I really tried to read through all the posts they made with an objective mindset.
Here's a couple of my thoughts...
For some reason, we as humans need a cause to fight for. We as hunters do it as much as they do. If a person doesn't hunt or have the desire to do so but loves the outdoors, its fair to say that you might be one that takes the stance that these people do. I can understand that what we do would make no sense them. They seem to have a wide range of belief systems. Those that don't mind hunting but love wolves, those who hate hunting, those that use God to demonize hunting.. so on and so forth. I saw in many places where they made reference to trophy hunting and technology used for hunting. (Interesting that we fight amongst ourselves on these subjects.)
Honestly except for the extreme fringe(on both sides) we are not that far apart in many cases from reasonable discussion. We want to see more Elk, they want to continue to see wolves in the wild. If I step back and put myself in their shoes, I get where they are coming from. I don't agree but I do understand. Honestly, I have a tough time with ranching (that being part of the wolf argument). I get sick of seeing Elk country torn up by cattle. I get tired of ranchers being allowed to run cattle all over public land but us hunters not being allowed to hunt their huge ranches, even if we pay to do so.
If the wolves are over-populated, by all means, lets manage them. But, realize that their love for nature differs little from our love for it. The divide between us and them isn't as vast as some would think.
Flame away!
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