Big Game Hunting > Wolves
Imported canadian wolf kills
boneaddict:
Someone should inform all those spotted owl hooters out there they are breaking the law. Damn tree huggers. Feel free to ask if tieing a steak to my ass is considered baiting. :chuckle:
wolfbait:
(This activity (calling wolves in for purposes of photographing them) would be considered harassment and would not be conducive to protecting the wolves from disturbance; repeat calling can also push wolves out of their use areas. We appreciate your interest in this state endangered species, and request that you not attempt to call wolves for photo opportunities in Washington.)
Maybe they should use repeated calling to push the wolves out of areas where they are killing livestock. Next thing, we will be limited on how we hunt coyotes or will we be hunting coyotes?
MtnMuley:
If I spent a week digging a hole (on some private property on Lookout Mtn.) 10 ft. deep and carefully covered it up (with grasses and brush from private property) and then set 5 juicy steaks (from my steer) in hopes to fool a steak theif, would that be illegal? If so happened a wolf took a fall, then I guess it'd be up to his survival skills to get himself out of the mess he was in. I'd probably just catch a bear or deer on accident with my luck! Would be funny to see Fitkins ass snooping around with telemetry and stop to grab a steak for lunch though!!! However, I doubt he eats steaks!
wolfbait:
Carlton resident says wolves killed chickens
By Joyce Campbell
“I saw it twice and I really think it’s a wolf,” said Michelle Mondot, who learned the hard way that protecting her chickens from predators starts with prevention, not with scaring them off.
She went out to do chicken chores on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 2, and found eight dead birds and six more missing. She saw the back half of a large dark grey canine with a fluffy tail disappearing into the brushy hillside behind her Libby Creek home.
“He or she left, and I saw it again Sunday night because I was keeping an eye on everything,” said Mondot. She went out in the dark with a flashlight and stick around 9:30 p.m. and yelled, screamed and beat the stick on the ground and the animal took off after about 10 seconds. So long, she said, that she realized the animal was not afraid.
She got a .30-30 rifle and shot into the hill past her house and has not seen the predator again. “I think I’ve scared it off, at least for now,” she said.
State wildlife biologist Scott Fitkin is skeptical that the predator was a wolf.
“The fact that the animal appeared unafraid, I’m more skeptical that it was a wolf,” said Fitkin. “The fact that she went out and yelled and banged things, it’s not characteristic of wolves, who seem skittish. We’ve not ruled out it being a wolf,” he said. “We have no evidence except her eyewitness, but we are looking for more information.”
He sent two wildlife field technicians to set up a remote sensor camera at the site, but no photos of a wolf or any other canid have been captured. Radio telemetry was used for several days and showed that the radio-collared adults in the Lookout Pack were not present. A compost pile at the site contained the remains of butchered chickens, an attractant for carnivores.
Fitkin said being surrounded by public land and wildlife is a little different than having a chicken coop in town. Chances are greater for attracting predators looking for a meal.
“We’ve got the top predator of the West here and we need to know how to secure our livestock,” said Mondot. She said she felt responsible that her setup was only minimally secure. She had become lax over the years, chasing off one golden eagle and a weasel or raccoon, but felt unprepared for wolves.
She was instructed by the wildlife field biologist to bury attractants – any meat and scraps that are not vegetation. She wants to make sure her chickens are wolf-secure, but doesn’t know exactly what that means. She has covered plastic netting with chicken wire on her portable coops.
Fitkin said that wolves and cougars are easier to keep out, but bear-proofing is the most difficult predator prevention, because of their agile, dexterous and extremely strong front paws.
“We can co-exist, but we need to modify our behavior,” said Mondot. She said people need to not be attracting, feeding or being nice to the wolves. “I want them to be afraid. This is not part of their hunting territory. They can have all the rest.”
For more information on preventing wildlife conflicts with livestock and pets, visit the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website on living with wildlife at www.wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living. The state’s draft gray wolf conservation and management plan has a section on preventing conflicts and is available at www.wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/gray_wolf.
A film and panel discussion on predators will be presented Sept. 16 at the Twisp River Pub. The Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators is a new film on wolves and other top predators and will be presented in the Methow Valley by Conservation Northwest.
Photo by Joyce Campbell
These chickens survived a nighttime raid by a large canid that Michelle Mondot thinks was a wolf. She feels responsible for making her poultry wolf-secure, but isn’t sure what that means.
mulehunter:
--- Quote from: jackelope on July 30, 2009, 08:09:52 AM ---Kain...pretty safe to assume none of those pics were reported, nor was the dead cattle that he found.
too bad, because that is the only way we will get anywhere closer to delisting. we can post pictures on here all day long, and as interesting as it is for us to see, it means nothing towards progressing to delisting. as much as some think they will never get delisted here in WA...it's real safe to say that if nobody reports this stuff, we will absolutely NEVER get delisted.
those pics have pretty much all been posted on here before..does anyone have any new ones?
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Hey Can u explain to me why u all people suggest me to keep report WDFW and keep reporting or any Kill by Wolves. Any pictures, Anything I found will not do any BETTER, Even There is Cattle were killed also again recently Chicken got killed.
Read Two Local NEWS about it.
Go figure! We will NEVER GET DELISTED! NEVER will. Now you see why Biologlist were TRAINNED by FEDS to LIE to people and They wouldnt even TRY hire houndmen to on tracks see what ANIMALS has done to Chicken or Cattles? :P I found a POORLY JOB By WDFW! >:(
Thats why I already knew it three years ago before you all think it gonna work BUT NOT going any better!! Its going make EVERY RANCHER ANGRY. SO AM I!
I am RANCHER! I raise Sheep, Goats, Pigs, and Chicken. I feel so bad for Larry and Michelle loss livestock and there will be MORE coming this fall!
By the way If michelle mondot said she WITNESSED TWICE and Scott Fitkin said Not enough EVIDENCE! By the way Michelle should have shot them to protect their livestock and any Rancher SHOULD! I cant afford loose my livestocks.
Why not Scott Fitkin Contact houndman to bring dogs and Lets try turn loose with hounds with Gamedept see whats catch on hot tracks? Why not they do it? maybe it would be Cougar or Bears NEVER KNOW?? They arent trying HARDER enough! :bash: :bash: :bash:
WHOA... Wait min!!! Do they have Collar radio tracking on Wolves.. I see he said on news. It said
He sent two wildlife field technicians to set up a remote sensor camera at the site, but no photos of a wolf or any other canid have been captured. Radio telemetry was used for several days and showed that the radio-collared adults in the Lookout Pack were not present.
I see why those Two wildlife Field agent working for HIM on tracking those Collar wolf and try to push them away from livestock kill during investagtor week so thing make it look CLEAN on Scott Fitkin story. >:(
Let me CLEAR I remember few pups this spring and it would be large number of Wolves in Libby Creek, Plus 9 Wolves in Wintrop East of Lake Patterson with some new pups unknow number. Its going to be UGLY later.
Here picture for u! Caught on TrailCamera by Mulehunter family. Red Tag on Ear. Hanging out in Libby Creek around March 09 . Thats where She bring Pups down to Kill Chicken. I believe so.
If you anyone want to know where they hang out. I can tell u WHERE exactly with GoogleEARTH map and I can PIN so you can Enjoy your time scouting up there.
Mulehunter :(