There is a reason our ancestors worked hard to kill off the wolf population. Yes, they are majestic looking creatures but they are also deadly and destructive. Reintroducing them into populated areas is going to get someone killed.
Israel metaphor,
Ugh.
SSS unless it was wearing a collar.
It’s 3 hunter’s words against the rest of the pack.
When hunting, I carry a 9mm sidearm with 16+1, 16, as and 13. Plus my .30-30 with 8 rounds in the tube.
There are wolves, coyote, bear, cougar, wild dogs, and crazed humans out there.
When the wolves start killing people the perception of them will change.
“Unlike in Wyoming, wolves remain federally protected..”
Translation” Unlike in America.....etc”
I have to say, unless you startled one, it’s very very rare that you would even see one. They normally stay away from people. But this guy could have been small. And if he was carrying a duck or two, a wolf in those parts could think he and his wolf buddies could take the small hunter. I would be offended myself. Its also rare that wolves would be hunting in a pack in the summer or even September. There is plenty of food everywhere. Wolves don’t normally pack until food gets more scarce and they need to go after the big stuff. I am in Wisconsin myself and trees are just now starting to change. We still have ducks and geese everywhere.
When I read this quote, it was the money in the court case:
“When it first happened, I thought, ‘Oh my God, what did I just do? I just killed a wolf!’” said Melton, 19, who lives in Sugar Camp, Wisconsin.
If the kid was not aware of what he was doing he is a problem. Saying something like this indicates that he lacks maturity and self control. Pulling a trigger, even when you fear for your life, should be a conscious decision. This 19 year old made it sound like after the wolf was dead he realized he killed it.
The prosecutor is going to tear him up more than a pack of wolves.
30 years ago the DNR introduced a species of rattlesnake into a swamp in IA which was protected. I talked to a guy who lives about a mile from the swamp. His young son stepped off the front porch in his bare feet and was bitten by a snake that had wandered away from the swamp. They had to helicopter antivenom to the hospital. His son almost died. Every now and then he sees a snake and the lawnmower accidently leaves no evidence.
Self defense is outlawed in much of the world and is on its way to being outlawed here too. F the G.
That is because WOLVES were rare around areas where there were people.
There is a reason why it is the "Big Bad Wolf" and not the "Grumpy Groundhog".
Wolves, especially wolves in pack, will kill you. For fun.
We had a moose in Iowa that a hunter claimed attacked him so he shot it but the DNR research showed there was significant distance between the moose and hunter and the shot was a broadside shot vs. front shot that you would expect in a charge situation.
Then case closed.
I would not kill a wolf. However, I would gut shoot one so that it can off and die later well away from my location.
Which is always the left's end game.
Everything they do is to our detriment.
They want us fearful and dead and don't care what tools they use to accomplish it.