[M.T. Pockets]

I agree Petey, ask the outfitters in the Northern Yellowstone area that have gone out of business.

I was against the reintroduction of wolves in the Rockies. They'd been out of the ecosystem too long, and man has changed the whole dynamics of the area. Mostly through loss of winter habitat and development.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's recent publication of Bugle has some interesting articles regarding wolves and their impact on elk herds.

By the way, there were NO moose permits issued to non-residents in the entire Thorofare region of Wyoming this year. This area used to have a thriving moose population that was on the increase after the '88 fires.

Most hunters that don't mind wolves don't have them in their own backyard.

Do I sound selfish that I want to keep the game for hunters rather than a few hundred wolves ? Probably, but I won't apologize for it. It was hunters who saved wildlife in this country during the last century. Wolves have their place, but it should be the truly wild country in Canada and Alaska, dipping down into Northern MN. Places where man hasn't screwed up the whole ecosystem already. By the way, Alaska is having it's own controversy over wolves, it's not all roses there either. If wolves are left uncontrolled, there really is no need for the sport hunter to take the huntable surplus. Without the sport hunter's support will large wildlife populations continue ? They wouldn't have over the last 100 years.