wyoming wolves protected again

[Bigshooter]

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/wolf-09-23-2014.html

[jasnt]

 

[actionshooter]

Pro hunting is a constant fight....

[AspenBud]

From the article...

"Roughly 5,500 wolves currently live in the continental United States"

Now argue that all you want but it's not hard to see how some judge who has to make a decision based on numbers provided by bio's could come to this conclusion. It's not like coyotes where there are an estimated 50,000 in the state of Washington alone.

Idaho needs to be very very careful.

[jasnt]

They have already proven hunting and trapping can not make a dent in the population. It would have continued growing no matter how many we shoot

[idahohuntr]

This is precisely why states should not cave to fringe extremists...pro or anti wolf.  Don't play checkers in a game of chess, wyoming.

[wolfbait]

Wait until WA tries to delist, if that time ever comes. Back to magic meatballs for the boys in Wy.

[grundy53]

Thanks a lot defenders. Makes me sick. Hopefully they appeal.

sent from my typewriter

[HunterStrait]

Great...
 

[Special T]

If you think this changes how people in Wyoming will act your kidding yourself. Its the cowboy state and arguably the most red state there is.

[wolfbait]

If you think this changes how people in Wyoming will act your kidding yourself. Its the cowboy state and arguably the most red state there is.

 

[WA hunter14]

If you think this changes how people in Wyoming will act your kidding yourself. Its the cowboy state and arguably the most red state there is.

agreed 100% but also agree that it doesnt really matter it wont effect the wolves at all, to really get a handle on the wolf population they would have to poisen and shoot from planes on a regular basis

[denali]

well the silver lining is that a large canids with a pulse will be wearing a collar.... and advocates HATE collars.

Anybody that thinks delisting in WA will be followed by a hunting season, think again.   

[jasnt]

well the silver lining is that a large canids with a pulse will be wearing a collar.... and advocates HATE collars.

Anybody that thinks delisting in WA will be followed by a hunting season, think again.   

it will be a smaller fine if caught

[idahohuntr]

If you think this changes how people in Wyoming will act your kidding yourself. Its the cowboy state and arguably the most red state there is.

It will significantly reduce wolf harvest in Wyoming this year.  Wolves are tough to kill...the only way states harvest 100 or 200 or 300 is if they have tens of thousands of deer/elk hunters out harvesting wolves incidentally to their deer/elk hunts.  The majority of these hunters will not poach a federally protected species...way too risky for way too little benefit.  Ranchers will still kill some I'm sure...but it will be very few relative to what hunters would take.