Radio Collared "WOLF IN TOWN" this morning, WDFW called

[KFhunter]

ya, when I first found them they were not melted out but I didn't have my phone with me, I was ferrying back and forth to a friends hunting camp and got the cell for the next trip,  if you look at the one in the center of the top pic its not melted out as much. 

It was a big dog, I seen a lot of wolf prints, this was a monster.   Well short of 6" wide but a monster none the less.

That's a 30-06 Hornady Superformance 165 SST,  so 3.3 ish inches long.

[pianoman9701]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

I sincerely hope your words don't become your diet, JL. But, I fear they will. We haven't known wolves as a danger in North America because until a relatively short time ago, we killed them all. The ones who live here now don't know that. I think they're beginning to size us up. Just my opinion.

[idahohuntr]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

Because the child cages are nothing more than an emotional grab for attention to try and influence public policy regarding wolf management.

No facts support taking steps of putting kids in cages...not to mention - if the threat is that real, just wait with the kid in your car at the bus stop.

I had to walk a 1/2 mile home through wooded area of rural Idaho to get to and from my bus stop.  I can attest that I was never eaten by a predator 
 

[pianoman9701]

Was it uphill both ways?

[Buckhunter82]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

Mountain lions and cougars?

[huntnfmly]

Was it uphill both ways?

Mine was and it always was snowing year round😆😆

[Woodchuck]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

Mountain lions and cougars?

And tigers.

[vandeman17]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

I sincerely hope your words don't become your diet, JL. But, I fear they will. We haven't known wolves as a danger in North America because until a relatively short time ago, we killed them all. The ones who live here now don't know that. I think they're beginning to size us up. Just my opinion.

I would just like to see raw data of number of wolves versus number of attacks compared to the same analysis for bears and cougars. I just hesitate to start a doomsday outlook where no kids in rural areas are safe without some sort of protection. I am an optimist but also a realist and prefer to preach awareness versus paranoia.

[pianoman9701]

Are you talking just about North America or worldwide? The wolf attacks in Siberia, Kazakhstan, Scandinavia, Iran are sizable.

[vandeman17]

Are you talking just about North America or worldwide? The wolf attacks in Siberia, Kazakhstan, Scandinavia, Iran are sizable.

Both. The attacks in Siberia etc are totally different in they are different breeds of wolves and the landscape/availability of prey is totally different. I just have a hard time comparing and drawing conclusions to what might happen to the kids of colville with more wolves around based on what its like in Scandinavia.

[Eric M]

https://goo.gl/images/AqB3Xq

[bearpaw]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

I sincerely hope your words don't become your diet, JL. But, I fear they will. We haven't known wolves as a danger in North America because until a relatively short time ago, we killed them all. The ones who live here now don't know that. I think they're beginning to size us up. Just my opinion.

I would just like to see raw data of number of wolves versus number of attacks compared to the same analysis for bears and cougars. I just hesitate to start a doomsday outlook where no kids in rural areas are safe without some sort of protection. I am an optimist but also a realist and prefer to preach awareness versus paranoia.

I doubt most wolves or cougar would attack humans currently, because there are still a fair number of deer, elk, moose, and cattle to eat. As wildlife gets more scarce due to the growing abundance of of predators, the percentage that will attack humans or eat pets and cattle could change. It really sucked for the North Bend bikers who were the unlucky small percentage. 

[vandeman17]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

I sincerely hope your words don't become your diet, JL. But, I fear they will. We haven't known wolves as a danger in North America because until a relatively short time ago, we killed them all. The ones who live here now don't know that. I think they're beginning to size us up. Just my opinion.

I would just like to see raw data of number of wolves versus number of attacks compared to the same analysis for bears and cougars. I just hesitate to start a doomsday outlook where no kids in rural areas are safe without some sort of protection. I am an optimist but also a realist and prefer to preach awareness versus paranoia.

I doubt most wolves or cougar would attack humans currently, because there are still a fair number of deer, elk, moose, and cattle to eat. As wildlife gets more scarce due to the growing abundance of of predators, the percentage that will attack humans or eat pets and cattle could change. It really sucked for the North Bend bikers who were the unlucky small percentage. 

Precisely. I think predator attacks of all varieties will go up as other game animal numbers decline. If only there was something that could be done to help shrink the predator population... 

[Bob33]

I’m glad we raised our children on the west side. Thank goodness we only had to worry about child molesters snatching our kids.

[jackelope]

I'm just sitting over here wondering why we didn't build cages at the bus stops to protect the kids from bears and mountain lions and cougars and coyotes and bobcats and stray dogs and chi-mo's...most of which likely pose more of a threat than a wolf does.

I sincerely hope your words don't become your diet, JL. But, I fear they will. We haven't known wolves as a danger in North America because until a relatively short time ago, we killed them all. The ones who live here now don't know that. I think they're beginning to size us up. Just my opinion.

You keep going back to only wolves... what about the rest of the animals I mentioned? I have all of them around me and are seen regularly and I don't even live out in the woods. Dale pretty much lives like Grizzly Adams compared to me. I have trail cam pics of bears in my backyard at my new house. I left for work later than normal the other day. Saw at least 30 kids waiting for buses. No cages.