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Sheep hunt turned into wolf hunt. Success photo included.
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 120162"><p>Great story! Check your batteries next time (that goes for everyone). I'm definitely putting Alaska wolf hunting on my short list.</p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p><strong>we hunted our wolves to extinction 500 years ago here in the UK....</strong>Mike </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>We did in the lower 48 too! But they've been reintroduced to Yellowstone. The ecological recovery to the park astounded the most optimistic biologists. (It's an amazing success story). Scientific America had a terrific article on the amazing improvement to the park ecology after the re-introduction. The ranchers around the park I've interviewed tell a different (and interesting story) than the biologists (not much science but some interesting anecdotes). Elk populations (the main diet of the wolf packs) didn't diminish much (they mostly ate the old and sick). Fear of predation makes them harder for illiterate hunters to find tho.</p><p></p><p>I believe Alaska carefully monitors the wolf populations and they are in no danger of hunting them to extinction. Perhaps Alaska should ship you a few packs for re-introduction /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 120162"] Great story! Check your batteries next time (that goes for everyone). I'm definitely putting Alaska wolf hunting on my short list. [ QUOTE ] [b]we hunted our wolves to extinction 500 years ago here in the UK....[/b]Mike [/ QUOTE ] We did in the lower 48 too! But they've been reintroduced to Yellowstone. The ecological recovery to the park astounded the most optimistic biologists. (It's an amazing success story). Scientific America had a terrific article on the amazing improvement to the park ecology after the re-introduction. The ranchers around the park I've interviewed tell a different (and interesting story) than the biologists (not much science but some interesting anecdotes). Elk populations (the main diet of the wolf packs) didn't diminish much (they mostly ate the old and sick). Fear of predation makes them harder for illiterate hunters to find tho. I believe Alaska carefully monitors the wolf populations and they are in no danger of hunting them to extinction. Perhaps Alaska should ship you a few packs for re-introduction [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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