They don't allow hunting in Yellowstone or else the wolf wouldn't be needed

even if they did allow hunting that is no guarantee that hunting would have the same effect as the wolves did.
lots of differences, humans want to shoot the big bulls (antler obsession) and would most likely not harvest the same amounts as the wolves do.

All we have to do is look at the failure that is modern whitetail deer management. The most managed wildlife out there. Deer in many areas of its range are way over populated even tho they are hunted. In these areas deer negatively alter the ecosystem by over grazing.
I live in one of these areas, a white oak seedling has zero chance of survival unless it is protected from over browsing by the 4 legged locust that is our deer herd.
Not enough deer are harvested and the population remains several times higher.

So after reading the article a couple things stand out. Wolves kill elk to eat, but leave plenty for bears emerging from hibernation. So they kill and get a meal out of it and move on to kill again for just another meal.

It’s also implied that management of a species is needed, like every sportsman doesn’t already know that. Elk needed managed, but instead of making millions by offering tags to hunters to shoot a famed elk in Yellowstone, they spent millions, which at first glance seems to have reduced elk numbers. What’s yet to be seen is how low the numbers will go and what else they’ll reduce…cattle, sheep, etc.

Looks like they’re going to try the same thing in NC. I just hope they don’t roam to far South, lol. If so Swamp may start skinning “coyotes” lol.