Big Game Hunting > Wolves
I love wolves. Seriously.
Gringo31:
IF it is as simple of why the hatred....
Go talk to the folks down south and ask them why they "hate" pigs.
blackveltbowhunter:
Yakimanoob-
If your intent is sincere then I can appreciate the topic. Personally, I find it hard to beleive that you had no idea of the negative emotion this subject stirs within the hunter user group. So either your incredibly naive with your title in which case you have recieved education. Or your simply trying to stir the pot. If you had wanted to start a wolf discussion for the purpose of educating yourself you could have simply said, No experience with wolves. Please help. Or Why are Wolves Bad for hunters? And your responses likely would have been far less inflammatory.
For me I have tried to curb the use of the words Hatred or Love in my wolf discussions, as they are both emotional words. And I beleive emotion has little place in the science of game management. I don't "hate" wolves anymore than I "love" them. They simply are. However I do rank game animal on a scale of worth Both personal and collective. To me the wolf is right there with the housefly maybe slightly above. I have seen them, They look like mangy dogs, not the picture of power and grace photos often depict. I have heard them, they did not stir my soul the way a bull elk bugle does. A pack of wolves is a formadible force, but remove the wolf from the pack and it suddenly pales in comparison to many other predators out there. If they were extinct, life would be easier, and I would miss nothing. If they are here and I can deal with them in any manner I see fit, they are a hassle and irritation but I learn to deal with it. But when they are impacting my life and someone says you can not use fly strips, fly baits, fly swatters, fly treatments, fly traps, or arial fly gunning at all. Or in some cases you can use fly swatters, but no baits or traps. Well then I feel like those individuals are overstepping their bounds and that will stir an emotional response as irritation gives way to anger and anger turns to hatred. Throw in losses as described in this thread and its easy to see why emotions run high.
wolfbait:
It isn't about loves wolves, hate wolves, it's about who controls the numbers-Bob Fanning
The biggest problem with the illegal wolf introduction is the lack of wolf control. If states were managing their game herds then there would be strict wolf, predator control. And if ranchers etc. were allowed to shoot wolves that were killing their livestock, there would be less backlash.
Ranchers who lose livestock do to wolves and have no recourse don't have the same feeling for wolves as the city dweller. The same goes for hunters etc. who see the senseless slaughter that wolves leave behind them.
The cow in the picture below had a new calf on her when the wolves killed her, the USFWS and WDFW ran to the papers and claimed there was no way they could tell what killed the cow, they failed to even mention the new calf.
buckcanyonlodge:
The moose looks like it is being eaten alive...Gotta love those wolves
Skyvalhunter:
Yakimanoob what have you got to say?
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