*******Wolves don’t bother people**********

[Three44s]

Yea, tell the guy in this story that wolves are peace lovin’ critters .....!

https://www.statesmanexaminer.com/co...cape-encounter

Three44s

[Der Gebirgsjager]

The human species is slow to learn. Wolves have been feared for hundreds of years as great killers of livestock and the occasional person. Hunted almost to extinction for those reasons, they are now back, multiplying, and not surprisingly, back to their old tricks.

DG

[rancher1913]

The human species is slow to learn. Wolves have been feared for hundreds of years as great killers of livestock and the occasional person. Hunted almost to extinction for those reasons, they are now back, multiplying, and not surprisingly, back to their old tricks.

DG

there back because of a bunch of city do gooders. we voted on this in colorado and all the areas that were to have wolfs reintroduced said no, denver and boulder said yes, so now everybody except denver and boulder get wolfs

[dangitgriff]

How much do wolf hides bring on the fur market?

[Three44s]

Rancher1913,

That’s how it is here in WA!

Seattle wants wolves but get none! Around these parts we think a tall fence around the fair city and put those government mutts in with their “fans”.

Three44s

[Finster101]

How much do wolf hides bring on the fur market?

Probably not as much as the fine for killing them.

[M-Tecs]

How much do wolf hides bring on the fur market?

Still legal in Alaska. If you want tanned pelts here is a source https://www.glacierwear.com/animal-f...ur-pelts.html?

Not sure what the current price is but a buddy in Alaska was getting between $200 and $300 per pelt a while back.

[Teddy (punchie)]

I recall Grandma From Romania talking about wolves. Grandma explained or someone that I still recall, don't aim for there head swing for there body and hard. Grandma use to tell me stories of the old country. I can still hear her scolding me for asking to hear stories, they not stories they are true. She just started to teach my some words, porka is a pig is the only one I remember.

Watched a video on wild Romania, still have bears, wolves and other animals you would think in Europe they would be long gone from that area of the world.

Play with fire and sometimes you get burned.

[Three44s]

Two years ago and a County west of the recent account.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2NqCOzpK8tg

Three44s

[cwtebay]

The price has been pretty good until this year. They're $215 as of last week. But most of us have them tanned and sell them through outfits that deal in home decor for considerably more.

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[725]

I hate to say it but, Three44's video just typifies the bureaucratic bean counter mentality. Discussing the fine points of this rule or that when a life hangs in the balance. Good grief.

[Idaho45guy]

Some sad excerpts from the article:

"The incident was investigated by the county's wildlife conflict specialist..."

And people wonder why taxes are so high and the government is out of control. Do the taxpayers really need to pay the salary of someone who call themselves a Wildlife Conflict Specialist???

"Manke said the identity of the man is being kept confidential to avoid making him a potential target for retaliation from wolf advocates."

Another example of how deranged and violent the Left is becoming.

[Hamish]

A single coyote can kill a full grown whitetail buck. A wolf can take down elk and moose. People? Appetiser,,,,,

[dverna]

there back because of a bunch of city do gooders. we voted on this in colorado and all the areas that were to have wolfs reintroduced said no, denver and boulder said yes, so now everybody except denver and boulder get wolfs

Live trap them. Load trap onto truck. Drive to city park. Release.

Repeat as needed.

[dangitgriff]

Some sad excerpts from the article:

"The incident was investigated by the county's wildlife conflict specialist..."

And people wonder why taxes are so high and the government is out of control. Do the taxpayers really need to pay the salary of someone who call themselves a Wildlife Conflict Specialist???

"Manke said the identity of the man is being kept confidential to avoid making him a potential target for retaliation from wolf advocates."

Another example of how deranged and violent the Left is becoming.

If they bare their teeth can you shoot them, too?
Asking for a friend.

[Three44s]

Some sad excerpts from the article:

"The incident was investigated by the county's wildlife conflict specialist..."

And people wonder why taxes are so high and the government is out of control. Do the taxpayers really need to pay the salary of someone who call themselves a Wildlife Conflict Specialist???

"Manke said the identity of the man is being kept confidential to avoid making him a potential target for retaliation from wolf advocates."

Another example of how deranged and violent the Left is becoming.

Actually the County having their own specialist who answers to the Sheriff is necessary for accountability.

The WDFW is notorious for stonewalling depredation incident investigations involving Apex predators!

The Klickitat County Sheriff has taken over bear and cat complaints and in their first eight months they had eliminated over a dozen cougars in and around towns and threatening livestock. The cost to taxpayers is quite low because much is done by volunteers.

I wish my County had guts enough to stand up to WDFW!

Three44s

[brewer12345]

I do not go wandering around the woods without at least a 357 mag or a 45 ACP. Like any other predator that threatened me, a wolf dumb enough to get too close is on borrowed time.

[Three44s]

There are a lot more close encounters than the public realizes and while I have no fondness for the “government mutts” we need to differentiate between what is actionable as to use of legitamet deadly force in the eyes of the State and what is not.

Clearly the fellow in the latest story was justified in taking at least one wolf out. The lady treed by wolves two years ago was as well. The problem is she was unarmed and working for the USFS, so barred (most likely) from packin’. In between those two incidents, the Feds delisted the rest of the Northern Gray wolves and that is a game changer.

The problem arises in that wolves are curious in nature and without being hunted by humans they view us as possible prey. The way they go about making a “survey” to see if you are lunch brings them close .... too close.

They do not have a sign on them that states that they are “open for business”. The fellow was lucky that there was a credible time to act while the forensics (tracks) were made.

In the case of the treed tree hugger, those wolves actually treed her TWICE and they left once, she shimmied down the tree, walked out a ways then was run back up a tree a second time. Upon being being treed the second time is when she called for a rescue.

They had to get the OK from the second in command of WDFW before they OK’ed sending the chopper. The County 911 and the State DNR helicopter crew were just about going to go anyway when ‘ole Number two was caught going from one meeting to another (at the WDFW) and he said save the woman.

The Wildlife Dept was objecting because the helicopter was going to “scare the wolves” near a possible denning site. They wanted the rescuers to walk in!

The Sheriff told his deputies to shoot any wolf that sticks around! My kind of Sheriff!

Three44s

[pill bug]

This thread alarmed me a bit. I Mean heck, who wants to be eaten by a wolf in the Washington state wilderness?
I wondered, is this a legit worry? An internet search says no. You are far more likely to die from a bee sting, lightening strike, angry deer or just about anything other than a wolf attack.
So, how many people have been killed in Washington state by wolves? The Answer is none, ever. No person has been killed by a wolf in Washington state in recorded history.

At any given time there is between 120 and 150 active wild wolf in the entire state of Washington and the tribal lands within the state borders.
Since 2012, 31 wolfs have been eradicated by the state wildlife agency to protect cattle.

Of the 31 eradicated wolfs, 26 have been killed at the request of one single rancher that leases 80,000 acres of federal land to graze 736 pairs of cow and calves. It is alleged that the owner of the cattle does a number of questionably and unethical practices to get as many wolfs killed as possible. The state wildlife agency is said to be compliant in this practice. Wildlife groups are absolutely furious and are demanding action. Oh, and the profit for us the people for the huge poo show this rancher is causing? The federal government is getting 4 thousand bucks a year for grazing rights on those (our) 80,000 acres.

[rancher1913]

how bout we let them loose in your backyard, bet you change your tune.

its not (your) land its may be gov land but its rented fair and square and the renter has rights, dont like what the renter does than put your money were your mouth is and rent it your self. would you rent a house that came with cottonmouths and you were told that you had to let them coexist in your basement.