[toddst]

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.

[Righty1]

Wolves have one advantage over hunters i.e. they cull the herd. With deer carrying Lymes and CWD that is not a bad year round option.