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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 120234" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Somwhow I had a feeling this would lead to the ever heated debate about wolves. I understand that as humans increase and wish to take more game, other competetors such as wolves become less liked. </p><p></p><p>I have always had a soft spot for wolves and I struggled for a day and a half as to whether or not I was going to go harvest these magnificent animals. </p><p></p><p>My theory is all things in balance. Because the lower 48 protects wolves, they are hardley kept in balance, hence everyones hatred for them. I also understand that in Idaho a much smaller wolf was native, perhaps the gray wolf and when they reintroduced them, they brought the timber wolf which is much larger than the original. Bottom line: elk herds and other species herds will suffer. It was flat wrong to introduce a sub species that never existed in that region. </p><p></p><p>As for Alaska, we have so many wolves that we dont know what to do with them and as more and more hunters move in, something has got to give. As the top of the food chain, that would be mankind and it is our right to manage game accordingly. Unfourtunatly, some organizations dont always think of the right way to go about it. As for me, I will do my part to help "manage" the areas I like to hunt by harvesting predators (with-in the limits of the law) and also by sharing vital information with the game department so they can make the right choices, as well as not over harvesting game even if the law states I can have more. I like to be able to return year after year and have a good experiance instead of 1 or 2. I have had several friends tell me that they would have shot all 7 of them and left them lay. This is wrong due to the fact that the legal limit is 5 and you are required to salvage the hide(s). Like I said, all things in balance. I can tolerate wolves as well as other hunters in my areas as long as it is all balanced.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 120234, member: 1007"] Somwhow I had a feeling this would lead to the ever heated debate about wolves. I understand that as humans increase and wish to take more game, other competetors such as wolves become less liked. I have always had a soft spot for wolves and I struggled for a day and a half as to whether or not I was going to go harvest these magnificent animals. My theory is all things in balance. Because the lower 48 protects wolves, they are hardley kept in balance, hence everyones hatred for them. I also understand that in Idaho a much smaller wolf was native, perhaps the gray wolf and when they reintroduced them, they brought the timber wolf which is much larger than the original. Bottom line: elk herds and other species herds will suffer. It was flat wrong to introduce a sub species that never existed in that region. As for Alaska, we have so many wolves that we dont know what to do with them and as more and more hunters move in, something has got to give. As the top of the food chain, that would be mankind and it is our right to manage game accordingly. Unfourtunatly, some organizations dont always think of the right way to go about it. As for me, I will do my part to help "manage" the areas I like to hunt by harvesting predators (with-in the limits of the law) and also by sharing vital information with the game department so they can make the right choices, as well as not over harvesting game even if the law states I can have more. I like to be able to return year after year and have a good experiance instead of 1 or 2. I have had several friends tell me that they would have shot all 7 of them and left them lay. This is wrong due to the fact that the legal limit is 5 and you are required to salvage the hide(s). Like I said, all things in balance. I can tolerate wolves as well as other hunters in my areas as long as it is all balanced. [/QUOTE]
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