Wolves in the 49 unit

[PA BEN]

A friend of mine was elk hunting south west of the ski hill, he ran into another hunter who called in a pack of wolves while bugling. The other hunter showed him pictures of the wolves. He said at least one had a collar on. The guy also saw a sow grizzly with a cub. BTW, all the elk sign was old.

[BullMagnet76]

Was that by Woodard Meadows?

[PA BEN]

North of there

[zwickeyman]

Saw 4 on Lucky Peak 8 years ago. They hammer the Muledeer in the winter as well. Bummer

[PA BEN]

I've got more of the story. The guy was sitting in a tree stand and was bugling for elk. 3 wolves came running in, all 3 had collars with cameras on the collars. My buddy heard about some guys getting busted in Montana after shooting a wolf and walking up to the kill and getting caught on camera.

[snake]

I don't believe it. But thats my opinion.

[JimmyHoffa]

I remember reading about the UW bios that were putting the camera collars on deer, wolves and cougars.  That way they could record how they interact with each other.  I thought all the animals being collared were on the coville indian reservation though.

[huntnphool]

 I can't get a camera battery to last for a full day, what kind of battery are they using that runs a video camera longer than a few hours?

[JimmyHoffa]

I don't know phool.  Might contact UW?
Here's one article:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/30/collar-camera-records-deer-predation-by-cougar/
I thought that elsewhere I read that the cameras come on early morning and late afternoon and only record a few hours a day (when interactions are most likely).

[Timberstalker]

Seems a little tin foil hatish. With that said, I wouldn't put it past the WDFW.

[GameHunter1959]

I can't get a camera battery to last for a full day, what kind of battery are they using that runs a video camera longer than a few hours?

Speculating but now days the new LED technology built in cameras does not require much battery. The cameras are setup to turn on/off by "direct motion". The cameras will record clips not consistent video recording. Again; speculating, but that is consistent with many of the new LED imaging technologies on the market. I happen to sell it for a living...

[PA BEN]

I don't believe it. But thats my opinion.

What part don't you believe?

[AspenBud]

Cameras could actually be a good thing. No better way to document evidence of what they eat, or don't eat, than that. With enough of them on they could also help out on livestock  incidents or incidents where someone feels the need to shoot one in self defense.

How realistic putting on the equivalent of lapel cameras on wolves is, I don't know. But it could be useful.

[wolfbait]

Cameras could actually be a good thing. No better way to document evidence of what they eat, or don't eat, than that. With enough of them on they could also help out on livestock  incidents or incidents where someone feels the need to shoot one in self defense.

How realistic putting on the equivalent of lapel cameras on wolves is, I don't know. But it could be useful.

I think it's pretty obvious by now as to what wolves eat, as far as using cameras to identify if wolves killed the cow etc., WDFW won't confirm known wolf packs or confirm livestock killed by wolves unless they have no other choice. Putting cameras on the few wolves that they have confirmed since 2002 won't even come close to the amount of wolves that WA now has. I would be more incline to believe the cameras are meant to protect the wolves or to catch someone who may have shot one

 
 

[buglebrush]

Cameras could actually be a good thing. No better way to document evidence of what they eat, or don't eat, than that. With enough of them on they could also help out on livestock  incidents or incidents where someone feels the need to shoot one in self defense.

How realistic putting on the equivalent of lapel cameras on wolves is, I don't know. But it could be useful.

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   NOT a good thing!