What's your opinion on wolf hunting in montana?

I would like others input on this topic. I am very much against this hunt but thats just me. I live in Kila, Montana and own a 85% grey Wolf that is the sweetest animal I have ever owned. Now I know that is my Wolf not a wild one, But they are going to...

issue tags here in Montana for a Wolf hunt. I dont agree with it and would like everyone's opinion on this subject. Dont get me wrong if they are threating live stock or people then by god the Wolves are wrong then, But the truth is you never see them in the wild.

Yes, I agree. Wolf hunting is bad. I am not even sure I would say that they are bad when they threaten livestock either because there is a food chain, and if the livestock are there only source of food, getting rid of them is almost as bad as hunting them.

I am torn on this issue.
on one side I love wolves and all other animals.
on the other side I am a very prolific hunter.
there has to be a balance.
hunting is a very effective tool for conservation, nature has been set aside - more or less, so hunters have become the great predator of the world.
obviously the decision has been made to thin the wolf population down a bit.
several factors go into that decision.
it is not that someone just decides one day that they hate wolves and they should be shot.
I am a responsible hunter, and as such- a responsible conservationist.
I take the animals I hunt in a humane manner for food, those animals fill a need.
I do not do it solely for the sport of it.
nature has dictated that all animal populations need to be kept in check.
natures way is far more cruel, disease, starvation, all slow and painful.
so I guess that ( as hard as it is to say) YES, there must be an obvious need for this hunt. and I would support it.
as for not seeing the wolf population, if you were seeing them on a regular basis there would be a definate PROBLEM.
they are predators, and if it was easy to see them, they would starve.
chances are- you have been close to predators without even knowing it.
usually when I am hunting is when I see my other fellow predators doing the same thing.
hunting brings you in line with the natural environment, and all my animal brothers and sisters.
please, support us hunters - we have a place within the natural scheme of things. ( there are some idiots, but that is true of any other human demographic you choose to look at).
HUNTING HAS ITS PLACE, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

I think you should kill any animal unless your going to eat it or its personaly threatoning you if your killing it for neather of those reasons then dont kill it couse then your wasting its life

I'm too, don't like the idea of hunting wolves...Since they started debating about it, something about it seems wrong...I'm not a hunter...but I was born, raised, and still live in Montana...every male I know hunts, and what they take down gets eaten...and THAT is probably what doesn't sit right in my head...Wolf hunting is solid sport, a wolf killed in a hunt, dies for nothing except the fun of the sportster. In our family, hunting has always carried a humbler sense with it.

Also, it feels extreme to jump from wolves being listed to hunting them...perhaps, letting the ranchers protect their livelihoods for a while, without having to get pulled backwards thru the knothole of governemental red tape, might be a better second step.

I'm not a wolf lover...at least in the fanatical sense...they're beautiful, they DO have a place in the wild, and I'm glad they're back...but to me, if ya ain't going to eat it, then leave it...

phrannie

Broadwaystar...wolves have a firm understand of what's easy prey, and what they have to work for...cattle and sheep are easy...and plentiful...and meaty...Elk are tough to catch...they are part of OUR food chain, and afterall...Human beings are the top preditor in the chain.

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I believe wolf populations should be kept in check, of course.

If wolves became over populated, they would resort to killing domesticated animals - Rover and Miss Kitty for example.

If wolves began threatening family pets, people would create an uproar and take justice in to their own hands. We'd have a massacre.

Based on population surveys, animal control should kill a specified number of wolves.

This way, ranchers will be happy their livestocks aren't threatened and the wolf population can continue to thrive.

I am against the Wolf hunt too I love animals and I would love to have a Wolf of my own.

wolf hunting should be banned and anyone cought doing it should be hung! if I could be anything it would be a wolf. I love them.

ilovher I only wish everyone had felt the same
thank you

allycat 89 you know you can have one also look on the I-net under wolf hybred good luck

Just like to say thank's to everyone for your love for the wolf

PEACE

This brings up the question, what's more valuable, human life or animal life?

Hunting period is cruel! If you need it for food to survive then I can understand it, but if you're just doing it because you like to kill for fun then you're just plain evil!

I totally agree with baldwinwolf. Couldn't have said it better myself

I fully support the proposed Montana Grey Wolf hunt. I'm a wildlife biologist/writer and there is no doubt whatsoever that the current woldf population MUST be kept at a controlled level or we will start to see an extreme drop in other wildlife populations. Did you know that the coyote population in the areas where the wolves now reside has nearly vanished? Yes, wolves kill coyotes routinely. Mule deer populations have dropped 17% since last year, in the study area that I just finished working in. With each new litter of pups, the amount of prey needed increases by 3s or 4s. It doesn't require much of an education to understand that we simply must control the numbers and having hunting season makes the very best sense, as the licensing fees will go towards further wildlife management needs (wolves included).

I fully support the proposed Montana Grey Wolf hunt. I'm a wildlife biologist/writer and there is no doubt whatsoever that the current woldf population MUST be kept at a controlled level or we will start to see an extreme drop in other wildlife populations. Did you know that the coyote population in the areas where the wolves now reside has nearly vanished? Yes, wolves kill coyotes routinely. Mule deer populations have dropped 17% since last year, in the study area that I just finished working in. With each new litter of pups, the amount of prey needed increases by 3s or 4s. It doesn't require much of an education to understand that we simply must control the numbers and having hunting season makes the very best sense, as the licensing fees will go towards further wildlife management needs (wolves included).