits or deer of elk population. It is survival of the fitest they are not going to eat the big bucks/elk they are going to eat the weak and the old and the sick. I have no problem hunting either their population needs to be kept in check also. If they were unhunted the coyotes would be in the farmers livestock more than what they are now. And I figure that the wolves are the same.
a recent publication by the University of Minnesota that states that wolves after age 3 are on the decline in there hunting abilities and that many of the kills are being made by younger wolves ages 2 and 3. areas with older wolves had more elk and deer. so is the hunting of the oldest wolves really controlling the heard and limiting predators or making the wolf packs stronger by thinning the old and the sick... just as the wolves do for the deer and elk herds. The question is killing the old wolves is it making more room for the younger more strong animals to populate areas and make the problem worse.
Its about time
theve got to do it. wolves have been recovered for a long time
Hunt'm if you got'm
shoot one for me please we killed all the red wolves around my parts eons ago
I'm with everyone else. If the population warrants it, there should be a controlled season. I remember the outcry where the Wardens service wanted to open the Moose season here in Maine. Kids were crying with pictures of Bullwinkle and the anti's were running around with fake blood all over them. The season took place and was a great success and the rest is history. We now have a tremendous healthy herd and the state generates lots of money and the hunters have a great time with a bunch of good meat. Total win win situation! Bring on the wolf hunt.
you have to keep the #'s under control. So Shoot um up
They offer more of a challenge than coyotes. Let the hunters harvest them up, most practical and cheapest solution.
I believe the states of Idaho and Montana know quite well what the states can successfully sustain in wolf populations in relation to other wildlife population balances. It's better to begin that balance now than to wait till it's out of control and then crisis management is required. I , personally , have no need to hunt wolves, but to those who do, go forward with the hunt. They need to be managed!
This topic is such an emotionally loaded issue. The biologist in me knows that wolves are a very charasmatic and intelligent species that are often misunderstood and have been given the "Big Bad Wolf" reputation over the years. However, the biologist and hunter in me knows that nearly all wildlife populations need to be managed to strike a balance between the needs of people and wildlife, in which case, some wolves will need to be killed from time to time.
To all: I would suggest reading the short essay "Thinking Like a Mountain" in the book A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold.
Shoot as many as you can. they are nothing but a pest to farmers ranchers and hunters
i think wolf hunting is a good idea because there one of the reasons the deer pop. is going down and why there isnt as good of hunting as there used to be 5-10 years ago
YES! i think that wolf hunting is good becuause the deer population will go up and then there will be more deer to hunt!
Its the best way to manage the population and the local governments won't be taking tax money to do it. Instead they collect from the hunters who manage the population for the government.
badbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM BY NO MEANS A TREE HUGGER BUT I AM AGAINST WOLF HUNTING.
I think they should be captured and relocated. Definitely not killed!
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