Twisp family denies killing gray wolves - Wenatchee World

[humanure]

Depends on the types of poison.  Some kind will kill the creatures that feed on the carcass.  Others will dilute after killing the wolf and pose little to no threat to the animals/plants nearby.

C'mon. You know as well as anyone else they woulda gone for the big guns with strychenine.

And the carcass is usually never picked up, so many animals that feed die, then as the carcass depletes, it is absorbed by the earth.

[MuleySniper]

quote ....soon the state will be selling wolf tags ..... and I want one 

I wonder if they'll have a draw for multi-season wolf tags. If so, I'll be in!

 
Knowing this state though, with the price they will probably charge I could go Moose hunting in the Yukon

[humanure]

Either way, i find poisoning to be a pretty dispicable way of hunting. It's not even hunting, it's being lazy and careless. But hey, whatever ends justifies the means, right?

[Curly]

I think it will be a long, long, long time before WDFW will sell wolf tags.  The damn wolf lovers will cry and whine so much that the WDFW will cave to the pressure and not allow hunting.  We're screwed in this state. 

The only thing that could save us is the upcoming gov election.  If McKenna wins, maybe he will get WDFW to do the right thing.......    

[bobcat]

Really what they need to do is give out free wolf tags with the purchase of any hunting license, and a year around season.

Anyone know how much it costs to have a wolf hide tanned?

[humanure]

And you can't say "Other charges aside...". He commited those acts, you can't ignore that. This is not some innocent getting painted as guilty. He mixed up the paint that has smeared his name.

[MuleySniper]

Really what they need to do is give out free wolf tags with the purchase of any hunting license, and a year around season.

Anyone know how much it costs to have a wolf hide tanned?

The same price as a 75lb coyote

[humanure]

I think it will be a long, long, long time before WDFW will sell wolf tags.  The damn wolf lovers will cry and whine so much that the WDFW will cave to the pressure and not allow hunting.  We're screwed in this state. 

The only thing that could save us is the upcoming gov election.  If McKenna wins, maybe he will get WDFW to do the right thing.......

C'mon, you know that won't happen. politics is all about money, and theres more money in hippies than hunters.

[MuleySniper]

And you can't say "Other charges aside...". He commited those acts, you can't ignore that. This is not some innocent getting painted as guilty. He mixed up the paint that has smeared his name.

Ok let me rephrase. Lets say he never committed those other acts. That's what I meant.

[bobcat]

I think it will be a long, long, long time before WDFW will sell wolf tags.  The damn wolf lovers will cry and whine so much that the WDFW will cave to the pressure and not allow hunting.  We're screwed in this state. 

The only thing that could save us is the upcoming gov election.  If McKenna wins, maybe he will get WDFW to do the right thing.......

C'mon, you know that won't happen. politics is all about money, and theres more money in hippies than hunters.

It's not just hunters who will be supporting Mckenna. It will be everyone who wants the state's economy turned around. Only people who won't vote for him are the ones who want to continue receiving welfare and food stamps.

[humanure]

Ok. Even still, he broke the law when he poached those wolves. He obviously had an ulterior agenda in using them as payment for using a friends tag illegally in another country.

[humanure]

I think it will be a long, long, long time before WDFW will sell wolf tags.  The damn wolf lovers will cry and whine so much that the WDFW will cave to the pressure and not allow hunting.  We're screwed in this state. 

The only thing that could save us is the upcoming gov election.  If McKenna wins, maybe he will get WDFW to do the right thing.......

C'mon, you know that won't happen. politics is all about money, and theres more money in hippies than hunters.

It's not just hunters who will be supporting Mckenna. It will be everyone who wants the state's economy turned around. Only people who won't vote for him are the ones who want to continue receiving welfare and food stamps.

Ok, I will give you that.

[MuleySniper]

Ok. Even still, he broke the law when he poached those wolves. He obviously had an ulterior agenda in using them as payment for using a friends tag illegally in another country.

Agreed being specific to this thread although there are far more many reasons for someone to want to eradicate wolves, legally or not. I agree he deserves punishment. Should the same person deserve the same punishment who's livelyhood is being affected? I think no I doubt this man made a living selling wolf hides. Now the honest tax paying rancher who is being affected, he deserves the same legal treatment? That is an issue where animal right activists put animals in front of human beings which I think is wrong.

[Curly]

I'm still not convinced that the White's did all the poaching that is claimed.  Just because there was a guilty plea doesn't necessarily mean Mr. White is guilty.  What has been reported to the media sounds bad and looks as if he is guilty but maybe he just couldn't afford the attorney fees anymore and wanted to get this over with.
 

[MuleySniper]

Also as for your blueberry farmer neighbor, the govt. isn't trying to re establish ungulates.