Wolves eating all our deer

[boneaddict]

Pretty much a slice of what you have on here huh?

[jackelope]

for the sake of conversation.
 

[boneaddict]

Yep.  Its certainly a topic of conversation.  Pros and cons both.  City versus country, uneducated versus educated, redneck versus biologist.  You name it.    I read things like we left the kids in the protection of dogs and I about crap a lung though.  Man.  I hope they don't learn the hard way. 

By the way, for sake of arguement, I expect other incidents to increase as well, as there is more competetion for food source.  It wouldn't surprise me to see more cougar incidents. 

[jackelope]

By the way, for sake of arguement, I expect other incidents to increase as well, as there is more competetion for food source.  It wouldn't surprise me to see more cougar incidents. 

pretty common thinking across the boards regarding this topic.

[boneaddict]

THere is a lot of talk of cats being killed by the wolves.  I seriously doubt that happens much.  Maybe in open country or one caught sleeping.  I bet they will move out of an area to seek more food.  Probably will be more territorial issues.  Fido and foo foo don't stand a chance though. 

[jackelope]

those cougars have got to be too fast for a wolf one would think, and if there was a tree nearby anywhere the cat would be safe.

i would think anyway.

[WDFW-SUX]

That article makes me F****** sick

[mossback91]

This winter, a cougar attacked one of their alpacas, and after that experience, she and her husband decided to sell all of their alpacas.

She said the attack raised concerns with her neighbors. "Quite a few people didn't want to have to relocate the cougar, they wanted the cougar around," she said.

There were also those concerned about safety, and felt the alpacas were attracting predators.

That right there cracks me up!!!

[bucklucky]

Them wolves will put a lion up a tree much like hounds and will bed down till the cat tries to take the leap of faith , then its all over for mister Kitty. Just what I was told ??

[boneaddict]

Probably true Charles.  THey are ceratinly THE most intelligent critter I have encountered.

[wolfbait]

By the way, for sake of arguement, I expect other incidents to increase as well, as there is more competetion for food source.  It wouldn't surprise me to see more cougar incidents. 

pretty common thinking across the boards regarding this topic.

I didn't know this till early this morning,  but a coyote came into a friend of mines yard this last sunday and killed his little dog, he happen to look out the window and the coyote had the dog in his mouth, he ran at the coyote, think that he would drop it, but nope. We was talkin about it this mornin, and it seems these coyotes are kind of bunching up in differant parts around here, I don't know if this is happening or not. Its like where there was lots a coyotes there ain't now, and where there weren't to many now there are alot. Most of them city folks that moved here, they can't say enough about how sweet the wolves are, people that have any brains don't argue with them, we just nod our heads, yep, yep yep. If you say one thing about what the wolves really do, (I did just one time) why they will claw yer eyes out.

[jackelope]

If you say one thing about what the wolves really do, (I did just one time) why they will claw yer eyes out.

whats worse..the wolves in your backyard or the city folks clawing your eyes out? it sounds like all in all you got it pretty rough over there living in paradise.

[boneaddict]

The Valley has changed a lot Jack.......and it wasn't from the wolves.  You want a taste of Cali, go take a gander.  Most of the locals are dead or have taken to hiding.

[wolfbait]

Fitkin said he's heard the rumor that the state Department of Fish and Wildlife planted the wolves here, and that's absolutely not true.

He said it makes sense that wolves came down from Canada over a period of years, and finally chose one of the valley's best hunting grounds to make their home.

What a crock a horseshi- Yep, they saw a map, and said dis is where we will raise our schildren. Right after the game department anounced they had bought the golden doe this spring, the very same week, is when the folks saw them wolves being release outa crates on the golden doe. Around about the same time FS told the wenatchee world that the new deer habitat the golden doe had eight wolves on it that could fatten up on the deer. That would be our bran new wolves, not the ones that they been slappin in here over the years and never got caught. This time they got cot with their pants down, and they dam well know it. As for how many pups that survive, on average, they like to down play that figure also, the answer from them would be 1 to 2 pups. last year I think the look-out pack had 7 pups, and if there is more than 1 female in the pack it would be havin pups also.

[boneaddict]

From last encounters. The lookout pack was down to three post winter.  Only one pup made it.  Then all of a sudden 8 more showed up on the brand new golden doe property.  (NOT pups)  Still perplexes me.  Biologist would have to describe how that packing behavior would turn out.

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