Wolf populations are blamed for reduced numbers of all sorts of big game even where wolf populations are sparse. Today's hunters would never want to even consider that over-hunting, range degradation, excessive road building, or intrusion by motorized vehicles could ever be at fault in any way. The Selkirk caribou herd was considiered to be at risk forty years ago. GD
Undoubtedly road building /access plays a part, but are you trying to say wolf populations haven't exploded in BC in the last 10 years?
The area I hunt, we'd see herds
of 20 mule deer daily. Moose populations were fairly stable, not the numbers of the '70's to early 90's but stable.
The wolves moved in about 5 years ago and have almost cleaned everything out. I was up there for 3 weeks and saw 12 mule deer and 1 cow moose. My buddy got his bull luckily.
The roads have been there for years, I don't blame access.
There aren't even that many coyotes there anymore. Lots of wolf tracks though.
I say don't stop there with the cull, keep going.
