$77,000

[rosscrazyelk]

Thats what king 5 just reported it cost to hunt those 7 wolves.
I am thinking they could of made money if they would of let us hunt them 

[WAcoyotehunter]

wow- did the wdfw come forward with that cost finally?

[Fl0und3rz]

And I just heard that the Governor wants the feds to state a position on I502 before they spend any money implementing it.   So they don't want to spend any money on legal pot -  a proposition that was sold as a money maker - whereas they will spend money on killing wolves rather than entertain an idea where there would have been a clear path to making money off selling a limited number of wolf permits.

Sounds about right.

[Bradyfc]

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Killing-NE-Washington-wolf-pack-cost-77000-179293801.html

[Curly]

 

[Bob33]

I wonder how many bonus points it took to draw the wolf permits?

I can see it now once they legalize hunting and sell permits: Quality Wolf, No Quality Wolf, Disabled Wolf, Master Hunter Wolf, Youth Wolf, 65 and Older Wolf, Big Bad Wolf...

[Boss .300 winmag]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The state Fish and Wildlife Department spent nearly $77,000 to kill seven wolves in a pack that had been preying on cattle in Stevens County in northeast Washington.

Only one wolf was killed in a 39-day ground hunt that cost nearly $55,000. The other six wolves were killed in a four-day period in September using a helicopter and a marksman that cost $22,000.

The Spokesman-Review reports the cost was disclosed in a letter the Department of Fish and Wildlife sent to state Sen. Kevin Ranker of Orcas Island, chairman of the legislative committee overseeing the department.

Ranker has criticized the decision to kill the Wedge pack and is planning a legislative hearing next year.

I bet that could have been done by members here for free!

[RoyBoy]

they could have put out tags for that pack at like 50 bucks a pop and im sure allot of us would of bought one in a heart beat! but no lets spend thousands instead of making money.

[Bob33]

I am quite certain that money had little to do with WDFW's decision to use sharpshooters and helicopters.

The pro wolf crowd would have gone apoplexic had "untrained sport hunters out for blood" been used.

[LeeMajors]

I wonder how many bonus points it took to draw the wolf permits?

I can see it now once they legalize hunting and sell permits: Quality Wolf, No Quality Wolf, Disabled Wolf, Master Hunter Wolf, Youth Wolf, 65 and Older Wolf, Big Bad Wolf...

Big Bad Wolf hunting is open west of the river for modern firearm and muzzleloader.  East of the river in the Grandmother's House GMU is open to Archery Only.

[full strutting]

Terrible waste of taxpayers money. Guessing by issuing higher fees will be soon to follow. Instead of a limited number of tags to make money. 

[huntandjeep]

they could have put out tags for that pack at like 50 bucks a pop and im sure allot of us would of bought one in a heart beat! but no lets spend thousands instead of making money.

      $50.00  hell I would have paid $200 for a chance.

[NWWA Hunter]

$200. If I had it I would pay $77000 to smoke a pack of wolves in my home state

[Maybee-R]

So tax payer moneys are used to introduce the wolfs and tax payer moneys are used to eradicate a troublesome pack.
Yep! Some major planning was  used. Sounds about par for Washington. All so the Public is saved from the likes of Sportsmen.
WDFW needs cleaned and renewed personnel.

[Bob33]

"Yesterday, Defenders of Wildlife announced that it had filed yet another lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Defenders’ lawsuit attacks the scientific delisting of Wyoming’s wolf population.  Defenders’ suit is not about conservation or science; it is about stopping Wyoming’s wolf hunt. Defenders has asked all of its members to support their lawsuit and to make an “emergency gift” to help Defenders’ efforts to protect wolves and stop the hunt."

Try allowing WDFW to give out a few wolf permits and see what would happen.