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AtheistCrusader

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1. Hi, I hunt.
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:34 PM
Jan 2013

And this issue is bullshit. Let the wolves alone. They are critical to keeping GAME ANIMALS managed, and herds healthy. To say nothing of the water table, the health of the forest, even the damn beavers. (No pun intnd.)

They are endorsing killing those wolves for two reasons:

1. Suppressing the predators results in over-stock of elk and deer, prompting more hunting tags.
2. Ranchers hate wolves.

You might say 3. Another animal to hunt. Some people like hunting wolves and coyotes.
Personally, I only hunt stuff that will make a meal or two, or nuisances like wild boar, or coyotes. Wolves aren't even a blip on the 'nuisance' chart.

Some science behind how wolves affect everything, right down to the water table, positively.
http://www.yellowstonepark.com/2011/06/yellowstone-national-park-wolf-reintroduction-is-changing-the-face-of-the-greater-yellowstone-ecosystem/

Hi, I hunt. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #1
Wild boar are a nuisance where you live? Where do you live? ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #2
Where do you live? XemaSab Jan 2013 #3
I live in Western Montana. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #4
They haven't gotten across the columbia river into WA yet. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #12
Wild pigs wreak havok on ecosystems. alarimer Jan 2013 #5
They're not indiginous? Where are they from? nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #6
brought here by Europeans Kali Jan 2013 #7
So the people who hunt them generally eat them? ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #9
yes but Kali Jan 2013 #10
You can, and some people do. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #11
Not here, no. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #8
one reason it is easy to 'collapse a wolf pack' G_j Jan 2013 #14
That was a sad article. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #16
They ruin the habitat for native species. Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #18
not ALL ranchers Kali Jan 2013 #13
Good point. Thank you. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #15
I forget where but G_j Jan 2013 #17
you can probably imagine how well that works out Kali Jan 2013 #19
is it direct knowledge of this G_j Jan 2013 #21
not direct for me, no Kali Jan 2013 #22
I say, if you have a dead and half eaten cow, Volaris Jan 2013 #23
I absolutely agree. Owl Jan 2013 #24
Wanna-be apex predators hate competition = humans. flvegan Jan 2013 #20
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