I saw my first wolf In Jan 1990 on an island in the St. Mary's. It was chasing a deer, and there was no mistaking what it was. I saw it just after the local paper ran a story that said " DNR study finds no wolves in the EUP".
That was 21 years ago. Who knows how long wolves had been present on that island before I saw one?
Guess what? There are still deer on that same Island. And that island, with 21 plus years of wolves on it probably still has the same amount of deer on it as it did back then.
Wolves are not the end of the world for deer hunters. Although they eat their share of deer, they also eat other critters. And lets be realistic. If the DNRE issues permits to take wolves in MI How many permits do you think they will issue? Enough to get rid of them.
The fact is there will always be wolves in MI from now on. And we better get used to it.
That was 21 years ago. Who knows how long wolves had been present on that island before I saw one?
Guess what? There are still deer on that same Island. And that island, with 21 plus years of wolves on it probably still has the same amount of deer on it as it did back then.
Wolves are not the end of the world for deer hunters. Although they eat their share of deer, they also eat other critters. And lets be realistic. If the DNRE issues permits to take wolves in MI How many permits do you think they will issue? Enough to get rid of them.
The fact is there will always be wolves in MI from now on. And we better get used to it.
