I just wanted to tell you about my Idaho Bear hunt that we just got back from. I've been going up to Idaho's Clearwater area for 25yrs now. About 10 or 15 yrs ago, I loved going up there, even if we didn't see many bears, because there was so much game. It was not uncommon to see 3 to 5 thousand elk in a week. When you see that many elk, it's amazing at the music the cows and calfs make. It was awesome. We would see 20 + Moose, and many whitetail deer. Well that's all gone. In a week hunt I seen maybe 15-20 elk, no Moose. And I never even cut a deer track. The elk never made a sound for it would alert the wolves. But for all those people that wanted to see and hear wolves, we got to see one, (which I would have put a bullet in it's belly if I could have got off a shot),and hear them howl everyday. I'm just sick, I was so looking forward to taking my kids and grandkids up there someday. I've told my sons so much about the place over the years they couldn't what to get there, and it was like a ghost town up there. I know the wolves didn't completely do this, but as low as the numbers are, the wolves will see that it will never be the same as it was. After talking to the F&G officer, I couldn't believe the amount of money and resourses it takes to have monitor the wolves. We as a country have to take it back, we need to form groups that are as strong as the groups that are trying to change our way of life. Right from Obama to these anti hunting groups and the tree huggers, we need to stop them. The wolf problems, we can't wait for laws to change to help us. We need to do it ourselves. The officer up there said he's afraid they'll stop the wolf hunting in Idaho soon. He said they were upset over the 160 wolves that where legally killed this year, but there's probably 250 to 400 pups on the ground already to replace those that where shot. Sorry to ramble on, It's just a said day we've let such a few people, in America change it for the rest of us.
