I look at wolves this way- they eat what hunters want to pay big bucks to pursue. They eat lots and lots of the elk, Mulies, Antelope Moose etc.
So, instead of oneo f us rednecks paying $2-5k to pursue and kill and eat ONE of the above , okay, maybe two or three... annually, with specific rules determining what sex can be taken, and where; we conserve the populations for both the environment and the future.
The wolves, they don’t contribute a penny and consume whatever, whenever, how ever often they want need. Either we hug the wolves, or we hug the folks who own land, run outfitters, hotels, gas stations sporting good AND we finance the conservation efforts for all the critters, except the ones that hate us....
I like wolves. I’d like one rugged hanging next to my Lynx, Bobcat and Lion on the stairwell wall....
Now, bears and lions, I ‘m okay with some competition for them, but they are on my lists as well. Bear is tasty, I would only eat a lion if I was lost.
“Bear is tasty...”
Still working our way through the #480 Black Bear Beau got in 2016. He got the biggest one in Wisconsin that year. :)
Since he’s already gotten three others; one is a 3/4 mount, the other two are rugs, he just had this one tanned and it hangs from one of the 12’ posts in the Family Room. That thing is HEAVY!
Oh, and he’s due for a vacuuming; he’s got a few dust bunnies on him right now, LOL!
My Nightly Prayer? Dead Lord. PLEASE don’t let Beau be successful while Moose hunting this year, LOL!
The weirdest thing I’ve eaten has been Bobcat. Kind of like pork, I’d say. I make a mean Crock Pot of ‘Coon and Kraut’ though, and the guys at the club LOVE my Bear BBQs. ;)