Quote:
Originally Posted by Sportsman
I hate to say it but the best thing that could happen in your area is a rancher loses some cattle or horses to the wolves. Once the ranchers get after them they will clean them up in short order by shooting them or bringing in a trapper to thin them out. Hunters alone will never get enough of them to have any real effect on population.
|
IMO the effort of ranchers, and even trappers, generally only teaches wolves to avoid certain areas. It has very little effect on the overall wolf population, that is governed by game numbers. The wolf numbers in my area have come down over the last few years, but I think that has more to do with the hard winters thinning the game numbers than anything else.