collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Colorado release  (Read 7282 times)

Offline time2hunt

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jul 2010
  • Posts: 2784
  • Location: Ellensburg
Local 3482

Offline Ridgerunner

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Mar 2007
  • Posts: 5071
  • Location: Enumclaw
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2023, 09:04:12 PM »
Anyone want to take bets on how long until OTC elk goes to permit only and the number of moose tags start to drop?

Offline time2hunt

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jul 2010
  • Posts: 2784
  • Location: Ellensburg
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2023, 09:15:10 PM »
Fingers crossed the local ranchers are quick on the trigger.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Local 3482

Offline kentrek

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2012
  • Posts: 3495
  • Location: west coast
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2023, 09:38:09 PM »
Anyone want to take bets on how long until OTC elk goes to permit only and the number of moose tags start to drop?

5 years for otc, 10-15 years for things to semi stabilize

Offline elkslayer069

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2010
  • Posts: 800
  • Location: Wet side
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2023, 09:47:02 PM »
Should’ve had a shooter on the grassy knoll…
You gonna draw those pistols or whistle Dixie?

Offline Houndhunter

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2007
  • Posts: 3023
  • Location: Continental Divide
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2023, 07:49:12 AM »
Anyone want to take bets on how long until OTC elk goes to permit only and the number of moose tags start to drop?

5 years for otc, 10-15 years for things to semi stabilize

I hope to see non resident OTC elk tags here go to permit, they need to do that now without the impact of wolves. :twocents:

It's going to take a decade but boy those wolves will sure change things in CO.

Offline time2hunt

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jul 2010
  • Posts: 2784
  • Location: Ellensburg
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2023, 08:30:10 PM »



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Local 3482

Online KNOPHISH

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2008
  • Posts: 1572
  • Location: Auburn
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2023, 11:23:44 PM »
So the local news had this story and they seemed happy and excited but I saw Derek Wolfe on Jesse Watters and he called out the anti hunting agenda. Colorado put out lots of misinformation before they voted it in like there are no wolves in the state but the game dept knew of at least 1 pack. And the other bs about a balanced ecosystem. Check out ex-NFLer Wolfes huge cat.
I have Man Chit to do

Offline TommyH

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 2101
  • Location: Eastside
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2023, 05:23:59 AM »
So the local news had this story and they seemed happy and excited but I saw Derek Wolfe on Jesse Watters and he called out the anti hunting agenda. Colorado put out lots of misinformation before they voted it in like there are no wolves in the state but the game dept knew of at least 1 pack. And the other bs about a balanced ecosystem. Check out ex-NFLer Wolfes huge cat.

I paused it to check that huge cat out, looked massive.

Offline Skyvalhunter

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2007
  • Posts: 16010
  • Location: Sky valley/Methow
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2023, 06:43:36 AM »
It would be interesting to hear what the typical voter says was their reasoning for voting to reintroduce the wolves was. Was it hoping to see a wolf in the wild, anti hunting, other states have them?, etc. Were voters just naïve to to the ramifications of reintroductions. I never heard how the wolf loving groups encouraged the passage of the initiative to the voters. All  can say is be careful what you wish for. Colorado has/had the highest population of elk of all the states and that will come to an end.
The only man who never makes a mistake, is the man who never does anything!!
The further one goes into the wilderness, the greater the attraction of its lonely freedom.

Offline chukarchaser

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jan 2008
  • Posts: 450
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2023, 05:27:13 PM »
Whats interesting is that Oregon's wolf population is similar to WA yet they gave five wolves to Colorado and killed six wolves all in a month. 

Offline blackveltbowhunter

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+9)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2009
  • Posts: 4109
  • BLAM
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2023, 06:23:49 PM »
   Typical voters are mindless drones voting party lines or feelings.

   I prefer things the way they were pre wolf. I am also open minded enough to understand I have a selfish view on their impact to game populations. However, its not the wolf  as the creature I hate. Its the complete disregard of their impact on the landscape by the majority of wolf re introduction stakeholders, and failure to acknowledge that human impact and consumption MUST be factored into their numbers and management strategies. Wolves are back. Shoot on site and trapping will no longer hurt their populations. As long as the strychnine stays locked up, they will be healthy and happy. Quit moving them. Start hunting them. 

 


Offline idaho guy

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jun 2012
  • Posts: 2826
  • Location: hayden
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2023, 07:23:42 PM »
   Typical voters are mindless drones voting party lines or feelings.

   I prefer things the way they were pre wolf. I am also open minded enough to understand I have a selfish view on their impact to game populations. However, its not the wolf  as the creature I hate. Its the complete disregard of their impact on the landscape by the majority of wolf re introduction stakeholders, and failure to acknowledge that human impact and consumption MUST be factored into their numbers and management strategies. Wolves are back. Shoot on site and trapping will no longer  hurt their populations. As long as the strychnine stays locked up, they will be healthy and happy. Quit moving them. Start hunting them.
   

 :yeah: well said. The fact that Colorado voted to "reintroduce" wolves when they already had them is sickening. They used the same talking points to sell voters on the idea they used in Idaho over 30 years ago. Of course we never got to vote on it in Idaho. they just used the talking points to assure everyone everything would be great 😂i










Offline HighlandLofts

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+19)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2013
  • Posts: 1175
  • Location: North Snohomish County
  • Groups: WAC,
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2023, 09:35:44 PM »
SHOOT - SHOVEL - SHUT UP
WAC
NRA
Walk Light, Carry A Big Stick, Never Walk Away. - Teddy Roosevelt
Don't Take Your Guns To Town.   Johnny Cash

Offline WapitiTalk1

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+9)
  • Old Salt
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 7914
  • Location: Wet Side, Rainier, WA
  • Groups: RMEF, NRA, US Army (R)
Re: Colorado release
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2023, 10:11:26 PM »
Geezus. What do they say about those who forget history?  I’ve said it a 1000 times you cannot introduce an Apex predator into an establish ecosystem and expect it to work. Idiots
Darton Archery Maverick II
Traditions Vortek StrikeFire Smoke Pole
Weatherby VG-2 Boomstick
"Poking at a campfire with a stick is one of life's great satisfactions." Patrick F. McManus

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

AKC lab puppies! Born 06/10/2025 follow as they grow!!! by westside bull
[Today at 07:02:10 AM]


Quinault Bear guide/help by Threewolves
[Today at 06:35:45 AM]


Gots me a new/old rockchuck rifle coming by JDHasty
[Yesterday at 10:41:07 PM]


Litefighter tent ? by slowwalker
[Yesterday at 10:25:44 PM]


Need information on having a gunsmith thread a barrel for thin walled chokes. by JDHasty
[Yesterday at 10:23:55 PM]


HUNTNNW 2025 trail cam thread and photos by kodiak06
[Yesterday at 10:22:12 PM]


Looking for Solid 22 LR input by JDHasty
[Yesterday at 10:21:31 PM]


49 Degrees North Early Bull Moose by westdcw
[Yesterday at 09:57:25 PM]


Teanaway bull elk by teanawayslayer
[Yesterday at 05:57:24 PM]


Also looking for help deciding on a scope by Sakko300wsm
[Yesterday at 05:49:13 PM]


6mm Creedmoor Gauges by pickardjw
[Yesterday at 01:27:28 PM]


Brittany breeders by ghosthunter
[Yesterday at 01:17:23 PM]


Kings by metlhead
[Yesterday at 12:37:26 PM]


Fullsized Truck Opinion: HiMiNew vs LoMiOlder by rainshadow1
[Yesterday at 11:46:04 AM]


AUCTION: SE Idaho DIY Deer or Deer/Elk Hunt by Karl Blanchard
[Yesterday at 10:47:28 AM]


Velvet by MADMAX
[July 11, 2025, 07:35:16 PM]


Advice for a first time Bear spot and stalk? by Crunchy
[July 11, 2025, 06:02:28 PM]


2025 Canning by Twispriver
[July 11, 2025, 05:00:03 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal