I sincerely hope this doesn’t devolve into an anti wolf thread.
With that said, I’m curious what you Colorado fellas are doing about the upcoming introduction? Let me first say that I’ve never hunted in CO and don’t have first hand experience with your critters. I’ve only been there a handful of times and the majority of what I have seen was from a “tourist “ point of view. (I covered a whole lot of the state one time on a 96 hour libo but that’s another story.)
I read a RMEF article that said CO has more elk than MT and WY combined. After visiting there and seeing all the elk and the habitat, I believe it! Elk everywhere.
But, Not for long….IMO
I’m pretty passionate about the impact wolves have had here in Idaho and have tons of first hand, in the field, boots on the ground, whatever you wanna call it, non professional biologist experience. Don’t know how else to say it, but I know what I’m talking about, as a “consumptive user” of Idaho’s resources and I can tell you they’re a nightmare.
Bottom line is;
You boys are about to get hammered with an apex predator that thrives in rugged nasty country and I feel for ya. They are hard to hunt and damn hard to trap.
Wolves aren’t new to CO I know, but importing them and giving them a minimum population number is something that will never be overcome. They are the zebra mussel of predators. Never go away and don’t get better. Especially when you’ve got uninformed voters calling the shots vs. game management professionals and laws that don’t take into account anything other than a measurable population number that isn’t “verifiable”.
Are there any Sportsman’s groups or anything trying to rally and get a defense plan in place? Y’all need to get together now. I know from first hand experience what it takes to get everyone together (hound hunters, trappers, elk hunters, stockman, fish and game) but it’s the only way to get a seat at the table and stand any kind of chance to fight back.
With that said, I’m curious what you Colorado fellas are doing about the upcoming introduction? Let me first say that I’ve never hunted in CO and don’t have first hand experience with your critters. I’ve only been there a handful of times and the majority of what I have seen was from a “tourist “ point of view. (I covered a whole lot of the state one time on a 96 hour libo but that’s another story.)
I read a RMEF article that said CO has more elk than MT and WY combined. After visiting there and seeing all the elk and the habitat, I believe it! Elk everywhere.
But, Not for long….IMO
I’m pretty passionate about the impact wolves have had here in Idaho and have tons of first hand, in the field, boots on the ground, whatever you wanna call it, non professional biologist experience. Don’t know how else to say it, but I know what I’m talking about, as a “consumptive user” of Idaho’s resources and I can tell you they’re a nightmare.
Bottom line is;
You boys are about to get hammered with an apex predator that thrives in rugged nasty country and I feel for ya. They are hard to hunt and damn hard to trap.
Wolves aren’t new to CO I know, but importing them and giving them a minimum population number is something that will never be overcome. They are the zebra mussel of predators. Never go away and don’t get better. Especially when you’ve got uninformed voters calling the shots vs. game management professionals and laws that don’t take into account anything other than a measurable population number that isn’t “verifiable”.
Are there any Sportsman’s groups or anything trying to rally and get a defense plan in place? Y’all need to get together now. I know from first hand experience what it takes to get everyone together (hound hunters, trappers, elk hunters, stockman, fish and game) but it’s the only way to get a seat at the table and stand any kind of chance to fight back.
