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Even if they allowed year around hunting with no bag limit (Coyote rules) and allowed body grip traps/snares the wolves would thrive - we couldn't get them all, not even close. What would happen however is we'd have smarter wolves with a healthy fear of humans. WDFW got a taste of that chasing around the cattle killing wedge wolves, they had to have a radio collared "alpha" and a helicopter to get small portion of the wedge wolves. Anyone outdoor type person living in the wedge knows the WDFW are full of crap, heck I came across wolves just weeks after they were supposedly eliminated, WDFW has since retracted their statements they "killed the wedge wolf pack" because they didn't even get half the pack. Not only that but there are several different packs.
Fact is, go to the areas in the Methow where wolves are seen, and what the deer herds are like in those areas....anyone can by into things they read..I believe what I see with my own eyes and hear with my own ears....wolf bait has more insight then most one this forum. Ask just about anyone who lives, hunts, and has grown up in the area if you want honest observations...the rest of you, we'll, keep your shades on, you sound like most that like to argue for the sake of arguing ....any other locals with opinion?
18 years of facts on the ground have proven that the USFWS, IDFG, MT, WY, OR and WDFW- state game agencies are liars where the Illegally Introduced Wolves are concerned. We the People didn't have to do anything. The Wolves proved David Mech, the world renowned wolf specialist was a liar, he was even forced to admit he lied to further the wolf agenda. The Canadian wolves have made liars out of everyone who pushed them. In the past W-H said it was good that the pro-wolf crowd ask questions! But now the wolves have answered all of the questions, and still we have those who claim to be ignorantThe environmentalist who have made millions with the wolf lie, are now moving to the wolverine. More Habitat? More lawsuits? $$$$$$$$$$$$ And the ignorance continues!http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/calling-bs-on-a-wolf-story/Andy WalgamottOctober 25, 2012 at 9:17 am · ReplyIt’s very appropriate for wildlife advocates of all stripes to speak up in their defense — hunters, anglers, birdwatchers, the wolfies, urban, suburban, rural, etc., etc. A quote that’s been circulating of late points out that even if we’re all suspicious of each other, it’s a helluva lot better than if we were apathetic over the natural world:“I’d much sooner have a world filled with people who are so vitally concerned with wildlife that they fight all the time about it than a world in which nobody gives a damn,” said Shane Mahoney at Idaho Fish & Game’s Wildlife Summit.But the problem that my article gets at is that this wolf reintroduction story that Wolfbait is circulating is a flat-out lie and hurts the above efforts in the Methow Valley.His fantasy aims to create an air of mistrust with the agency that has actually focused a ton of its energy, time and money in the valley to do what? Buy lowland ranches/undeveloped property from willing sellers to set it aside as crucial winter range for the state’s most important mule deer herd. They’ve done a fantastic job ensuring that the migratory and local animals have a place to live in a beautiful valley that’s highly attractive to getaway home buyers. Below the national forest there are now 31,000 acres along the sides of the valley from Mazama to Carlton set aside and which primarily benefit the deer I hunt every fall.Besides the suspicious name, Wolfbait’s actions are counterproductive. And they have the potential to be economically harmful to a region that depends, partially, on hunter revenue in fall. We’ve seen in the Northern Rockies what the mere whiff of the word “decimate” applied way too broadly and eagerly to game herds by those with agendas has done to nonresident hunter numbers, though to be fair increased license prices and the recession are also to blame.You can be rightfully angry at fish and game departments for any number of good reasons, but being angry and making up stories about nefarious activities that are completely implausible is not helpful.Defending those who lie is not helpful either.AWNWS
IF the WDFW or USFS were so trustworthy, surely they wouldn't mind sharing some basic information... for example.. How many wolves have been collared? What is the general geograpic region in which they have been collared. What are some of the Basic travel patterns of wolves here in WA. What insight do we now have from collaring wolves?
JLS you can ask and get their canned answers with nothing to back them up. So you can take them at thier word....
