Wolves need managed!

[6mm Remington]

They don't need to be wiped out but there needs to be measures taken that would allow hunting and trapping of wolves to help keep them wild and keep numbers in check.

Sheriff warns of escalating wolf attacks as elk dies yards from home; front stoop left bloodied

The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office in California reports residents are under siege from wolves, posting graphic photos of a bloodied stoop where an elk was brought down just yards from a res…

www.montanaoutdoor.com

 

[rjthehunter]

They don't need to be wiped out but there needs to be measures taken that would allow hunting and trapping of wolves to help keep them wild and keep numbers in check.

Sheriff warns of escalating wolf attacks as elk dies yards from home; front stoop left bloodied

The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office in California reports residents are under siege from wolves, posting graphic photos of a bloodied stoop where an elk was brought down just yards from a res…

www.montanaoutdoor.com

Wolves and grizzlies have both made successful comebacks. There's no reason to not have a season to keep numbers in check. Especially when they end up on someone's porch. Next step is people getting attacked.

 

[more_cowbell]

Article/FB post says 18 confirmed wolf attacks in 28 days

 

[Potsie]

Good thing we don’t have that problem in Idaho. Wolfes ate all the wolfes.

 

[TheTone]

Good thing we don’t have that problem in Idaho. Wolfes ate all the wolfes.

And 30 years in we are still waiting for those attacks on people

 

[2ski]

The Montana outdoor radio show articles are so crazy anymore. This wasn't in Montana. Using words like "under seige" lol I used to make it a point to listen to the show on saturdays. Report with facts but they don't need to take literary license.

 

[more_cowbell]

Good thing we don’t have that problem in Idaho. Wolfes ate all the wolfes.

That’s great news—Idaho calf elk should be a lot safer this spring.

Not so much in Oregon, and confirmed livestock kills going up each year. So far on the east side 23 confirmed wolf attacks this year from Jan to March 21.

https://dfw.state.or.us/wolves/docs/dep_inv/ODFW%20Depredation%20Investigation%20Report.pdf

Wolves in Oregon

Wolves in Oregon

For the ones they didn't ship off to Colorado, ODFW is doing more lethal removals of problem wolves/repeat offenders

 

[nrpate05]

Welcome to the "no spin zone"

 

[NR_Hunter]

Am I the only one who read the thread title in a thick Chinese accent?

 

[Northwoods]

I grew up in northeast MN, where I now live. Wolves have always been here. I’ve had hundreds of encounters with them. Sometimes I don’t mind them around but sometimes I wonder if the old timers had the right idea when they went through great efforts to exterminate them. They are just a large coyote. They reproduce fast and there populations an increase quickly if food is available. Killing a few a year from a given area won’t have any impact on their population. NONE! As deer and elk hunting becomes more expensive it’s also going to become less productive, making it much less appealing. I enjoy challenging hunts but they are not worth the price of admission if success rates are stupid low. Areas with bears, lions, and now wolves are not going to be productive places to hunt. Unfortunately no one that has any influence has big enough balls to address growing predator populations. The Marxist ideology being pushed by meat eater is popular and profitable but unless we address predator populations and stop worshipping predators, big game hunting on public land will be gone. It won’t matter how much land is available to hunt.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Those damn center left meat eaters have gone full blown Marxist!

Just the other day Steve was saying property is robbery and went on a rant about much Kropotkin was wrong about.

 

[BuzzH]

I grew up in northeast MN, where I now live. Wolves have always been here. I’ve had hundreds of encounters with them. Sometimes I don’t mind them around but sometimes I wonder if the old timers had the right idea when they went through great efforts to exterminate them. They are just a large coyote. They reproduce fast and there populations an increase quickly if food is available. Killing a few a year from a given area won’t have any impact on their population. NONE! As deer and elk hunting becomes more expensive it’s also going to become less productive, making it much less appealing. I enjoy challenging hunts but they are not worth the price of admission if success rates are stupid low. Areas with bears, lions, and now wolves are not going to be productive places to hunt. Unfortunately no one that has any influence has big enough balls to address growing predator populations. The Marxist ideology being pushed by meat eater is popular and profitable but unless we address predator populations and stop worshipping predators, big game hunting on public land will be gone. It won’t matter how much land is available to hunt.

Is that right? We have a lot of all three where I spend my time hunting in Montana.

Huh, found this track as we walked up to the deer my Dad shot last year...not a productive place to hunt?

Seeing a little cohabitation here:

 

[nrpate05]

I grew up in northeast MN, where I now live. Wolves have always been here. I’ve had hundreds of encounters with them. Sometimes I don’t mind them around but sometimes I wonder if the old timers had the right idea when they went through great efforts to exterminate them. They are just a large coyote. They reproduce fast and there populations an increase quickly if food is available. Killing a few a year from a given area won’t have any impact on their population. NONE! As deer and elk hunting becomes more expensive it’s also going to become less productive, making it much less appealing. I enjoy challenging hunts but they are not worth the price of admission if success rates are stupid low. Areas with bears, lions, and now wolves are not going to be productive places to hunt. Unfortunately no one that has any influence has big enough balls to address growing predator populations. The Marxist ideology being pushed by meat eater is popular and profitable but unless we address predator populations and stop worshipping predators, big game hunting on public land will be gone. It won’t matter how much land is available to hunt.

Yea I don't know. There are plenty of great places to hunt elk that have strong populations of predators. Agree they need to be managed, but I don't buy that predators will be the reason that big game hunting on public land goes away.

 

[brymoore]

I laugh when I hear hunters says they heard wolves and that all the elk are gone.

Wolves are hunting elk. If you hear wolves, it’s because elk are in the area.

Wolves don’t live in desolate places without food.

 

[thusby]

I don’t think there is much argument amongst us that you should be able to put a wolf or grizz tag in your pocket.
I’m always down for a multi species hunt.

 

[BuzzH]

I don’t think there is much argument amongst us that you should be able to put a wolf or grizz tag in your pocket.
I’m always down for a multi species hunt.

Not much argument that when hunters can buy wolf tags OTC, most don't. They like to gripe more than hunt.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Not much argument that when hunters can buy wolf tags OTC, most don't. They like to gripe more than hunt.

I’ve killed the same amount of wolves in years where I’ve bought multiple tags, years I’ve bought one and years I forgot to buy a tag.
So far I’ve been successful with the two S method. Each year I shovel and then shut up about the tag I buried because I wasn’t able to include the third S that year.

 

[BuzzH]

I’ve killed the same amount of wolves in years where I’ve bought multiple tags, years I’ve bought one and years I forgot to buy a tag.
So far I’ve been successful with the two S method. Each year I shovel and then shut up about the tag I buried because I wasn’t able to include the third S that year.

Same here, but in most of the State I don't even need a tag, no shovel required!

 

[brymoore]

I always have a wolf tag in my pocket. It’s part of the sportsman’s package I buy.

I’ve had exactly one chance at a wolf since the wolf season began. I caught a pack of wolves dispersed from hunting at night. They were returning to their daytime location, howling to each other for location. I got in the middle of them and finally caught one running full speed at 400 yards. It had caught my scent. I did my best to swing hard, hold steady and shoot. I shot all around the wolf as it ran through scree. No hits but I turned it twice by blowing rocks up in front of it. I’m sure it had a few rock shrapnel stings. Charcoal colored wolf.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I always have a wolf tag in my pocket. It’s part of the sportsman’s package I buy.

I’ve had exactly one chance at a wolf since the wolf season began. I caught a pack of wolves dispersed from hunting at night. They were returning to their daytime location, howling to each other for location. I got in the middle of them and finally caught one running full speed at 400 yards. It had caught my scent. I did my best to swing hard, hold steady and shoot. I shot all around the wolf as it ran through scree. No hits but I turned it twice by blowing rocks up in front of it. I’m sure it had a few rock shrapnel stings. Charcoal colored wolf.

I shot right under the only wolf I have ever had a shot at — longish range for my muzzleloader. I sort of redeemed myself a few hours later on an elk at the same range. I knew where to hold then. I would rather have gotten the wolf.