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Originally Posted by norwestalta
Finding this thread quite amusing. A lot of finger pointing for no reason. Trappers can only trap so many wolves same as a gifted hunter like yourself can only shoot so many. What makes a sheep any more important to the ecosystem than a wolf. Shoot and trap all the wolves and then what happens next.
On a sidenote I'm sitting out here in the bush pulling trucks up a hill . Does this mean I'm babysitting a Frack? Got a feeling you might think your legend in your own mind.
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A sheep is no more important. Sheep was brought up as it was a sheep thread that started this all. Its the affects of wolves on all ungulates and prey.
So why not try and balance the system? Right now many areas are getting wiped out of ungulates due to predators. So wouldnt it make sense to try and balance the predator to prey numbers? Stopping huge swings which end in disease and starvation?
And yes trappers can only trap so much. But at this point its fairly well stated by the trappers themselves the do not target much in the way of wolves due to cost and price they get in return. The only way to accomplish anything in this aspect is for both trappers and hunters to harvest wolves and at this point neither are really doing a whole bunch!