[DaMadman]

I am about as pro hunting as it gets guys and gals, but all you ANTI Wolf folk are #1 mixing apples and oranges, #2 repeating and spreading half truths, #3 just all around not being very open minded.

I don't really have the time or the energy to debate the points right now so I will leave you with this.

Most of you don't want the wolves, either think they shouldn't have been reintroduced or think they should be all but wiped out because they are (according to you) hurting the Elk and deer population and making it hard for you to hunt.


Well let's put it in perspective.

Let's say that the WOLF was never decimated by inconsiderate humans and the "natural population" was grown to the point it is now. Hmm Let's say instead of killing out some of the WOLVES to make sure there are enough ELK and DEER for us humans to hunt, How about we say. Everyone has to quit hunting so there are enough ELK and DEER for the WOLVES to eat.

the reason I capitalized the WOLF, ELK and DEER is because they are the original part of the equation. They have been on this earth long before man interfered. They will balance each other. They don't get greedy and kill more than they "NEED", they kill to sustain life. On the other hand, HUMANS are greedy by nature. Humans as a species will kill thinks just for sport, not for food or not for clothing, but just to say we killed it. Just because it is competing for the same game animal we are hunting.

Anyway I digress I don't have anymore time or patients right now to discuss this.

But keep what I said in mind, how about instead of killing off the WOLF population to make more ElK and DEER for humans. How about telling the HUMANS they can't hunt the ELK and DEER so there are enough for the WOLF to eat.

I would hate to see it go that way myself because I think that there can be a balance that will make all involved happy. But in that balance you aren't going to be able to kill a DEER or ELK everytime you walk in the woods. You are going to have to "HUNT " for an ELK or DEER just like the WOLVES do. Could take Days, could Take a week or more.... Right now in Maryland the Deer pop. is so outragious that I could probably kill 3-4 deer every day I chose to hunt if I hunted all the different places that I have permission to hunt.

Aaaah I could write all day and not change anyone's mind so I'll quit now before my hands hurt anymore from typing a pointless thread.

Bottom line is I absolutely love to hunt, I love to eat what I kill and unless I have a specific reason to kill something I don't plan to eat I probably ain't going to kill it. I also love to watch the animals in the natural state, study then and watch the interesting things they do when they think there are no humans around to see. Mind you I have shot a fox or two in my day, I have shot many crows for being in my garden. I am not totally against killing a Wolf "IF" it endangering you or your family or if it is killing your live stock.
I don't think that the WOLF population should be thinned to near nothing so that greedy humans can hunt DEER and ELK more conveniently. Humans are smart enough and know enough to have a balance.