Bad news-wolves in the Blue Mtns

[Rufous]

I was out cougar hunting today and saw 3 wolves instead. I was in the Blue Creek unit. I saw a wolf at about 150 yards away in May of 2003 in Idaho on a spring bear hunt. What I saw today looked the same. They were very big and very dark in color. There is no way they were coyotes. There are no cabins in that area so I cannot imagine that they were someones pet husky. Last summer I saw some scat on the Skyline Drive very near the Table Rock Lookout which overlooks the Mill Creek Watershed. It sure looked to me like in had to be wolf scat. I have seen plenty of cougar scat and this looked different. There was plenty of hair in it and it was differently shaped than the cougar scat I have seen. So any way it looks like our deer and elk are in big trouble and the elk were not doing very good as it is. Very depressing. Brian.

[270Shooter]

This pisses me off .

I think they are everywhere now .

And I don't think there is anything we can do about it .

[Machias]

They heard young wolves howling in that area this summer during their howling surveys.  They reported a breeding pack and young this year down there.

[NWTFhunter]

SSS.
And if the ground is too frozen
SS

[GEARHEAD]

it is sad, i saw 5 near Anatone, this time last year, while heading down to the Ronde. they were running single file on a distant hillside. two were black.  i spoke with a biologist i ran into a month later, counting sheep, and was told there are no wolves, yet, i know three people who have also seen wolves in this area,insisting i must have seen coyotes. to date i have killed nearly 60 coyotes, called in mostly, they weren't yotes!
it's clear to me, that there are forces within the wildlife program conspiring to minimize these incidents. the ol', its ok to lie to people, when its in their best interest, because they are stupid rednecks and don't know anybetter.

[addicted]

isnt WDFW still claming that all sightings are coyotes..... legally we can shoot coyotes

[Slenk]

There has been wolves in the Anatone area for 4 -5 years. We have friends that have a cabin up there.
Slenk

[270Shooter]

Since there isn't a comfirmed pack in the yakima area yet. So if I happen to run into one is it still considered a coyote

[Alpinegus]

I seen a wolf up in the blues a few years back. It watched me for awhile then ran off.

[bankwalker]

Since there isn't a comfirmed pack in the yakima area yet. So if I happen to run into one is it still considered a coyote

thats the way i look at it. if there are no confirmed packs or wolves in the area then they "must" be coyotes and should be fair game.

[ThePascoKid]

That makes my stomach turn, we've got property in blue creek up on Scott canyon,  we had a great elk season this year but who knows what will happen now.  We've got enough cats and bears in that part of the country we didn't need another predator.

[Rufous]

A Fish and Game biologist based in Clarkston contacted me for more information. He wants to put out a road killed deer as bait and some trail cameras in the area I spotted the wolves. I may go out with him to help set things up. He is taking this seriously. Brian.

[BLUEBULLS]

Tell him to try a conibear instead of the camera!

bad news for our herds.

[WAcoyotehunter]

Since there isn't a comfirmed pack in the yakima area yet. So if I happen to run into one is it still considered a coyote

thats the way i look at it. if there are no confirmed packs or wolves in the area then they "must" be coyotes and should be fair game.

Wrong.  you are required to know what you're shooting at.  The WDFW knows there are wolves around and freely admits that they are here.  So, when you shoot one and try to pull that card...it will not work. 

Did someone say wolf?  Everyone get ready for the SSS poachers to start spouting their bs

[TeacherMan]

What are we suppose to do about them, let them become a dominate predator, I thought humans where doing a good enough job of that.  There are enough predators already.