Careful, the lady is packing a pistol.

I think you may have THOUGHT you were being Sarcastic but you actually hit the nail on the head when it comes to Leftist Mentality!!!

Wisconsin Farmers are facing the same thing. Leftist Tree Huggers got wolves released up there and it was SUPPOSED to be governed and monitored closely. Tell that to a Dairy Farmer thats whole livlihood depends on their Cows that the Tree Huggers want the wolves to eat.

Tree Huggers even tried to sue the Indians for shooting them on the Reservation. The funny thing is the Judge even admitted he could do nothing about it since their TRIBAL LAWS on the Reservation over ride Tree Huggers whining and Crying. That is why some people in Wisconsin let Indians shoot them on their Farms and DRAG them beck to the Reservation where they then claim it as a legal kill and hang it like we do deer in our yards. One Smartbut even shot one and threw it in the back of a Semi Trailer while the driver was sleeping. That happened at a rest area along Hwy 41 in Northern Wisconsin and through the Tracking Collar they caught the driver between Milwaukee and Chicago. Still haven't caught the guy who killed it.

I think you nailed it. Even ultra conservative states like WY have struggled to keep the wolves delisted. It seems like it should be a no Brainerd. In Roman's chapter one Paul talks about a reprobate mind, and one thing he mentions in, they worship the creation over the Creator. The Creator Gave man Dominion over the animals and part of that would be to manage them wisely you would think.

Alaska has been able to work an intensive predator control program for at least a decade. The intent of the program is to preserve moose, caribou, and deer populations for the consumptive use of Alaskans.
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=intensivemanagement.programs

You're right about that. Walz is a not sportsmen-friendly. He always supports the radical left.

Not to change the subject, but lions need to be added to this. Wolves haven't reached the numbers of lions yet. Will be nothing left but them in short order.

True

The endangered species act that Nixon signed has been being used nefariously by people of every political persuasion over the decades. It needs to be repealed or fixed.

Wolves have decimated deer herds in places. They obviously need management. That will be difficult with the ESA.

25 years ago at one of the DNR meetings I went to, they estimated the number of wolves to be around 3500. Since that time there has been only 2 open, limited seasons. Last I heard the DNR estimates the number at 2800. With basically no predators and nothing to impede their population, in 25 years their population has been reduced? They are insulting our intelligence with a statement like that!

But that’s what we got guberment trappers for. Maybe one of you smart interweb guys can find how many wolves they kill. Should be public info…emphasis on should be.

Word is that the government trappers in Minnesota kill around 250 wolves a year.

Wolf management should be a state issue but the endangered species act put an end to that. The ESA is generally a good thing and has brought several species back from the brink of extinction so it works, but there are some problems, one is the issue of taking wildlife management out of state hands, and the other is that the anti's have figured out how to use their deep pockets to use it as a weapons against wildlife conservation.

wolves were NEVER endangered. canada and alaska are both filled with them

Exactly. ESA stands for endangered SPECIES act, not an endangered sub population that happens to exist in low abundance across a geogrphic government boundary act. See Lynx in Northeastern MN.

But that is part of the problem when it is reduced to a state issue.

Personally, I’d like to have wolves around. Along with all kinds of critters. I love hunting and trapping. Completely understand why in reality we don’t want wolves, it’s a back door move to eliminate/restrict legal hunting and trapping. The public has been brainwashed, Disneyfied. And most if not all anti’s are pet people. You know doggie dad’s and mom’s. Pets are family…right? I cringe when I hear that nonsense. Rescue dog people are the worst. Russ Carmen wrote a book about this. Pets are the new religion. Read it. And stop referring to your pets as your family. That’s anti language…verbatim.

Nonsense.........Managing wolves does not mean eliminating wolves, just managing their populations to desirable levels and utilizing surplus production. That's what responsible management is.

Exactly.

Not on all federal land. Now we know what makes it a federal issue.