If you seriously think someone dying is going to start wolf hunting your living in "fantasy land". They will have "professionals" kill off the offenders. The hate of hunting for sport is what will stop all hunting seasons for wolves. Millions of people have placed an emotional attachment to wolves that has nothing to do with the actual wolf itself.. and this is on both sides of the argument. It has become a symbol of ideologies not a wild animal.
If you hunt wolves you are an unintelligent rednecked white male hated by the lefties for thousands of reasons and if you are for having wolves in Washington you are a big city metro sexual wimp or bull dike witch who is dumb as a post on the ways of the wilds.. hated by the right for thousands of other reasons also.
The reality is the impact of wolves due to the current numbers is small and concentrated in Washington. This could change without management. Nothing could make the Seattle liberal happier than wolves and all the other predators killing hunting in this state. But let's be clear here, the banning of dog hunting, bear baiting, and leghold traps has lead to much of the loss in deer and elk numbers we are experiencing.
I personally could care less if we have wolves or any other predators in this state as long as I can use methods to harvest them effectively and seasons to do so
Don't fool yourselves, it has little to do about the wolf and more about ideologies..
