Author Topic: How do ya'll feel about wolves (Read 6327 times)

Adironzach · « **Reply #60 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 11:21 AM »

Quote from: missoulafish on Feb 06, 2020, 09:22 AM

Read up on the YNP wolf reintroduction.....

Do you have any links to articles? Most things ive read discuss the trophic cascade effect that the wolves had on the park, and how that positively effected a lot of predator-prey relationships as well as allowed overgrazed areas to rebound

missoulafish · « **Reply #61 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 11:42 AM »

Adironzach - do some google searches on debunking "How Wolves Change Rivers". Tons of info abut YNP.

HWeber · « **Reply #62 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 11:54 AM »

I saw the video on Facebook it must be true

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #63 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 01:42 PM »

Hunting them might be fun, i'm not big on hunting predators though.

honestly i wouldnt hunt them. I dont think i could be ok with eating K-9 relatives.

Sweet pelts though !

stitch · « **Reply #64 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 02:33 PM »

You guys inCO.have to stand your ground with this issue.dont let the city people who s time in the outdoors is a koa. If things are left to a vote you will certainly end up with wolves.dont forget the disney crowd think wolves and deer are friends.in 1994 we lost most of our trapping ,we cant hunt bears with dogs and our fish and game was changed to fish and wild life,with a onetime vote it allowed non hunters and fishermen to get on the F&G boards. Now in western mass.we have been over run with bear coyotes have decimated our deer small game is almost non existant.stand your ground.its your state .if you dont habe a sportsmans allience ,start one.good luck i hope things work out for you.

mikez · « **Reply #65 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 03:45 PM »

Quote from: stitch on Feb 06, 2020, 02:33 PM

You guys inCO.have to stand your ground with this issue.dont let the city people who s time in the outdoors is a koa. If things are left to a vote you will certainly end up with wolves.dont forget the disney crowd think wolves and deer are friends.in 1994 we lost most of our trapping ,we cant hunt bears with dogs and our fish and game was changed to fish and wild life,with a onetime vote it allowed non hunters and fishermen to get on the F&G boards. Now in western mass.we have been over run with bear coyotes have decimated our deer small game is almost non existant.stand your ground.its your state .if you dont habe a sportsmans allience ,start one.good luck i hope things work out for you.

I guess it's how you want to see it. I'm from Ma too and I'm happy the state looks at all the wildlife, not just game animals.
I know the state has a very generous bear season with 150 - 200 harvested a year. I don't believe there are enough bear hunters that want to hunt for the harvest to be any bigger.
I know most of the state is absolutely overrun with deer to the nuisance level and this year's harvest was the second biggest despite hunter participation being way down. Meanwhile deer ticks make lyme a serious hazard.
I call total BS on small game being nonexistent. You just tossed that in for affect. Cottontails have been at the high end of the cycle for years and there are far more than the hunters can use. A few years ago when the mast crop was record high, the news was full of stories about the "plague of squirrels".

Gunflint · « **Reply #66 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 05:01 PM »

Quote from: missoulafish on Feb 06, 2020, 10:05 AM

HUGE science fan here....

I'm a Huge fan of sarcasm

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #67 on:** Feb 06, 2020, 05:07 PM »

divisive topic for sure.

i just want to fish wouthout fearing for my life. i have felt that way a couple times this past season ( i'm a sissy when i see a bear)

Being from fl though, an alligator is the least threatening thing to me lol.

Adironzach · « **Reply #68 on:** Feb 07, 2020, 06:02 AM »

Quote from: missoulafish on Feb 06, 2020, 11:42 AM

Adironzach - do some google searches on debunking "How Wolves Change Rivers". Tons of info abut YNP.

Thank you. Took previous information/articles more at face value and never dug into the details of the studies (or lack there of). Nice reminder to take everything with a grain of salt.

stitch · « **Reply #69 on:** Feb 07, 2020, 06:39 AM »

Im not sure were you live mike z.but if you think were overrun with deer its not in the berkshires.as for cotton tails if you come this way ill give ya dollar if you see one.

Akhardwater · « **Reply #70 on:** Feb 07, 2020, 04:04 PM »

If you guys are worried about money for reintroduction I’d be more than happy to send you some of our wolves free of charge. We seem to have an over abundance so getting rid of a few for a good cause would make me happy. In the unit I hang out in you are allowed to harvest 10 wolves a day with no season limit. Needless to say we have more than enough to go around.

Gunflint · « **Reply #71 on:** Feb 07, 2020, 04:07 PM »

Quote from: Akhardwater on Feb 07, 2020, 04:04 PM

If you guys are worried about money for reintroduction I’d be more than happy to send you some of our wolves free of charge. We seem to have an over abundance so getting rid of a few for a good cause would make me happy. In the unit I hang out in you are allowed to harvest 10 wolves a day with no season limit. Needless to say we have more than enough to go around.

If you can send them as "pelts" I would take any you care to pass this way...but I am in Minnesota.

Akhardwater · « **Reply #72 on:** Feb 07, 2020, 04:11 PM »

I saw two next to the Kenai River yesterday on my drive home from Homer but I left my rifle at home seeing how it was a work trip. If I would have brought my rifle I probably never would have seen them. Same goes when I’m fishing, if I have a gun I have no wolves, no gun equals wolves everywhere. Man they are smart.

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #73 on:** Feb 10, 2020, 11:54 AM »

wow, 10 a day with no season limit.

thats a better limit than most of my fishing allows here!

Unclegillhunter · « **Reply #74 on:** Feb 10, 2020, 03:57 PM »

Well glad to find out that other folks have something to worry about. Where I fish I only have to worry about mountain loins! And please don’t correct my spelling!
Keep it safe! JDL

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #75 on:** Feb 10, 2020, 04:19 PM »

you got some deliverance style boys up there huh?

LOL

Gunflint · « **Reply #76 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 10:02 AM »

One more reason to fight reintroduction...They are after your BLUEBERRIES!

Never get between a man and his blueberries.

A new study shows that blueberries may be a more valuable food source for wolves in the boreal forests of far northern Minnesota than previously appreciated.

https://www.boreal.org/2020/02/13/296872/new-research-from-northern-minnesota-shows-wolves-feed-berries-to-their-young

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #77 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 02:03 PM »

My area has "sarvis berries"

They fruit like late spring and summer. bittersweet and they act as a natural laxitive for me lol.

Gunflint · « **Reply #78 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 02:07 PM »

We have those too but call them June Berries or Saskatoon Berries. The grow on small shrubs, however, and are too high for wolves.

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #79 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 02:20 PM »

OH! wolves have an elivation cap!?!?

thats awesome! i had no idea

what is it?

Gunflint · « **Reply #80 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 02:33 PM »

Quote from: WesternSlopeFlyNIce on Feb 13, 2020, 02:20 PM

OH! wolves have an elivation cap!?!?

thats awesome! i had no idea

what is it?

5 or 6 feet off the ground. Unlike porcupines, wolves do not climb trees.

mikez · « **Reply #81 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 02:35 PM »

Quote from: stitch on Feb 07, 2020, 06:39 AM

Im not sure were you live mike z.but if you think were overrun with deer its not in the berkshires.as for cotton tails if you come this way ill give ya dollar if you see one.

I'll take you word for there being less deer in the Berkshires but it has nothing to do with coyotes. If anything we probably have more coyote in the rest of the state. In the areas where there is no hunting, both deer and coyote swarm.

Also your claim that the leg trap ban caused the deer herd to be decimated is not supported by the harvest data from the state. Harvest has gone up since prop #1 in '96 even though hunter participation has dropped.

Bigassbassman · « **Reply #82 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 03:15 PM »

https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=7255

CPW press release from today: Genetic testing confirmed that four scat samples found in Colorado at an elk kill (Moffat County) were from wolves. 3 females and 1 male, closely related.
I guess they're coming back on their own.

Gunflint · « **Reply #83 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 03:26 PM »

Keep an eye on your blueberries.

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #84 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 03:45 PM »

there were 6 confirmed in browns park , which is at the corner of utah,co,wy

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #85 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 03:46 PM »

Quote from: Bigassbassman on Feb 13, 2020, 03:15 PM

https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=7255

CPW press release from today: Genetic testing confirmed that four scat samples found in Colorado at an elk kill (Moffat County) were from wolves. 3 females and 1 male, closely related.
I guess they're coming back on their own.

holy crap that was today

Lakenater · « **Reply #86 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 03:52 PM »

Cool one more animal to hunt in the future. Wolves, pigs and rats.

WesternSlopeFlyNIce · « **Reply #87 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 05:47 PM »

i have yet to see a wild boar out here in NW CO, plenty of domestic though.

Gunflint · « **Reply #88 on:** Feb 13, 2020, 05:51 PM »

Quote from: WesternSlopeFlyNIce on Feb 13, 2020, 05:47 PM

i have yet to see a wild boar out here in NW CO, plenty of domestic though.

I’ve seen wild “bores” that put me to sleep with their stories.

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Author Topic: How do ya'll feel about wolves (Read 6327 times)