Wolves Have Been Released

[Westelker - W. Colorado]

Yeah I know what ranchers will do. They'll thump their chests and act tough, and then do nothing. Politicians will thump their chests in sympathy and once they have your vote they'll do nothing too. Hunters will complain and then do nothing.

Meanwhile, the wolf activists and anti-hunters are already preparing the language and funding for their next ballot initiative.

Yeah, the only thing that will save the released wolves are their GPS collars.

 

[Westelker - W. Colorado]

This is a bummer! They released them off of Trough road in Grand County, Colorado. My old stomping grounds. Sad deal for sure and it will only lead to more stupid ballot initiatives!

Maybe the wolves will band together and migrate east over the divide and make their way to the Boulder area!

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Better be prepared to do something with the tracking collar and make sure no bullets are left in the carcass, if it can be found by law enforcement.

There is an episode of Yellowstone about this . . .

 

[pabearhunter]

Remember all this when you go to vote.

 

[chuckchili]

This is a bummer! They released them off of Trough road in Grand County, Colorado. My old stomping grounds. Sad deal for sure and it will only lead to more stupid ballot initiatives!

Where was the information exactly where it happened? Do you have a citing or link to it? That area is my current stomping grounds. Thanks

 

[The Hedgehog]

There will be some unhappy elk hunters in the upcoming decades, that won’t be just squealing for excuses about poor hunting and the good old days.

 

[Westelker - W. Colorado]

Where was the information exactly where it happened? Do you have a citing or link to it? That area is my current stomping grounds. Thanks

I saw the wolves being released yesterday live on a short piece on TV and it said, "Grand County, CO".

 

[RobG]

Ballot biology.

 

[Bow Bullet]

I saw the wolves being released yesterday live on a short piece on TV and it said, "Grand County, CO".

Someone posted on another site that CPW released two more yesterday somewhere between Silverthorne and Green Mountain Reservoir.

 

[antlerradar]

There will be some unhappy elk hunters in the upcoming decades, that won’t be just squealing for excuses about poor hunting and the good old days.

It will be interesting to see if in 20 years there are big concentrations of elk on the pivots on private in the valleys and few if any elk left in the mountains.

 

[buckbull]

Ballot biology.

That's the bigger story.

 

[EYJONAS!]

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

I always find it interesting that so many hunters who claim to value conservation of the land and wild things are able to justify that we should only conserve certain wild things that they personally enjoy.

Shouldn't it be all of nature, predator and prey? Land and animals? Fish and watershed? Etc. Not just what we enjoy hunting personally?

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Saw this yesterday, 5 now and 15-20 more will be released.... It's not the end of the world.

 

[TheTone]

I always find it interesting that so many hunters who claim to value conservation of the land and wild things are able to justify that we should only conserve certain wild things that they personally enjoy.

Shouldn't it be all of nature, predator and prey? Land and animals? Fish and watershed? Etc. Not just what we enjoy hunting personally?

It’s comical to me to be seeing a bunch of “conservationist” influencers all up in arms about this the last few days while they are almost completely silent on any other wildlife management topic. This has been coming for a while, where were they before hand?

I’ll admit to not liking the process, think Colorado will have an incredibly difficult road to any sort of delisting, and do believe it will negatively effect big game species populations but wolves were already on their way and are native wildlife…

 

[MtnElk]

I always find it interesting that so many hunters who claim to value conservation of the land and wild things are able to justify that we should only conserve certain wild things that they personally enjoy.

Shouldn't it be all of nature, predator and prey? Land and animals? Fish and watershed? Etc. Not just what we enjoy hunting personally?

and I think there would be somewhat less contention around this issue if it came from one or more of these things:

1. a science based approached. aka CPW approved and recommended
2. letting wolves establish a foothold here on their own (as they already were)
3. Not decided by voters who will never have to interact with these animals if they don't want to

I get some of the uproar, especially as it relates to 1-3. But the OP attitude is laughable

 

[Hunt&FishCO]

This is a bummer! They released them off of Trough road in Grand County, Colorado. My old stomping grounds. Sad deal for sure and it will only lead to more stupid ballot initiatives!

Interesting - thanks for the heads up. So about 8miles SW of Kremmling near the Radium WMA?

 

[Addicting]

The whole ride to Colorado the wolves got shown the video Homeward bound by the Biologists. The theory is that they picked up on the hunt and head N thru Wyoming….

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

and I think there would be somewhat less contention around this issue if it came from one or more of these things:

1. a science based approached. aka CPW approved and recommended
2. letting wolves establish a foothold here on their own (as they already were)
3. Not decided by voters who will never have to interact with these animals if they don't want to

I get some of the uproar, especially as it relates to 1-3. But the OP attitude is laughable

Personally I'm fine with the voters deciding. Agreed they don't have to interact with them if they don't want to, but it's not my place to decide who vote on an issue like this, ya know?

Like I don't go to school or interact with the school, but if I have the chance to vote on school expansion I will. Just cause I won't use it doesn't mean I don't get a say

 

[ccc23454]

My biggest problem with wolves being released is the fact now i have to listen to more crap hunters blame them as reason they didn't kill a elk this year!