I had a biologist tell me once that wolves have very little impact on ungulate numbers in healthy ecosystems (eg) mature timber, steep terrain, blowdown. In other words good escape terrain and cover. He also said that the increase in preds is directly linked to our activity on the landscape. Logging is what brought in the moose logging is what artificially bumped up the deer population in the 50s and 60s. ... moderate logging that is I mean selective logging of fir the pine and spruce back in the day was considered garbage and piled and burnt. I know because my grandfather had a portable mill operating in and around Kamloops in the 50s and 60s. But now we’ve altered the land scape to such a point that it now benefits the predators. In other words we’ve gone to far in the other direction. Argue all you want but we created this problem and until our forests return to a moderate state of growth you won’t see predators numbers drop... but they will drop on their own given time. But in the mean while we’re going to be waiting a long while for that to occur. It’s unfortunate but it’s the truth. We over log we over fish we over harvest all in the name of greed. We need to get rid of the attitude of if I don’t do it someone else will, do I may as well do it!!! Just my two cents but I’m sure some one will slam me for speaking the truth and I’m fine with that