One of the problems we ran into with this very aspect, is that the government becomes or already is filled with peta types who claim only a couple wolves in each pack do the killing and to killing many from a pack kills innocent wolves - bloody hell.
They also proclaim that wolf kills aren't wolf kills and that the animal died of natural causes and the wolves just happened upon it. It is almost impossible to prove wolf kills without video or pictures - and if the entire sequence of the kill isn't recorded, they say the animal got away.

When the ranchers start losing too many livestock, like ALL of the calves (happened here), the goverment might allow as to predation being the cause, but they will claim since they cannot tell if it was a wolf, bear, cat, eagle or raven, they cannot act against the wolves as they might be innocent. Even if they are backed into a corner on the wolf issue, they'll say they can't tell which wolf form which pack was responsible, therefore stall on any counter measures.

You guys have it even worse than here, when a season is actually opened - when private citizens or groups can sue the government or courts to have a season stopped - now that's a ridiculous situation - is that some form of freedom?