Melvin,
Do you know anything about wolves? I mean besides the fact they kill dear! the only reason the population has grown is because there is suffient forage to support an increase in numbers. Wolve dont just breed willynilly you know. They are always in check with the available food sources because unlike you or I they cant just go to thwe supermarket and buy a steak.
Now if you were talking about coyetes I could see the atitude you have as being fair,they were never here before so shouldnt be here now IMHO.
To say that the wolves have taken X amount of deer is fine but what percentage of those were even havestable deer,how many are sick,injured,starving and out right dead when the wolves"take" them.
In Algonquin it's regular practice to take roadkill into the park to help sustain the rare and endangered wolves found there,the vast amount of "kills" are either old,sick,injured or young. Wolves rarely kill healthy animals,why do you think they run the herd? to see which animals have a hard time keeping up,this is true for most wolves and most of their prey.
Wolves evolved to run at a constant pace for a long time but not to run full out,their prey do the opposite,this gives the wolves the luxury of picking their prey and the almost never target the "front runners" or healthy unless they have no other choice.
IMHO if you were a "true" hunter you'd be in favour of preditors as they keep the populations of prey in their most healthiest state. Judging from you posted I highly doubt that,oh and I live right across the lake from you,your more thasn welcome to send some of your wolves over here!
