Washington wolf future.

[hunter399]

Any predictions?

Watch this...

Tell me ,we are not gonna be here in the next 5 years.

[pianoman9701]

Ungulate herds will be even farther down than they are now. There'll be no hunting wolves, ever in WA. Bear and cougar tags will be reduced, if not eliminated completely.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Typical, blame everything else but the predators.🤬

[bearpaw]

Any predictions?

Watch this...

Tell me ,we are not gonna be here in the next 5 years.

NE WA is already 2/3 of the way there! 

[timberfaller]

Well, IMHO, we are not going to win out over our failed educational system that has brought this and other hair brained ideas upon us.  BUT, God is going to have the last laugh when He takes the "fear of man" away from these predators!

So when the numbers are up to par, man will have to seek shelter under rocks to try and escape them!!   I don't plan to be around when it happens!

[Humptulips]

I guess you can see where I am from based on my name and we are already there. Not a wolf one but you are hard pressed to see deer unless you frequent peoples yards. Cougars have already beat the wolves to the table at least around here.

[Boss .300 winmag]

I guess you can see where I am from based on my name and we are already there. Not a wolf one but you are hard pressed to see deer unless you frequent peoples yards. Cougars have already beat the wolves to the table at least around here.

We have wolves here, and the same situation here.

[Ridgeratt]

Any predictions?

Watch this...

Tell me ,we are not gonna be here in the next 5 years.

NE WA is already 2/3 of the way there! 

Dale I do believe that you have underestimated where we are.

[wolfbait]

A wolf pack moved onto the Golden Doe this week, one of the areas WDFW shut down for the winter, limited prey and lots of wolves. Interesting times.

Pro-wolfers on H-W should be very happy....

[Humptulips]

A wolf pack moved onto the Golden Doe this week, one of the areas WDFW shut down for the winter, limited prey and lots of wolves. Interesting times.

Pro-wolfers on H-W should be very happy....

Sad times we live in.

[nwwanderer]

Hundreds are killed by APHIS in the upper midwest, your tax dollars at work. And it is working so will.  Hope you catch the sarcasm.  Be careful out there

[Taco280AI]

Lots of big coyotes out there.........

[wolfbait]

Well, IMHO, we are not going to win out over our failed educational system that has brought this and other hair brained ideas upon us.  BUT, God is going to have the last laugh when He takes the "fear of man" away from these predators!

So when the numbers are up to par, man will have to seek shelter under rocks to try and escape them!!   I don't plan to be around when it happens!

 


That's not too far in the future with the "new" people in the Methow, I have never seen such a clueless class of people. I talk to a lady a few years ago about packing when she goes on her walks out through the brush on Balky Hill, she said she thought it would be Cool to be killed and eaten by a wolf. Up to that point she seemed like a fairly intelligent lady. I told her there was an Alaskan school teacher that would argue that point with her if she could, unfortunately wolves killed and ate part of her. She still thought it would be awesome.

I have had wolves show up that don't have any fear and I have seen briefly those that Did, they can disappear over the ridge in a pair of seconds.

How many close calls have the WA people already had with wolves, most don't get reported, and those that do seem to favor wolves.

WDFW employee told me a while back that they can tell the wetside anything they want and they will be believed. So they shut down WDFW land that is infested with wolves while claiming to do it to help the deer, since when have WDFW ever given a dam about the deer? Those that think this is a good thing are living in a dream world, if anything it will hurt the deer, less people will produce more dead deer. And for those of you who feel these closures are good because it keeps the spandex crowd out of your hunting area, think agin, this is just a trial run for extended closures for whatever other BS excuse they come up with. And what happens when the USFS decides to join in on the game with WDFW, pretty soon you don't have any public lands to recreate on.

[timberfaller]

  wolfbait!

Yep, the "new" people of the Methow are a strange bunch of characters!  Just a matter of time!

[Griiz]

I feel bad for those of you living over there and having your country way of life wrecked by the rich clueless city folks moving in causing the cost of land to be out of reach of the locals with their lower paying jobs. Losing freedoms to the people who think laws and rules make you safe. They say government is religion for many liberals, so they believe what they say. Kind of like the majority of Washingtonians believing our id*** governor, because he uses the word science before he spews propaganda.

[Ridgeratt]

I got these today from a friend who is checking their trapline. He said that he was 7 miles from the road.

[Ridgeratt]

Couple of more pictures.

[Twispriver]

If he was seven miles from the road why are there tire tracks in the picture?

[timberfaller]

  valley talk, road = pavement  

[hunter399]

If he was seven miles from the road why are there tire tracks in the picture?

It is true,tire tracks in the picture.
I'll take some guesses though.

He may of been 7 miles from the main line Rd.
7 miles from the concrete.
7miles behind a closed gate.

Around here 7 miles from the "road" can mean a lot of different things. People go around ,bust open,fill in tank traps,on closed gates roads ,which will leave tracks on a closed road. Then winter time you might walk miles down a road,cause of road conditions. After parking on the main line road.
Closed or gated road,FS or Timber company Forester may have drove in. But he was required to walk.
It's hard to say.

But ya it does look like tire tracks in the picture.

[Ridgeratt]

Seems odd that you folks are more concerned about the vehicle prints. The large canine prints are what he was trying to share. But it must be those are acceptable. Nothing to see here just keep moving.

They are still looking for these folks.

https://newstalk870.am/ixp/133/p/wa-wolves-poisoned-reward-offered/

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife are investigating the deaths of six wolves.
The endangered gray wolves were found dead in 2022. Four were found in late February in the remote northeast corner of the state in Stevens County. Two carcasses were discovered about a month later during searches of the area.

wdfw.wa.gov
wdfw.wa.gov
Toxicology results revealed that all six died from ingesting poison.
While no arrests have been made, WDFW is continuing to investigate the deaths within the Wedge Pack. According to WDFW, a pack is defined as two or more wolves traveling together in winter. Police are looking for anyone who might have relevant information leading to those responsible for the deaths of the endangered grey wolves.

A reward of more than $50-thousand is being offered.
wdfw.wa.gov
wdfw.wa.gov
Conservation groups are offering $51,400 for information that leads to a conviction. Anyone who might have information can report it confidentially by calling the WDFW poaching hotline at 877-933-9847 or by texting a tip to 847411.


Reading the comments quite interesting

[hunter399]

Seems odd that you folks are more concerned about the vehicle prints. The large canine prints are what he was trying to share. But it must be those are acceptable. Nothing to see here just keep moving.

Thanks for sharing.
I noticed the dog tracks.
All to common in this neck of the woods.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Seems odd that you folks are more concerned about the vehicle prints. The large canine prints are what he was trying to share. But it must be those are acceptable. Nothing to see here just keep moving.

They are still looking for these folks.

https://newstalk870.am/ixp/133/p/wa-wolves-poisoned-reward-offered/

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife are investigating the deaths of six wolves.
The endangered gray wolves were found dead in 2022. Four were found in late February in the remote northeast corner of the state in Stevens County. Two carcasses were discovered about a month later during searches of the area.

wdfw.wa.gov
wdfw.wa.gov
Toxicology results revealed that all six died from ingesting poison.
While no arrests have been made, WDFW is continuing to investigate the deaths within the Wedge Pack. According to WDFW, a pack is defined as two or more wolves traveling together in winter. Police are looking for anyone who might have relevant information leading to those responsible for the deaths of the endangered grey wolves.

A reward of more than $50-thousand is being offered.
wdfw.wa.gov
wdfw.wa.gov
Conservation groups are offering $51,400 for information that leads to a conviction. Anyone who might have information can report it confidentially by calling the WDFW poaching hotline at 877-933-9847 or by texting a tip to 847411.


Reading the comments quite interesting

Wonder what kinda poison they used.

[hunter399]

Seems odd that you folks are more concerned about the vehicle prints. The large canine prints are what he was trying to share. But it must be those are acceptable. Nothing to see here just keep moving.

They are still looking for these folks.

https://newstalk870.am/ixp/133/p/wa-wolves-poisoned-reward-offered/

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife are investigating the deaths of six wolves.
The endangered gray wolves were found dead in 2022. Four were found in late February in the remote northeast corner of the state in Stevens County. Two carcasses were discovered about a month later during searches of the area.

wdfw.wa.gov
wdfw.wa.gov
Toxicology results revealed that all six died from ingesting poison.
While no arrests have been made, WDFW is continuing to investigate the deaths within the Wedge Pack. According to WDFW, a pack is defined as two or more wolves traveling together in winter. Police are looking for anyone who might have relevant information leading to those responsible for the deaths of the endangered grey wolves.

A reward of more than $50-thousand is being offered.
wdfw.wa.gov
wdfw.wa.gov
Conservation groups are offering $51,400 for information that leads to a conviction. Anyone who might have information can report it confidentially by calling the WDFW poaching hotline at 877-933-9847 or by texting a tip to 847411.


Reading the comments quite interesting

Ya I just got an email from WDFW a few days ago.
Saying that. Looking for information.
It amazes me that fawn mortality in these research project is "unknown". Bet your bottom dollar when it's a dead wolf ,they will find it dead.  Guaranteed.
Fawns have GPS collars too,yet they are abducted by alien.
But a dead wolf , guaranteed found.

[hunter399]

I would say this video goes hand and hand with the first video I posted.

Yup,I agree at this point. We are already there.
Going downhill in mud,into a mud hole.

[JimmyHoffa]

keep yer barf bucket near by! 

[HUNTIN4SIX]

Definitely a bias in that range rider.  Just like most wdfw folks.  As a rancher myself I support the McIrvins,  They are a great family.  I agree there is a satanic element, worshiping the creation not the creator.  I have had wolves harass my cattle on a couple leases, calling wdfw is not an option.

[Ghost Hunter]

Big change on my little piece of heaven in NE WA this year.  Listening to the wolves and seeing fewer and fewer deer.  Took the one opportunity I had to kill a basket rack 4-point with real potential to be a big buck.  That's after 27 days of hunting. 

[buckfvr]

Something is going to have to give as theres getting to be less and less deer/elk/moose for the predators to prey on.  Push is coming to shove in short order.

[hunter399]

keep yer barf bucket near by! 

Yup, just watched that last nite.
I recognize a few names in it.
That tim Coleman is one that has his name in the recent commission petition for bear and cougar season change.
He is a hunter,but I never see him concerned about ungulate.
Always worried about predators.