Big Game Hunting > Wolves
I love wolves. Seriously.
jackelope:
--- Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on June 08, 2017, 05:01:58 AM ---The moose looks like it is being eaten alive...Gotta love those wolves
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Likely every wolf in that picture is now dead.
Duckslayer89:
--- Quote from: jackelope on June 08, 2017, 07:33:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on June 08, 2017, 05:01:58 AM ---The moose looks like it is being eaten alive...Gotta love those wolves
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Likely every wolf in that picture is now dead.
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And every moose in pic as well
jackelope:
--- Quote from: Duckslayer89 on June 08, 2017, 07:36:48 AM ---
--- Quote from: jackelope on June 08, 2017, 07:33:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on June 08, 2017, 05:01:58 AM ---The moose looks like it is being eaten alive...Gotta love those wolves
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Likely every wolf in that picture is now dead.
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And every moose in pic as well
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Actually the moose population has rebounded exponentially, and all but 2 of the wolves on the island are dead as of this past winter.
(That's an old photo from Isle Royale on Lake Superior)
http://www.isleroyalewolf.org/sites/default/files/annual-report-pdf/Annual%20Report%202016-2017_0.pdf
trophyhunt:
Isn't our moose population dropping due to wolves? Just what I've heard anyway.
WI to WA:
I hate to jump too far into this debate as there does not seem to be room to disagree with the “wolves don’t belong” crowd. Those of us who don’t mind wolves sharing our forests are categorized as wrong and are pigeonholed as crazy environmentalists. Hunters can be environmentalists and I would argue that hunters are (or should be) environmentalists. Threads like this with some of the inflammatory comments seen here are used by the “crazy environmentalists” to belittle the entire group of hunters. We need to work together – we’re on the same side.
I have lived with wolves, been followed by them (both with and without meat on my shoulder), have scared them much more than I have been scared by them, and have watched them both while hunting and hiking in Wisconsin. I have seen their effect on deer numbers in Northern Wisconsin and applaud their subtle management.
The only issue I have with this discussion is the assertion that they are bad because they are “invasive.” If you use that argument for wolves it should be used for other invasive species. For example, use the same argument for the overabundance of “slow elk.” Cattle are ridiculously overpopulated on our public lands; they are invasive in the truest sense as they do not occur naturally -- anywhere. They do not belong on public land; feed lots are great. Keeping our public lands rich in vegetation is important to our game animals; cattle destroy this. I have come upon too many herds of burgers eating the vegetation that could be used to further support elk. I have talked with cattlemen who believe they own our public lands because their meal ticket eats there. If the argument was actually about wolves being invasive the same should apply to cattle. As hunters and lovers of wild game on our tables, we should be arguing against any invasive animal that takes resources away from what we live to pursue.
I am not actually arguing against grazing on public lands (even though I hate cattle) but the argument can be applied to both wolves and cattle. The only difference is that wolves have actually lived here before people; cows didn’t live anywhere.
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