I think Idaho’s got the right idea for wolves in another way: fund their management by selling wolf tags to hunters, who can also manage them in a very direct way.
They’ll have to since the animals that hunters really like to hunt will have severely falling populations.
Wolves were all be eliminated before and it can/might happen again. It may take some time of “shoot-shovel-shutup” control including other means as well.
Wolves were introduced here in central Wisconsin as well but thus far, no “control” has been experienced thus far. A hunting season has been established and results are minimal at best with established kill numbers very small.
More “SSS” type control will go on for some time to come as the deer herds a being reduced significantly and hunters certainly don’t like that happening.