mastertangler wrote on Jan 7^th, 2015 at 8:03pm:

Think what you want........plenty of ammo to counter that opinion that is for certain. Lots of critters in the wild are just that......mindless killers with zero conscience about taking life. Are the wolves sometimes satiated and fat and happy and ignore the plenteous game around them. Sure, absolutely. But stories are legion of wolves being killing machines and bringing down more than they could eat in months. What explains that? And how about cute little mink who kill everything that crosses their paths if they are able to catch it? Much of it is left behind. I'm no expert on wolves so I am just going by what I have read numerous times. I do not have a romanticized perspective about wolves. "Experts"in the field? You mean professors funded by some university? I'll take the word of the folks who live and work and share the land with the wolves who aren't funded my some grant money to achieve a politically correct conclusion. Not saying wolves are bad (although I might have a different perspective if I were a rancher or an Eskimo whose child was eaten).......such seemingly abhorrent behavior supplies plenty of food for other animals and often at a crucial time of year. This is an interesting article......I read the entire thing and it brought to bear a political consequence effecting hunters I had not considered before. Quite enlightening. Towards the end the author makes my case which I have read many many times over from other eyewitness accounts of wolf behavior.   (You need to Login or Register FWIW......growing up Farley was a favorite read of mine.