This is horrible! Why do men get a kick out of killing wolves?

Can this be real?

This kind of response is typical of someone who sits in the sterile environment of their home and watches the PBS wolf documentary and simply can't understand why the poor wolf has been mistreated. I can hear the narrators well rehearsed and gentle voice: 'The innocent she-wolf, now denned up with her young vulnerable [close up of the wolves eyes] pups prepares for the long hard Yellowstone winter and will have to scavenge for any available morsel of food for the next 3 difficult months'

Give me a break! The wolf is as gentle as a domesticated dog?

This is why we hunt wolves:

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Wolves are NOT nice. They are NOT dogs. They ARE wild. You are a fool if you believe otherwise. These things are also BESIDE the point here. Wolves are a valid game species. I was born in Idaho, hunt in Idaho and have all faith in the competence and capability of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to properly evaluate and manage the wildlife inside of our great state. And anonymous there at the top....go get cozy with a pack of Idaho's finest some time. DO let us know how that goes. Possibly the executor of your estate could.

yes i know this an old post. but since i surfed my way around the links, i'ma stick my two cents in, just because. I didn't know that only men hunted wolves. That's news to me.
They're hunted for numerous reasons, and the same reason you hunt deer. Think of the accidents that deer cause, and the many other points that i could write out, but don't feel like doing at this point because this would turn into a novel.
Look at your facts before posting, and don't come at me with they're endangered, be it so, there's still a designated quota that is allowed to be killed. Not every hunter that hunts wolves greedily kills them. Your're thinking of the stereotype that is thrown out there in the mix.
No i'm not anti wolf. so don't go there.

Wolves are not peaceful animals:

March 12, 2010 - TEACHER MAULED TO DEATH BY WOLVES IN ALASKA!

In 2007, villagers in the western Eskimo village of Marshall posted sentries at night on the town periphery to keep wolves out after a pack of wolves attacked and killed six sled dogs. A wolf killed by villagers turned out to be rabid.

Wolves are natural predators looking for their next meal just like humans. But at least when humans hunt, we don’t start eating our prey while they are still alive. Have any of you ever come across a cow, horse or a deer that is still alive but can’t move because its hind end has been eaten away by a wolf?

Have any of you anti-hunters thought about our heritage as humans? Did you ever stop to think that if humans didn’t hunt, we wouldn’t exist? Hence hunters and gatherers.

Sure times have changed, but why ignore something that is such a huge part of our identity. It has shaped us to what we are today.

We are the smartest of all the species on earth and have developed ways to become better hunters and gatherers. We have the ability to create and maintain balance between human and nature.

Since wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park 15 years ago, the number of elk has dropped by 50%. The trickle-down effect of wolf reintroduction has brought elk and coyote numbers more inline with healthy estimates for the ecosystem. It has also boosted the population of foxes, cougars and other predators.

Now that the numbers of animals that exist are healthy for the ecosystem, it is time we start hunting wolves before their numbers get too high. What would the elk population be in Yellowstone in another 15 years if they weren't hunted? 0?

Wolves’ natural predators are humans.

Pics from a tree stand - Wolves kill so humanely.