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Am I missing something?
What you're missing is---> Wolves make it much harder to kill elk from the road...mic drop.
I don't get it either. Everyone I talk to here in Idaho acts like they have ruined hunting. Id say the hunting has never been better. Maybe they don't stand out in the open all day like they used to, but that just means you need to adapt and change your tactics. I haven't had an issue with them being here. They aren't around every corner, and the animals are adapting. I suppose new things scare people, but if we want to promote the idea that hunters are conservationists and care about all animals, we better change our tune. Advocating for the extermination of a species is giving hunters a bad image. We need to promote management of them like any other predator. Coyotes kill more livestock than wolves, but I don't see people up in arms over that. We need to keep a calm head, make sure we have a seat at the table, and lose the all r nothing mentality when it comes to wolves. Go to Alaska, if they ruin hunting, why is Alaska such a prime destination for hunters world wide? Hunt them, manage them, and learn to live with em.
There are extremists on all sides of wolf issues...they all lie, distort the truth, and selectively use information to push their agenda. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle...but its not always easy to hear it over the screeching from extremists on both sides of wolf issues.