So because I have only been a member for 4 months and this is my first post I am looking for a fight?

Hunters have put in a big effort to build up there conservationist image instead of the ever so popular brutal killers painted by many extremists. Am I a treehugger? Maybe. Am I a hunter? Yes, and I like to protect the image that hunters should have, the conservationist.

These animals were here for a long time before we got here. When humans arrived in north America there was still plenty of opportunity to hunt what ever big game animal you wanted, the wolves did not wipe out the big game populations.

I am not saying we should put our life on the line to saves the wolves, I just don't agree with killing them all. If I ever end up on a hunting trip in Alaska I would love to take one, but that is very different than killing them all.

And I am not accusing any of you of wanting to extinguish them, it's just a theme I have seen played out on the web many times that really bothers me.