I feel like some are overjoyed that they(politicians) are taking counter actions. Is it so you can say “ I told you so”?
Of course they are suing that’s what the eco freaks do. Look at the implementation of Idaho’s new rules. Little has changed other than year around private land trapping. If we take out 40 percent of wolves annually maybe we stay even population wise. We won’t ever put the “cat back in the bag” wolves are here to stay. Short of the use of poison we will never eliminate wolves from Idaho. Hiring paid trappers and sharpshooters is probably necessary in the very remote wilderness areas. I don’t like paid wolf killing either but some areas are too hard to access. Relying on recreational trappers and hunters will never bring wolf numbers into balance in areas like the selway. The serial litigators are suing. Of course they are the sky is not falling. Idaho wolves are way above objective so past seasons and methods were not working. Most of the radical methods in the new legislation are NOT being implemented right now in Idaho by the fish and game. It’s a political Footballl that goes nowhere but allows people on here to post how “dumb” they think the current party in power is. It also lets a few say “I told you so!”. Wow the organizations built on lawsuits are filing a lawsuit Is that somehow new or different than the last 20-30 years. We will never endanger wolves in the Idaho panhandle without poison. Year round hunting and trapping might keep them even. I was really close to an old forester and rancher who managed some large pieces of private land in Idaho. He told me if you shoot or trap every coyote you can you might keep the population stable. I love trapping coyotes and that statement has held true for years. Wolves seem even smarter and adaptable. Short of disease or using poison, just reducing the coyote or wolf population is a huge task. Moving them to endangered population levels is probably impossible.
