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Alberta has thousands of wolves and how often do you hear of a kid getting packed off and eaten?
Quote from: JLS on April 16, 2013, 09:21:24 PM Alberta has thousands of wolves and how often do you hear of a kid getting packed off and eaten? What is the population, per vast wilderness JLS. I will give you a few days to calculate that one.
Quote from: wolfbait on April 16, 2013, 09:41:42 PMQuote from: JLS on April 16, 2013, 09:21:24 PM Alberta has thousands of wolves and how often do you hear of a kid getting packed off and eaten? What is the population, per vast wilderness JLS. I will give you a few days to calculate that one.Don't need to do any calculations, here's another example. Idaho and Montana combined have about 1500 wolves. How many kids have been packed off and eaten?
Quote from: jackelope on April 16, 2013, 02:27:35 PMQuote from: Scottystyle on April 16, 2013, 02:17:30 PMbe thankful they arent in your back yard. the fact is they are in mine, and you will not discount my concern about this.I make no attempt to discount your concern and that was not the intention. Your backyard is a short drive from my backyard and I spend a fair amount of time there. I have family in e-wa and the wolves have literally been in their front yard(pasture) chasing deer.Lets just all calm down and wait for delisting or jack will delete the thread as it is getting to informative. How's that working for you now jack? Are you going to delete this thread?Who has been supplying wolves to WDFW for their releases. Who started the wolf introduction in Idaho and the Yellowstones Hint, Hint.
Quote from: Scottystyle on April 16, 2013, 02:17:30 PMbe thankful they arent in your back yard. the fact is they are in mine, and you will not discount my concern about this.I make no attempt to discount your concern and that was not the intention. Your backyard is a short drive from my backyard and I spend a fair amount of time there. I have family in e-wa and the wolves have literally been in their front yard(pasture) chasing deer.
be thankful they arent in your back yard. the fact is they are in mine, and you will not discount my concern about this.
MT is having severe problems, especially near the GYA. ID is having some of the same problems.
Alberta has a land mass of 255,500 sq miles and a population of 3.65 million = pop. density of 14.29 people per sq mileWA has a land mass of 71,362 sq miles and a population of 6.9 million = pop. density of 96.7 people per sq mile.
Quote from: pianoman9701 on April 17, 2013, 07:46:06 AMAlberta has a land mass of 255,500 sq miles and a population of 3.65 million = pop. density of 14.29 people per sq mileWA has a land mass of 71,362 sq miles and a population of 6.9 million = pop. density of 96.7 people per sq mile.A better comparison is Minnesota.Land mass around 87,000 square miles and a population of 5,344,861 people. Or 61 people per square miles They have a wolf population of around 3000 and growing and even at their lowest point they've had more wolves than Washington does now. At least according to official records. If you play your cards right you can kill five deer a season in Minnesota I believe. They are rats with antlers the farther east you go.
Quote from: wolfbait on April 16, 2013, 06:41:30 PMQuote from: jackelope on April 16, 2013, 02:27:35 PMQuote from: Scottystyle on April 16, 2013, 02:17:30 PMbe thankful they arent in your back yard. the fact is they are in mine, and you will not discount my concern about this.I make no attempt to discount your concern and that was not the intention. Your backyard is a short drive from my backyard and I spend a fair amount of time there. I have family in e-wa and the wolves have literally been in their front yard(pasture) chasing deer.Lets just all calm down and wait for delisting or jack will delete the thread as it is getting to informative. How's that working for you now jack? Are you going to delete this thread?Who has been supplying wolves to WDFW for their releases. Who started the wolf introduction in Idaho and the Yellowstones Hint, Hint.Hint, Hint.... because you've obviously forgot what I have said in the past...Just for clarification the comments I have made in the past regarding wolfbait's claims where I have said just sit back and wait for delisting...What I have said several times in the past, maybe even dozens of times, that WB is trying to put a spin on was to report wolf sightings. Don't just sit back and complain. Every confirmed wolf, wolf pack, breeding pair, etc is 1 step closer to delisting. Delisting is management on the state level. I'm not sure what Washington would do if/when that ever happens, but if anything is ever going to happen, us folks who are out there and seeing the wolves in the woods need to do our part and report them. I have never said anything about "just waiting for delisting". Just wanted to clear up Wolfbait's spin on my statements.
Quote from: AspenBud on April 17, 2013, 09:35:50 AMQuote from: pianoman9701 on April 17, 2013, 07:46:06 AMAlberta has a land mass of 255,500 sq miles and a population of 3.65 million = pop. density of 14.29 people per sq mileWA has a land mass of 71,362 sq miles and a population of 6.9 million = pop. density of 96.7 people per sq mile.A better comparison is Minnesota.Land mass around 87,000 square miles and a population of 5,344,861 people. Or 61 people per square miles They have a wolf population of around 3000 and growing and even at their lowest point they've had more wolves than Washington does now. At least according to official records. If you play your cards right you can kill five deer a season in Minnesota I believe. They are rats with antlers the farther east you go.No, that's not a great comparison. The geography and the animal mix in Minnesota is completely different from WA. A comparison to MT and ID is much more valid and those states are not doing well with the wolves they have. We also know that whitetails (MN) are far more abundant and reproduce faster than either blackies or mule deer. There are also no elk to speak of in Minnesota - very small population there.