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Originally Posted by norwestalta
Maybe because some people want to kill everything. If we hunt and trap everything that is a pain in the azz where will we be in future years. I don't like wolves to terribly much either but in the spring I really hate the elk that have effed up my fences. Doesn't mean I should go and shoot them all.
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Managment plans dont just control hunters and trappers from over harvest its there to try and hold stable wildlife numbers even from the wildlifes own doing such as increased predator populations or decreases do to natural mortation. Thats right like with wolves, elk herd numbers need to be balanced at a sustainable number to keep habitat ok and property damage to a minimum. That is easily controled with hunting as we have done for years in the areas i live. Then if between trappers and hunters we could hold wolf numbers at a manageable steady population we can keep things at stable levels and there will be hunting and trapping for hundreds of years.