Wolves Have Been Released

[Sytes]

Would love to see a pic of someone from WY standing over a dead-couple million dollar wolf.

Hopfully WY and not UT.
Utah Public Radio announced if a Colorado wolf is identified in UT killing livestock, it's not lawful to kill the wolf... advised to call UDWR to have a trapper collect the wolf and return to sender.

 

[Dinkshooter]

Polis looking at WY wolf hunter hero shot of Colorado wolf.
In honor of @AZ402

 

[BuzzH]

Wolves are hunted in Wyoming.

Colorado governor has already said wolves will never be hunted in Colorado.

He won’t be the Governor forever…

 

[TheTone]

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I’m man enough to say this was the first movie that ever made me cry as a kid

 

[BuzzH]

Wolves are hunted in Montana. They will not be in Colorado.

I heard the same thing about wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Heard the same thing about Bison in Montana too.

 

[appaloosa]

See attached file, if interested in more detail. My response to a prior response to a prior... you get the idea... Typical HT thread, are all off the topic of wolves released in Colorado. It's an interesting read when time permits. Thanks again for the graph catch though I would differ from your info shared on Wy Moose # when reading one study re the Jackson moose herd.

According to the graphics in this paper moose numbers peaked in 1988 and began declining seven years before wolves were even introduced in Yellowstone, a solid decade before packs were established in the valley.
But yeah, it's gotta be the woofs.

 

[Oak]

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is a nationally recognized leader in conservation, outdoor recreation and wildlife management. The agency manages 42 state parks, all of Colorado's wildlife, more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. CPW issues hunting and fishing...

cpw.state.co.us

COLORADO - Today, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) experts completed capture work in Oregon, finishing their work in the state. As a result of the CPW team’s work in Oregon, the agency released a total of 10 gray wolves onto state-owned public land in Summit and Grand counties, continuing the agency’s efforts to create a permanent, self-sustaining gray wolf population in Colorado. This total completes the agreement with Oregon for the December 2023 - March 2024 capture season to provide up to 10 wolves to Colorado. No further releases are planned this calendar year. Number and description of reintroduced wolves:

Name Sex Age Class Weight Color Pack 2302-OR F Yearling 68 lb Black Five Points 2303-OR M Yearling 76 lb Gray Five Points 2304-OR F Yearling 76 lb Gray Noregaard 2305-OR M Yearling 93 lb Gray Noregaard 2306-OR F Yearling 66 lb Gray Noregaard 2307-OR M Adult 108 lb Black Wenaha 2308-OR F Yearling 74 lb Gray Noregaard 2309-OR M Adult 104 lb Gray Wenaha 2310-OR F Yearling 71 lb Gray Desolation 2312-OR F Yearling 76 lb Gray No Pack

 

[mtmuley]

I’m man enough to say this was the first movie that ever made me cry as a kid

You need to watch Old Yeller. mtmuley

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

Here’s the official CPW response to the OP’s charge from “wolves”.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

You need to watch Old Yeller. mtmuley

I’ll never watch that damn movie again nor Where the Red Fern Grows.

 

[mtmuley]

I’ll never watch that damn movie again nor Where the Red Fern Grows.

No kidding. I'm gonna go hug my dogs. mtmuley

 

[TheTone]

You need to watch Old Yeller. mtmuley

Nope! Already got an old dog at home I stress enough about

 

[mtmuley]

Nope! Already got an old dog at home I stress enough about

Derailed the thread a bit, but I know the feeling. Hard stuff. mtmuley

 

[Joe Hulburt]

Wolves are hunted in Wyoming.

Colorado governor has already said wolves will never be hunted in Colorado.

That is pretty much what we are dealing with here on Oregon. I see no path politically where we end up having even a meager hunting season for them here. They are already causing a ton of damage to livestock and the state is spending millions of dollars scrambling to deal with them but no Democrat governor will support opening a season. They keep getting elected by the people in the I5 corridor and they will not take a stand that goes against the mentality the majority of those people share.

The only saving grace here is that the numbers of wolves we currently have seems to be about the maximum we can have without extreme livestock depredation so the state has been killing quite a few (and sending a few to Colorado!) to try to keep if from getting too crazy. Our biggest problem for game animals is the 7,000 plus (and growing) cougar population which also takes a tremendous amount of resources for wildlife bios to deal with.

 

[Nicoli7153]

Cried more when I had to put my Lab down than I did for most people.

 

[MtnElk]

Cried more when I had to put my Lab down than I did for most people.

Same, still not over it

 

[Nicoli7153]

Same, still not over it

Never bitched at ya ... always (except when they got in the trash) happy to see ya.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

More thread derail. This memory popped up yesterday. She was a damn good ranch dog and companion.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Would love to see a pic of someone from WY standing over a dead-couple million dollar Colorado wolf.

I seriously hope this happens. I bet there are a pile of guys howling it up there currently.

 

[SAJ-99]

That is pretty much what we are dealing with here on Oregon. I see no path politically where we end up having even a meager hunting season for them here. They are already causing a ton of damage to livestock and the state is spending millions of dollars scrambling to deal with them but no Democrat governor will support opening a season. They keep getting elected by the people in the I5 corridor and they will not take a stand that goes against the mentality the majority of those people share.

The only saving grace here is that the numbers of wolves we currently have seems to be about the maximum we can have without extreme livestock depredation so the state has been killing quite a few (and sending a few to Colorado!) to try to keep if from getting too crazy. Our biggest problem for game animals is the 7,000 plus (and growing) cougar population which also takes a tremendous amount of resources for wildlife bios to deal with.

Maybe the only way people become more aware is to publish the data. I,e. $X is what we pay ranchers for losses. I don't want wolves or cougars to be "political", but if you want to argue for management, it might be made more salient for people with $ amounts. Eventually people in Portland will ask why are we paying for wolf kills when we have all these other problems.