Did someone smoke a couple wolves in the Teanaway?

[bugs n bones]

Yes they have made a huge mistake!! Unless the wolves are delt with now are hunting is going to be gone for good!! It takes years to rebuild elk heards in the best conditions.

[trophyhunt]

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

I thought it was very funny! And believe it or not most of us don't really want wolves in our state.

[trophyhunt]

Why

It is really disappointing to me that the administrators of this forum continue to allow posts like haugenna's above on this forum.

Honestly Lowedog, can't you appriciate how there is a stance that supports wolf management? People took the time to write and post Offical Government stances on wolf introduction. Do we really have to attack the site monitors here? Have you ever considered ignoring wolf threads? (Just a thought.)

Why should I ignore wolf threads?  I honestly don't see how what I said is attacking the site monitors. 

I have been a member of this site since the beginning and am very passionate about hunting.  I feel I should be able to give my opinion as much as anyone else.  I also support wolf management and feel like those types of post do nothing but undermine our chances of ever achieving the opportunity to ever manage wolves.

I can't believe anyone with any sense could support wolf management? So your willing to loose most of our deer and elk to have wolves in our state? I would rather have the deer and elk in the greatest numbers that the environment can handle, not decimated by a animal that does nothing for us. I've said it many times before, If you want to hunt wolves go to Idaho, if you think wolves are good for our state talk to people that live in Idaho and see how much they like them.S S S, kill them all, thinking about getting a tatoo that says "smoke a pack a day". Just kidding about the tatoo.

[trophyhunt]

I think most of these guys are just having fun joking around.

But I hope none of these over-sensitive Washington people go to Idaho, the people are not joking around over there.

People over there are shooting wolves year around and proud of it. But then they have been living with them for 15 years and have lost jobs and businesses due to wolves. I am pretty sure I remember the Idaho governor issuing a rule that IDFG could not respond to wolf shootings, the feds have to handle it. Is that right?

Log back into this forum or any WA livestock website in 5 to 10 years, it will be interesting to see the comments after wolves further populate and start impacting more people and herds in this state. 

  well said.  So if some on this site say that s s s is poaching then I guess they would lump the gov of Idaho in with the poachers! He sent a notice in writing to the fed's and told them of his plan not to pursue any wolf kills in his state. This was at least a year or two ago, I wonder when it gets that bad here if the pro wolf guys will still think it was a good idea to allow them here. Or at least feel stupid about supporting the damn things. 

[bearpaw]

I think most of these guys are just having fun joking around.

But I hope none of these over-sensitive Washington people go to Idaho, the people are not joking around over there.

People over there are shooting wolves year around and proud of it. But then they have been living with them for 15 years and have lost jobs and businesses due to wolves. I am pretty sure I remember the Idaho governor issuing a rule that IDFG could not respond to wolf shootings, the feds have to handle it. Is that right?

Log back into this forum or any WA livestock website in 5 to 10 years, it will be interesting to see the comments after wolves further populate and start impacting more people and herds in this state. 

  well said.  So if some on this site say that s s s is poaching then I guess they would lump the gov of Idaho in with the poachers! He sent a notice in writing to the fed's and told them of his plan not to pursue any wolf kills in his state. This was at least a year or two ago, I wonder when it gets that bad here if the pro wolf guys will still think it was a good idea to allow them here. Or at least feel stupid about supporting the damn things.

Unfortunately we have a different situation in WA than in ID. Over in ID the governor more or less took away the authority for state employees to respond to wolf shootings. He didn't declare it legal to shoot wolves, but he applied pressure on the feds and wolf groups to get wolves delisted. I don't see any governor doing that in WA anytime soon, so any type of wolf shootings will remain illegal and considered poaching with full enforcement until there is a change in WA law. In my personnal opinion wolves could be delisted today and year around season opened, and wolves would continue to increase in numbers here in WA, but for now they are protected. I think the best thing we can do now is put pressure on the WDFW to hire trapppers to get wolves confirmed. In the meantime its a waiting game for them to mulitply and for wolf predation to eventually increase public awareness.

[Lowedog]

Gotta love it when someone is so narrow minded that they automatically assume that anyone who doesn't condone illegal activity when it comes to wolves is pro wolf.   

Well said bearpaw!  I wholeheartedly agree!

Happy New Year everyone!

[predatorpro]

Smoking is bad for you. Especially when you smoke more than a pack a day.


 

lol i got a smoke a pack a day sticker on my truck! and im not talking about cigarettes!

[GrainfedMuley]

I think most of these guys are just having fun joking around.

But I hope none of these over-sensitive Washington people go to Idaho, the people are not joking around over there.

People over there are shooting wolves year around and proud of it. But then they have been living with them for 15 years and have lost jobs and businesses due to wolves. I am pretty sure I remember the Idaho governor issuing a rule that IDFG could not respond to wolf shootings, the feds have to handle it. Is that right?

Log back into this forum or any WA livestock website in 5 to 10 years, it will be interesting to see the comments after wolves further populate and start impacting more people and herds in this state. 

  well said.  So if some on this site say that s s s is poaching then I guess they would lump the gov of Idaho in with the poachers! He sent a notice in writing to the fed's and told them of his plan not to pursue any wolf kills in his state. This was at least a year or two ago, I wonder when it gets that bad here if the pro wolf guys will still think it was a good idea to allow them here. Or at least feel stupid about supporting the damn things.

  so any type of wolf shootings will remain illegal and considered poaching with full enforcement until there is a change in WA law.

The Gamie where I hunt told me this last season, That he personally does not want the wolf in Washington. He is from Wisconsin and has had encounters with Canadian wolves. BUT, If there is a dead one found in his county, he has to do his job. He will not sacrafice his entire carrier and try to cover something up.     Didn't they just make supressors legal in Washington?   

[Jack Diamond]

Hard for me to understand why on a topic such as this the expression of true thoughts is forbidden, however the other side can torch business"s,release animals and god knows how many acts of extremism, and then advise the media that their group is responsible.
And they are not held accountable. WHY NOT??

Walking on eggshells is a tough task.

[seth30]

Hard for me to understand why on a topic such as this the expression of true thoughts is forbidden, however the other side can torch business"s,release animals and god knows how many acts of extremism, and then advise the media that their group is responsible.
And they are not held accountable. WHY NOT??

Walking on eggshells is a tough task.

Well put!

[bearpaw]

   very true.....

[huntnphool]

Hard for me to understand why on a topic such as this the expression of true thoughts is forbidden, however the other side can torch business"s,release animals and god knows how many acts of extremism, and then advise the media that their group is responsible.
And they are not held accountable. WHY NOT??

Walking on eggshells is a tough task.

+1

[Lowedog]

Hard for me to understand why on a topic such as this the expression of true thoughts is forbidden, however the other side can torch business"s,release animals and god knows how many acts of extremism, and then advise the media that their group is responsible.
And they are not held accountable. WHY NOT??

Walking on eggshells is a tough task.

Possibly so that we appear to be the sane ones to the non-hunters who may one day be asked to decide if wolves should remain a protected species? 

[Wenatcheejay]

Hard for me to understand why on a topic such as this the expression of true thoughts is forbidden, however the other side can torch business"s,release animals and god knows how many acts of extremism, and then advise the media that their group is responsible.
And they are not held accountable. WHY NOT??

Walking on eggshells is a tough task.

If it is not us who hold them accountable who will? 

[wraithen]

The problem is that if 99% of us appear to be the sane ones with a few extremists on our side of the fence the media will highlight those few constantly. They do the opposite for the anti's. One day we will get over this crap and people will think for themselves again.