[fabsroman]

Essentially, what we need to do is take an approach like the anti's do toward our guns. Get rid of a couple at a time. Let's get a hunting season on wolves, even if it is something small. Let's get them knocked down a peg on the endangered species classification to that of threatened instead of endangered. Let's start killing a couple, let the hoopla cool off, and then let the DNR increase the number of tags as it sees fit. Better to start small and get rid of some, than to never start.

I will agree that some of the outfitters are probably struggling from a lack of animals. However, hunting is hunting. It seems as though people have forgotten what it is like to actually go hunting and not get anything. Nobody wants to go out hunting unless they can come back with an animal. That is what really bugs me. These outfitters should still be in business if every hunter was a true hunter. We would all still be paying for the change, not guarantee, of an elk. Maybe if the hunting of wolves is made legal and tags are sold to hunters, there might be some additional demand for these outfitters.

What I cannot believe is that all the people out west have not put enough pressure on Congress to get things changed. Can't Congress change the definition of classifications for animals under the Endangered Species Act, or is this a global treaty? From what I was reading, it seems as though the Endangered Species Act is a US law. How about changing the scientific monitoring/evaluation requirements so that it isn't as tough for the USFWS to meet those requirements (i.e., Courts will not be able to stop the hunting season for a lack of scientific evidence). Put the heat on the people that can do something, and don't vote for them if they don't do anything for you.