The Big Lie of Wolf Reintroduction: Why This “National Conversation” Is a Direct Attack on Hunters, Deer Herds, and Wildlife Management

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Enough with the Wolves: A Hunter’s Take on the Real Cost of the “National Wolf Conversation”

Let’s not sugarcoat this. The so-called “National Wolf Conversation” hosted by the Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) and the Keystone Policy Center is a slap in the face to every hunter, trapper, and conservationist who’s watched their deer herds get decimated while bureaucrats and eco-activists romanticize apex predators from behind a desk.

This wasn’t a conversation. It was a coordinated PR stunt to legitimize the rewilding agenda—an agenda that keeps pushing dangerous predator populations into areas where they have no place.

Wolves Are Destroying Deer and Small Game Populations. Period.

Don’t be fooled by the polished language of “diverse stakeholders” and “shared values.” Wolves are ruthless, efficient killers. They aren’t endangered. They aren’t misunderstood. They’re thriving in regions like the Upper Peninsula, where deer numbers have nosedived, and small game is nearly nonexistent in areas once alive with activity.

Here’s what the wolf defenders never tell you:

• One wolf can kill up to 20 deer a year.
• Wolves don’t just kill to eat. They kill to kill. It’s called surplus killing.
• Elk calves, fawns, livestock—nothing is safe, and hunters are the ones left holding the bag when seasons are wrecked.

You want to build trust? Start by telling the truth.

MUCC Should Be Protecting Hunters—Not Pushing Wolf Sympathy Sessions

MUCC’s role is supposed to be about representing hunters and conservationists. Not cozying up to the same groups who’ve spent decades trying to kill hunting rights with lawsuits and ballot initiatives.

By hosting this “conversation,” MUCC is giving cover to:

• Anti-hunting extremists
• Out-of-state environmental think tanks
• Federal overreach from agencies that ignore boots-on-the-ground data

Where were the deer hunters? Where were the trappers? Where were the people actually in the woods, watching healthy game populations vanish while bureaucrats crunch computer models?

Wolves Are a Management Problem—Not a Political Trophy

This isn’t about “emotions” or “finding middle ground.” This is about real-world wildlife management. When wolves go unmanaged, everything else suffers. And let’s be clear: they ARE unmanaged.

Thanks to endless litigation and spineless political leadership:

• Wolf hunting seasons have been blocked or canceled
• Wildlife biologists are handcuffed
• Rural communities are ignored

No predator should be allowed to run unchecked. Period.

Hunters Are the Backbone of Conservation. We’re Not Backing Down.

If this conversation was truly “inclusive,” it would have centered the voices of those who live, hunt, and work in wolf country. Instead, it felt like a warm-up act for more lawsuits, more delays, and more "let's wait and study some more" garbage while deer vanish and hunting heritage dies a slow death.

We won’t stand by quietly while our way of life is dismantled by slick PR campaigns and sugarcoated propaganda.

It’s Time to Choose: Wolves or Wildlife Management That Works

The wolf debate isn’t about feelings. It’s about facts.

And the fact is: wolves are out of control in parts of Michigan, Minnesota, and the West. Until hunters, biologists, and actual conservationists—not coastal academics—are put back in the driver’s seat, we’re just going to keep losing ground.

So here’s the real national conversation:

• Do we manage predators like wolves with science and balance?
• Or do we keep letting emotion-driven policies destroy the very wildlife we worked so hard to protect?

Because you can’t have both.

This isn’t about coexistence. This is about control. And it’s time we take it back.