Anyone seen much recent wolf activity around Kamloops - Salmon Arm area? How are the deer doing there these days?
Definitely more & more showing up in the central Okanagan. Here's a lil track, where I'd never seen them before (size XL)...
I vividly remember bowhunting near the border 15+ years ago & seeing my first wolf face-to-face at ~70m. It is a cool experience to have their wildness as part of our ecosystem, but they are experts at what they do & would change hunting in an area for generations if their populations are not managed properly.
Since then, packs have swept up from the states north & westward, seriously affecting hunters & our wildlife populations. We all need to help any way that we can with predator management, which is a necessary component of wildlife conservation...