This is what needs to happen. I recently read in a different thread that the deer population in CT has tripled in the past five years. Nationwide, deer are responsible for more deaths than sharks, bears, rattlesnakes, and alligators combined.
Actually, I think the re-introduction has a motive other than 'natural, native species'.
If deer and elk become scarce then hunting can be stopped. The liberals can argue there is no need for firearms at all. ( Some liberals grudgingly give us hunting as a reason to own certain types of firearms.)
I don't know about elk, but deer are hardly scarce these days. There aren't enough hunters to control their burgeoning numbers.
If that's the case the hunting season needs to be extended and quotas per hunter raised. Generally there are plenty of hunters interested in taking deer, but they follow the law.
Overpopulation can be dealt with through adjusted hunting regulations (where pro-hunting officials are running the program.) Wolves we don't need for this purpose.