Wolves tree DNR worker in Okanogan county

[nwwanderer]

The DNR lady is very fortunate.  A climbable tree with access 30 feet up is often rare.  She and we are very happy that this did not turn in to a murder investigation.  Little would have been found and the wolf would not have been the center of the investigation.  Whether it was territorial or food the results would have been the same.  Training (and arming) workers for real would situations would seem logical. 

[yakimanoob]

Probably a coyote.  I would have been braver.  Hippie.  Waste of taxpayer money.  Fake news. 

That's top notch peanut gallery work, fellas. 

[SkookumHntr]

Moose hunting a few years back I glassed a wolf about 1000 yards on the other side of a pond, next thing we know its coming at us pretty darn fast! Well I now have a mounted wolf in my living room! I don't doubt what this girl says for a second!! Pretty scary when you have wolves coming towards ya! Especially without a gun!

[wolfbait]

 But I do know that their patterns of predation are very predictable and when they have no fear of humans they continually come closer and closer, taking advantage of what the humans supply, to eventually, the humans themselves.

I've read and educated myself on all of that stuff.  This is not Siberia though...and I'm comfortable assuming it never will be. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty confident in my opinion of that situation moving forward.

Historically wolves did move closer to humans and were domesticated.. thus the modern dog. And yes occasionally dogs attack humans.  If you are worried about wolf attacks you should be very worried about dog attacks!

The wolvers don't know where they live. They only know where they're safe to forage and hunt, which is anywhere in WA. You've always played down the danger of this additional apex predator to WA. Cougars kill more ungulates. Wolves won't hurt us. Dogs are dangerous. I'm not sure of your motivation to continually redirect attention away from the damage they're doing and the danger they present, but it's very obvious that you do it. You're willing to put people at ease and at risk to continue this fairy tale about the cuddly creatures. They DO add to predation on our ungulates. They ARE aggressive and will eventually hurt us. They ARE infested with parasites which can be transferred to humans and other animals.They DON'T belong on our landscape, especially in their diseased and uncontrolled state. If you really believe the fairy tales, you're naive. If you know the truth and won't tell it, your negligent. I'm done. Have a nice day.
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Well Said P-man

[boneaddict]

Seeing a wolf is one thing, being followed, tracked, or approached  by a wolf is another thing.  Being hunted by a wolf or wolves is a whole new situation and being attacked, well....

98 % of you haven't even seen a real wolf, speculate away.

Glad she is ok.

[Jonathan_S]

Seeing a wolf is one thing, being followed, tracked, or approached  by a wolf is another thing.  Being hunted by a wolf or wolves is a whole new situation and being attacked, well....

98 % of you haven't even seen a real wolf, speculate away.

Glad she is ok.

 

[Ridgeratt]

Seeing a wolf is one thing, being followed, tracked, or approached  by a wolf is another thing.  Being hunted by a wolf or wolves is a whole new situation and being attacked, well....

98 % of you haven't even seen a real wolf, speculate away.

Glad she is ok.

Now Bone aren't you being a little hard on the Beav?   

One of the classic lines from Leave it to Beaver. With a twist.

[Jonathan_S]

We've witnessed wolves exhibiting curious/unafraid behavior and circling our backcountry camp, I've posted video of it on here.

We've also witnessed loud barking and multiple bluff charges on myself, my wife and her leashed dogs and these were grown ass wolves.  Had there not been another person and three dogs with me, I was at the Run Up the Tree point.  Naturally, I imagine having the dogs is what was triggering the predation attempts.  Those animals were trying to separate something from the group which contained two yelling humans and they did not care.

There are multiple, multiple eye-witness accounts on this site about aggressive acts committed by wolves.  Some of which included the firing of shots.

I'm sure those were coyotes, or really we just saw them, they were charging and howling and growling from 50 yards because they are more afraid of us than we are of them.  Some of you guys are clowning

[elkboy]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/14/helicopter-rescues-biologist-treed-by-wolves-in-ok/

A few more details. 

[CAMPMEAT]

Seeing a wolf is one thing, being followed, tracked, or approached  by a wolf is another thing.  Being hunted by a wolf or wolves is a whole new situation and being attacked, well....

98 % of you haven't even seen a real wolf, speculate away.

Glad she is ok.

I've personally seen 7. They never ran away when seen by me either. The closet one I saw was less than 100 yards from me and could of cared less about me..

[bearpaw]

My guides and their dogs have been skirted many times for several miles coming out with the hounds, scares the dickens out of you and your dogs when wolves are howling and barking and skirting you for a long distance, especially if it's after dark. We've been very lucky, no hounds eaten yet and no actual attacks yet.

A good friend was treed by wolves in bow season a few years ago, I wrote about that on this forum, he had to wait till they left after a few hours.

One of my neighbors was elk hunting and had glimpses of wolves skirting him, he heard a noise and turned just in time to shoot a wolf in mid air from the hip, that was confirmed by WDFW, he got a piece of meat and bone out of that wolf but WDFW didn't find a dead wolf.

[Curly]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/14/helicopter-rescues-biologist-treed-by-wolves-in-ok/

A few more details.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/13/helicopter-rescues-biologist-treed-by-wolves-in-ok/

Your link didn't work for me.  So I did a search on that site and found it.  Weird.........

[bigmacc]

Seeing a wolf is one thing, being followed, tracked, or approached  by a wolf is another thing.  Being hunted by a wolf or wolves is a whole new situation and being attacked, well....

98 % of you haven't even seen a real wolf, speculate away.

Glad she is ok.

 

When my dad was young working up in Alaska during his summers he did a lot of fishing on some of the rivers on his days off, my great grandpa would send an eskimo friend of his to watch over my dad while he fished(my dad was in his early teens at the time). My dad and Charley would head out on foot and put miles on walking and fishing the rivers, Charley would pack a 300HandH and a 44 mag while dad and his buddies fished. My dad tells many stories of encounters with bear, moose and wolves. He said wolves were the scariest to spot or encounter because of their intelligence, if you seen one there may be 10 more you don't see. They work together to make the kill and when one was spotted it made the hair on Charleys neck stand. My dad said many times they would spot one only to have it show up later in a different spot just watching or trailing them, my dad said many were shot and killed on those fishing trips and Charley would say "10 others just seen that one die, they are smart, they will learn"

[PA BEN]

My great, great granddad was chased by wolves up out of Bluecreek north of Chewelah and made it to a trappers cabin where they held him there for awhile. When my grandmother was a kid her and my great grandparents were in a horse drawn slay coming from Addy to Bluecreek with butchered hogs when the wolves started following them. Her dad was quite concerned they were going to attack so he through the hog heads out and the wolves went for them.     

[wolfbait]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/14/helicopter-rescues-biologist-treed-by-wolves-in-ok/

A few more details.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/13/helicopter-rescues-biologist-treed-by-wolves-in-ok/

Your link didn't work for me.  So I did a search on that site and found it.  Weird.........

After reading the BS WDFW and the USFWS report to the news, I would rather hear her story one on one.

The Loup Loup pack has been given the same reputation as the Lookout pack, they can be in many places at the same time.

Now every time a human/wolf incidence happens a wolf den will magically appear some where close by.