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akirkland:
A buddy and i saw a wolf 4 years ago on the north side of Mt. Adams. We were just west of the crest trail, between Killen Creek and Muddy Meadows. Gauranteed wolf sighting. No if ands or buts! Other members in our hunting party saw the tracks as well. Also, most wont believe me but there have been sightings of wolves in SE Pierce county. Very worthy and trusted source. Not the kind of guy to BS. Rumor has it a land owner has killed one in the last year or so. Supposedly it was turned over to WDFW.

CedarPants:

--- Quote from: bearpaw on July 07, 2011, 06:36:35 PM ---GMU 124 - Mt Spokane - 1 or more - Several people report sightings south of Newport

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Any specific locations south of Newport that seem to be hotspots? I spend a lot of time in the Spring Valley area just south of Newport and along the Idaho border - haven't personally seen any wolves but have been seeing track and scat the past couple seasons(most recently this past turkey season). Coincidentally, I've also been seeing a lot more elk in the area as well. Interesting ....

buckfvr:
This last winter, a Warden was working with a hound guy, reportedly using hounds to locate wolves, then using a weapon similar to a dart gun that instead of injecting something, actually pinched off some DNA and falls to the ground. They used snow machines to access the areas west and south of Kentry Ridge. I saw them park there and unload many times, but never stopped and bothered them, but others did, and this second hand info is what was passed on to me. The hound guy is local, Bearpaw, you may know him, not sure, but he lives off Breckinridge road. Several people around here saw as many as 5 wolves together in the lands from Orin/Rice to Addy/Gifford. A few of the folks called in and the old story of hybrids on the loose was once again WDFWs response. Wife and I saw a lone wolf off Beck road 3 winters ago, and there was no doubt about what it was......upon talking with a neighbor, he was stunned, as he heard of similar sightings in the same area from 3 other neighbors.

I could go on, but apparent lack of honesty by local wardens makes me wonder if they will/can ever acknowledge true numbers and locations.......there is an agenda here, just havent quite figured out what it is. Russ

D-Rock425:
Some buddies of mine swear they saw one a few years back on the border of Nile and bumping units.

bearpaw:

--- Quote from: buckfvr on July 13, 2011, 06:59:52 PM ---This last winter, a Warden was working with a hound guy, reportedly using hounds to locate wolves, then using a weapon similar to a dart gun that instead of injecting something, actually pinched off some DNA and falls to the ground. They used snow machines to access the areas west and south of Kentry Ridge. I saw them park there and unload many times, but never stopped and bothered them, but others did, and this second hand info is what was passed on to me. The hound guy is local, Bearpaw, you may know him, not sure, but he lives off Breckinridge road. Several people around here saw as many as 5 wolves together in the lands from Orin/Rice to Addy/Gifford. A few of the folks called in and the old story of hybrids on the loose was once again WDFWs response. Wife and I saw a lone wolf off Beck road 3 winters ago, and there was no doubt about what it was......upon talking with a neighbor, he was stunned, as he heard of similar sightings in the same area from 3 other neighbors.

I could go on, but apparent lack of honesty by local wardens makes me wonder if they will/can ever acknowledge true numbers and locations.......there is an agenda here, just havent quite figured out what it is. Russ

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Russ thanks for your post, I have been hoping others would step forward to report some of these wolves in Huckleberry and other areas. I know exactly which dogger has been collecting dna for WDFW, but to my knowledge he is only collecting cougar dna from treed cougar for an ongoing cougar study. But there are many reports of these wolves in Huckleberry. According to neighbors, there were several wolf hybrids turned loose by a private party in the Kentry area, but there was also a full blooded wolf hit on the HWY near Nine Mile, so in my honest opinion I think we have both hybrids and wild wolves in Huckleberry. I think it's more likely that sightings in the south end of the county are wild wolves, I think the hybrids have stayed pretty close to their home place on the orin-rice road as neighbors in the area still have been seeing them fairly regularly. We as well as others have seen tracks near Monumental, Kentry, and Summit Valley. Numerous other people have reported tracks and sightings near Hunters, Fruitland, Springdale, and Nine Mile.

If you know others who have seen wolves, please encourage them to post their sightings on here, or perhaps you can do it for them. Only by drawing attention to these wolves can we hope that WDFW will eventually confirm them.
Thanks, Dale

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