Wolves by Bumping Lake

[dreamingbig]

I also found this to be hillarious...

"Furthermore, in Idaho hunting of wolves is now permitted, which will further reduce the numbers of wolves available to enhance any wolf population in Washington. The fragmented nature of the wolf populations in the Northwest should be considered in developing an effective management plan."

There are quite a few folks in Idaho that would sign up to help capture and relocate a few wolves to Washington.

[jackelope]

Jackelope,

http://www.gptaskforce.org/conservation/washington-wolf-plan-key-talking-points

A quote from their talking points: "The goal of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is to maintain a viable wolf population and the goal of the livestock community is to have a population that does not require protection under the Endangered Species Act. The quickest way to meet both of these goals is by reintroducing the wolves into the state."

Perhaps they are misrepresenting the WDFW's goals but this is how they are choosing to spin it.

That looks to me to be the opinion of the GP Task Force. I don't want to spin this into a wolf debate. I probably should have not posted what I did so I will clean up the thread if needed to keep it on track.

[squeeze2drop]

How old r these kids? Cuz I know grown men who can't tell the difference between a wolf and a coyote, I think they saw a coyote and from there they started freakin out, building a huge fire to protect them? Lol that's straight outta the movie "white fang" child please haha

[BIGINNER]

lol  ya. when you're in the woods, you can definately let you imagination run wild,  especially if you're lost.  my wife is out camping this week at emigrant springs in oregon (25 miles south east of pendlenton) she called me today in the morning and informed me that there was alot of "wolves" howling close by at night.   lol  i couldn't help laughing,  it took me 20 min to convinse her that it was coyotes.. lol  

[dreamingbig]

I was reading William O'Douglass's book a couple weeks ago and he told of a story when he got lost at dark in a drainage near Fish Lake.  The bump in the night for him was a cougar that was screaming near by.  He said he kept the fire pretty high that night.

I vote coyotes and/or creative imaginations.

[coachcw]

My buddie heard wolves in the nile after the modern season was ove and found track the next morning . This guy Knows the differance .

[pat2bear]

The mind can play some cruel tricks on you when you're in an uncomfortable situation. I'm guessing coy's. But I'm not saying that there aren't wolves in that general area. I've heard too many accounts from too many credible sources. Bone being one of them. If bear baiting were legal we'd probably see dozens of pics inadvertently taken on trail cams.

[squeeze2drop]

At least they didn't claim it was bigfoot lol

[Laurvick]

Myself and family were up at Bumping Lake Sat. morning (6/26/10) about 10 am hiking and goofing off and we saw a bunch of Yakima Sheriffs county search and rescue rigs in the parking lot at the boat launch. I say to my wife, must be doing some training up here, and me and my boy take off and she says she'll catch up after she uses the toilet. She catches up and tells my she asked a sheriff what was up and he tells her some boy scouts went for a hike the day before and got lost up by Fish Lake. The rescuers came in and found them that night right before dark so they hunkered down for the night. Here's where it gets fishy. The guy tells her that they were up all night scared to death with a monstrous fire because they became surround by a pack of wolves. I say bulls*&t to her and she says that's what he told me.     I bolt back to ask for myself but they were gone. Anybody hear about this? I'll pm Norsepeak because he may know some of the search and rescue guys to confirm this. But I seriously doubt it. 

Hey there! I'm an old staff member who worked at that camp. I just happened to stop by Camp Fife the day the kids were found. I had a group of friends, all over the age of 21 who worked there when this happened. They was a group that was sent off to find them (staff members) in the group there was a 24 year old Army medic who's the rifle range director (spent 2 1/2 years in Iraq), a 21 year old climbing instructor and a 21 year old junior search and rescuer who spent the night looking for these kids. They are the ones who got surrounded by wolves, not the actual group of kids. These 4 or 5 staff members spent the night huddled around a fire, scared of the wolves. The staff members eventually met up with the group of lost scouts and waited for search and rescue to arrive. If you would like names, and contact information, I can get that for you. The district executive of the boy scouts, is to blame for these kids going missing. We're trying to get the word out, because this is the second year in a row with him being the camp director, that we've had scouts go missing on a hike. It's unacceptable, that this man still has a job working for the Boy Scouts of America.

Feel free to contact me...

[squeeze2drop]

This thread isn't about throwin anybody under the bus, the whole "get rid of him" portion can b discussed if u wanna start another thread, now, back to the topic...

[Skyvalhunter]

another moderator

[boneaddict]

There is no reason there aren't wolves up there.  Perfect country for them.  Unless you were those staff members, you'll never know.  Coyotes won't hang around like that, wolves will, especially if they have a dog with them.  Not sure if they did or not.   Its to the point where there are wolves in just about every corner of this state, whether they are established or not.  There will be more and more sightings, as these sightings increase, so will the stories and false sightings.  Its getting tothe point where every coyote that is seen is called a wolf.  HOWEVER,  that doesn't mean there aren't lots of wolves out there still. 

You'll note you often find goats in areas called goat rocks, goat lake, goat creek goat peak.  It stands to reason you might find wolves in places such as Timberwolf, wolf creek etc.   

[grundy53]

Jackelope. Have you read the states wolf management plan?

[Laurvick]

This thread isn't about throwin anybody under the bus, the whole "get rid of him" portion can b discussed if u wanna start another thread, now, back to the topic...

Sorry didn't mean to wander off topic. Mostly just clarifying the scouts and adult leaders were not the ones surrounded by said "wolves". =)

[squeeze2drop]

Hey its all good, I do it all the time, just felt good to say that lol ; )