[Vision2020] Mixed news for Wolves

[Paul Rumelhart]

That sounds reasonable to me.  I don't hunt, but have no problems with 
people who do.  Just not my thing.  I'd have to let the experts figure 
out the proper number, but from what I know 200 tags sounds good.

It does seem like a good compromise.  Hunters get the pleasure of taking 
down a magnificent predator, the wolves get some kind of limit set on 
their population growth, some pressure gets taken off the livestock 
owners, and the wolves aren't hunted so close to extinction that a 
sudden problem could cause their demise.

And to top it off, the rest of the country gets to stop calling us 
barbarians and butchers over this issue.

Paul

Matt Decker wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Myself being a hunter, I find myself in a bind. I don't hunt bears, 
> coyotes, wolves, or lions. I feel they are needed throughout nature 
> along with everything else. However, deer and elk are very 
> abundant(elk maybe not but what the hay). Anyways I don't feel that I 
> need to go and kill for the "sport of it". I do it for meat (most 
> organic food there is) and for the enjoyment of the hunt.
>
> If Butch feels that wolves should be open to hunting, then I think we 
> should, but in a limited way. Maybe 200 tags a year. Enough that would 
> keep the population down, satisfing the farmers, environmentilists, 
> and the hunters.
>
> Matt
>