Iowan
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Doing stupid **** like this will almost guarantee that wolves will be relisted as endangered! If I wanted to get wolves relisted this is a dream come true.
I am all for using hunting to control their numbers but using bounties is only providing ammunition to the people that want them listed as endangered. Bounties are the tool that drove them to extinction in these states - people remember this kind of stuff.
I know it is not hunters leading this charge but we will be the ones hurt when the wolves are protected again.
I think a better solution is simply say that you can hunt wolves on any big game tag - you simply have to report the kill within 24 hours. Another option would be to make the wolf tags $1 to residents and non-residents. Or even better - make a couple premium hunts available to only those that have harvested a wolf the previous year.
For the record I have harvested exactly one wolf.
I am all for using hunting to control their numbers but using bounties is only providing ammunition to the people that want them listed as endangered. Bounties are the tool that drove them to extinction in these states - people remember this kind of stuff.
I know it is not hunters leading this charge but we will be the ones hurt when the wolves are protected again.
I think a better solution is simply say that you can hunt wolves on any big game tag - you simply have to report the kill within 24 hours. Another option would be to make the wolf tags $1 to residents and non-residents. Or even better - make a couple premium hunts available to only those that have harvested a wolf the previous year.
For the record I have harvested exactly one wolf.