More Hounds down due to Wolves in MT.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yeah it really is a shame ...thousands of dollars out the door  this happened to a friend of mine last year in Montana ...lost 3 black & tans ...it took him awhile to get over it ....they had the cat treed and was hiking in when the beeper was beeping from one particular spot and when they got to where the beep was coming from they were surprised when they could not hear the dogs  and when they walked over to the tree the dogs were basically gutted 

[Special T]

I think its a stand up move that JLS admitted he is wrong. My comments while directed at 2 particular members also made me think about comments made about fairly standup people in other areas/threads. 

[JLS]

I think its a stand up move that JLS admitted he is wrong. My comments while directed at 2 particular members also made me think about comments made about fairly standup people in other areas/threads. 

Thank you, but in reality I should have asked a few questions before firing off a verdict.

[Fishaholic]

Yeah i read it on facebook. less then 800 yards from the dogs when it happened and they were cat hunting is what i read

[Basket Rack]

That is sad to see, it is always tough to lose any good dog.  I feel for the owners.

I do like how they fixed up their jeep to haul their dogs.

[bearpaw]

I have owned, bred, and hunted hundreds of hounds in multiple western states since the 70's. I have never heard of three dogs (hounds) freezing in the winter, never. We've been hound hunting in -10 to -20 temps the last few weeks and not one dog even cares about the temps. Simply put, hounds live outside year around and do not freeze to death. I find it amazing that people who know nothing of what they talk about would stoop to the level of basically calling someone a liar who has lost their dogs to wolves. But, as we all know, wolf lovers will go to any extent to promote wolves, another case in point. 

[RG]

It's pretty amazing when people throw their ignorance right up there on the stage for everyone to see, all in the name of needing to be the "knower of all things".  Pathetic!

[NWWABOWHNTR]

my friend had a hound at his house when he got home.  He called the owner of the dog to let him know it was at his house (he lives outside of missoula) and the owner happens to be the owner of the hounds that were killed.  Guess one made it out alive and took refuge on my friends porch.  He has posted about it on his FB account also.  He had posted earlier on another website about finding the hound at his house and his kids now want a pup. 

[MountainWalk]

I feel badly for the owner of the hounds. Truly. As a past owner of hounds, hunters and housepets, this hurts me.

"The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away."
                                                              Job

[Fishaholic]

yeah it is very sad. it  saddens me that someone had to  lose great hounds to a pest that people have beening  killing  for years because they are such a pest.  *censored*

[Fishaholic]

instead of dead hounds i would love to see more of this

[Sitka_Blacktail]

I'm kinda surprised at the run and gun of a couple of our members... does not surprise me about sitka tho.

Seriously? I asked for a credible source to try to verify an internet story and you think it's a hit and run?

Why wouldn't I believe without verifying something somebody posted on the internet?

Maybe because I've seen too many hoaxes like this.

http://www.kcet.org/news/the_back_forty/wildlife/what-the-eagle-video-hoax-says-about-our-place-in-nature.html

or this

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_work_moose_in_harness.htm

or this

http://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/myths-a-misconceptions/175-internet-hoax.html

Or how many other pictures have been posted supposedly of a new world record animal supposedly being shot. Most are purportedly from a friend or a friend of a friend and the person sending or posting them know 100% for sure they are real. Then they turn out to be fake.

If you don't think well meaning people can be fooled by stuff from the internet, you're naive. If you pass everything you see along without verifying, you're going to look like a fool eventually.

I still haven't seen any evidence to convince me this story and set of pictures is true. Still haven't seen anything to make me think it's false either. That's why I asked for a local news story, before I make up my mind.

[Machias]

Yea like the news never gets anything wrong.  Hmmm Sandy Hook.  No problem asking questions but go back and read your guys post and you were  throwing the BS flag long before asking any questions.  That's what irritated me, not so much that you were asking for details, but that you just dismissed this story right from the get go and we all know your thoughts on wolves.  I think this is a good lesson to hold fire you get more details.

[JCKILLSHOT]

I'm kinda surprised at the run and gun of a couple of our members... does not surprise me about sitka tho.

Seriously? I asked for a credible source to try to verify an internet story and you think it's a hit and run?

Why wouldn't I believe without verifying something somebody posted on the internet?

Maybe because I've seen too many hoaxes like this.

http://www.kcet.org/news/the_back_forty/wildlife/what-the-eagle-video-hoax-says-about-our-place-in-nature.html

or this

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_work_moose_in_harness.htm

or this

http://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/myths-a-misconceptions/175-internet-hoax.html

Or how many other pictures have been posted supposedly of a new world record animal supposedly being shot. Most are purportedly from a friend or a friend of a friend and the person sending or posting them know 100% for sure they are real. Then they turn out to be fake.

If you don't think well meaning people can be fooled by stuff from the internet, you're naive. If you pass everything you see along without verifying, you're going to look like a fool eventually.

I still haven't seen any evidence to convince me this story and set of pictures is true. Still haven't seen anything to make me think it's false either. That's why I asked for a local news story, before I make up my mind.

I think this is different then a world record story. Just because you didn't see blood and guts in the first pic you assumed that wolves couldn't have done it.

[h2ofowlr]

If they did this to my dogs, I think I would be up hunting for wolves for the next while.  I am sure this incident just lit a fire under those youths feet!