And I'll suggest that my statements deserve more thinking.
You did say wolves and their prey will find an equilibrium.
I suggest that this is completely wrong.
What I wrote to you for consideration regards the misconceived concept in the existence of a balance in Nature.
Perhaps most importantly at this point is to remember that this "Balance" mindset, despite being false, is heavily used by anti-hunting proponents in arguing that we must allow non-human predation to carry on uninfluenced by man. This is part of the Compassionate Conservation model. We Must remain vigilant to avoid the promotion of a Balance in Nature if we are to be a part of it. To advance back to a societal environment where wildlife management may have a chance for success relies on our efforts to not ignore critical components of how Nature works. For maintaining hunt-able populations of ungulates, this management MUST include predator control. We must not close doors thus opportunities to advocate for the ability to effect these practices.
I suggest that our efforts to improve and maintain ungulate populations we should stop separating Habitat from other parts of of the ecosystem.
Lets link predators, prey and habitat as one.
With that preaching over....
Alberta has many active examples where quality habitat was not sufficient to maintain viable elk populations in the presence of high wolf predation.
We also have areas where WT population reductions have been effected, and the result is still a continuing trend of fewer and fewer moose, elk and Mule deer.
Pre-written history also has examples of ungulate exterminations from vast landscapes despite the existence of great habitat.
Habitat alone, while a critical component, will NOT suffice to protect hunt-able populations of ungulates.