[wku man]

Silly my a**. Come to Idaho, and you'll see its exactly as I've characterized.

Here's a link to site that is more pertinent, and you don't have to sift through a bunch of crap to find the information you're looking for:

saveelk.com

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Billthedrill]

Yep. I love the romance of wolves but the fact on the ground is kiss your elk population goodbye. New colleague from Memphis was all excited about drawing out and went elk hunting every weekend through rain, sleet, and snow. He's not a bad hunter but he came up dry. Some old sign, that's it. He was in what used to be one of the most populous elk regions in the lower 48.

Now, as for the wonderful ecological balance that will occur when the populations stabilize with respect to one another - that will require wolves to starve. Low nutrition leads to smaller pupping and less mating, but the existing population goes mighty hungry getting there. Hungry wolves are unpleasant neighbors. You're from Idaho, you know all that, but for those who think it's all one grand natural cycle, it isn't, at least not yet. 100 years from now, maybe.