The RMEF has conserved and enhanced over 5 million acres of ground.
Is the RMEF using the wolf as a fundraising scheme....Yes. Are elk numbers down. Hell Yes. Hunting in N. Idaho, and NW Montana has drastically changed since wolves have been reintroduced.
If every wolf was dishing out cash for every elk they killed, we would be fine, but they are not. Wolves take tags away from hunters plain and simple. Look at the numbers for Idaho Elk Tags sold this year. They are WAY down. People in the areas that I know aren't seeing elk, and don't even think about trying to draw a moose tag. You can, but good luck finding a moose. 12 years ago when I got a moose, there were tons. Its not up and down cycles, its wolves. So is RMEF collecting. Sure they are, they need too, something has to be done to limit numbers of wolves.
