Was at my office in West Yellowstone, Montana yesterday--go there one day per week..had breakfast with 2 locals...heard an interesting story which, according to them, can be verified by park officials working in the part currently..in one area of Yellowstone currenlty, there is a small pack of 3 wolves---in the past 10 days--they have killed one adult elk every other day..have NOT eaten any of them..and the carcasses are currenlty being eaten by the birds..literally...

Last summer, one wolf killed 90plus sheep on a 24 hours period in sw Montana by Dillon..then traveled a considerably distance--20 plus miles..killed quite a few more sheep two days later..and 2 days after that, was near the first location where he killed quite a few more..

My point in all of this is the old adage that they only kill what they need is utter and complete BS...they kill because they can...whether that be for hunger or the enjoyment of killing...

One other element people seem to forget is the current plight of the local moose population..which in the past 10 years has plummeted to almost nonexistant...I have 2 really good friends who worked for the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks for 25 plus years..both have retired in the past 2 years..they BOTH have stated on numerous occassions the FWP department will act--but when it is far too late and too little of an enactment to boot as is evidenced by the wolf program ..

Ripp