Most hunters think wolves can be managed like any other predator. The data says otherwise. In this episode, I sit down with Justin Webb, founder of the Foundation for Wildlife Management (F4WM), to dig into the unfiltered reality of wolf control in the West... what works, what doesn't, and why the "predator-prey balance" we all learned as kids isn't how this actually plays out on the landscape.

In this episode:

• Why hunter success rate on wolves is under 0.25% — and what that means for "managing" them
• The story of a pack that dug every trap out of the ground after smelling wax sand on a caught wolf
• How F4WM removes wolves at $1,100 vs. $9,000 per wolf for state Wildlife Services
• Suitable habitat, livestock depredation, and why Colorado's wolf situation was predicted years ago
• How sportsmen can actually plug into wolf management instead of just complaining about it

Mentioned:
F4WM Membership & Banquets — https://f4wm.org
Wolfer Summit (Aug 6–9, Coeur d'Alene, ID) — https://f4wm.org/events/annual-wolfer-summit/
Justin's Wolf Trapping Master Class — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCLbkDpqis

F4WM Instagram https://www.instagram.com/f4wm_wolf_management/

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