Minnesota began its first regulated hunt of gray wolves last
weekend.  In recent months, I've received plenty of questions
and comments about the hunt, which stirs emotions like few other
outdoor endeavors. Some questions have been ill-informed, others
legit.  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has
tiptoed through the controversy. Here are the unfiltered answers
from a guy who considers wolves about as cool as any animal but
also loves hunting:  Q. Why hunt wolves?  A. Actually, the
question should be: Why not? Our state's natural resources are
ours to be harvested -- responsibly, ethically and sustainably.
There was a reason not to hunt wolves: We almost killed them all
off. Now, they've recovered. Thus, we can hunt them.  Q. Do we
know the wolves have recovered enough?  A. Several groups
opposed to the wolf hunt argue that we don't. "We don't have an
accurate baseline population," said Dr. Maureen Hackett, founder
of Howling for Wolves. Hackett questions the DNR's estimate of
the state's wolf pop