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Wrong approach. ID needs long term predator management, not a $2 million temporary band-aid. I love the co-op idea, let the hunters/trappers create their own economy rather than blow that kind of cash down the toilet for a temporary reprieve. In the meanwhile Elk populations will boom drawing in more wolves as they disperse from neighboring states, which in turn will boom then you're looking at another 2 million dollar wolf removal project. Haphazardly killing them down to 500 total isn't the correct approach, you'll destroy established packs and create a vacuum. Any stabilization of ungulate/predator relations will be on a roller coaster and impossible to stabilize. I'd rather see wolves dispersed state wide but pack sizes very small and heavily controlled by trapping/hunting. At $4000 bounty per wolf you'd have so many trappers in the woods you couldn't turn around without bumping a trap, a smaller bounty would suffice and you could increase/decrease on the needs of the state. If the population ever drops where USFWS start threatening action ID could drop the bounty to nothing. As they start gaining raise it.
