I’m sure anyone interested can find this at a non-paywalled source. I don’t feel like quoting paragraphs from it.
“Oh, look, gray wolves aren’t endangered anymore, so let’s go kill them!”
Am I the only one who’s creeped out by this? 
What the hell? Why did this happen? Son-of-a-bitch.
This is why I hate hunting that is for anything but food.
You two aren’t the only people pissed about this. We have one planet. We should take care of it. Once a species goes extinct, there’s no getting it back.
It’s a little known fact that killing a scary animal will make your penis grow by at least one inch.
Especially if you use a particularly manly method like using a leg-hold trap.
If Wisconsin hunters can get close enough to kill 200 wolves in 3 days. Maybe there’s an issue.
An issue that will probably work itself out over the next few years.
Sure, then it will be:
“how come there are so many deer destroying the area by over-browsing?”
“Dunno, probably the fault of those damned environmentalists or something”
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The resulting posterior mode (the most likely value) for total wolf abundance for the 2019 –2020 overwintering period was 1195 wolves, and the credible interval with the highest probability density was 957 –1573
From here
From the sub-heading in the Smithsonian article:
The state’s Department of Natural Resources granted permits to about 1,500 hunters to kill 119 wolves, but 216 were shot
and…
Critics cite the short length of the hunting period, the 24-hour window for hunters to report their kills, and the unusually high number of hunting permits as reasons that the hunt exceeded the quota by 82 percent, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . The state sold 1,547 permits, 13 times higher than the quota of 119 wolves and the highest ratio of hunters to target wolves of any past wolf hunting season, per the AP.
Umm, what did they think was going to happen?
On a brighter note for the wolves…
Fuckers. Pitting endorsed.
Well, I’m usually not so agreeable… but I dislike sport hunting.
The wildlife managers will have a better data on success rates and the wolves will a bit more wary of human smells and activity. Next year they alter the harvest amount based on this year. They look at the goals of the program and estimates based on expected survival. They also alter the number of available tags based on reported success rates. Now they have two years worth of data. Rinse and repeat. After a few years they have pretty reliable data.
“What do the numbers look like Vern?”
“Ummm. Zero. Does Zero work for you?”
They need to at least make this hunt more interesting. One hunter at a time with a bag limit of one wolf. Bows and arrows only. No technology, no access to vehicles or shelter.
Bonus half inch if you make a good trophy out of it.
I have no words. The only fitting justice would be to arm the wolves with rapid-fire assault rifles, at least making it a fair contest.
I’m astounded whenever I see statistics about wolf populations. I made a busy traffic-infested trip to the Big City today and there were probably more hoo-mans directly in my way, in cars and on foot, than the total wolf population of Ontario. In any case, hunting wolves is seriously regulated here.
Couple of things, first, brilliant username thread combo, I disagree, don’t arm the wolves, merely pit them against man au naturelle to au naturelle as god intended. Claws and fangs and smarts and nothing else. Bloody raw with no tech beyond what ever you can manufacture with whats at hand
Maybe the hunter could build a rudimentary lathe…
Shame on me, I knew full well someone would come along and say that, based on how I worded it, but I posted my comment anyway. 