Wildlife managers plan to use helicopter gunners and government trappers in Lolo

[Elkaholic daWg]

Clark was the head of USFWS for several years, we have the same problem in WDFW, many of them are potential future employees of Defenders.

Same problem with many biologists, many (not all) are wolf lovers who got degrees and went to work for WDFW.

 She's back today..........



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Dear George,

Federal sharpshooters are preparing to gun down up to 75 wolves from aircraft on public lands in Idaho, capitulating to the misguided fears of anti-wolf extremists.1 Montana "sportsmen" are offering $100 bounties for dead wolves.2 Some radicals are even calling for the "wolf war, round two."3

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[Sitka_Blacktail]

Better not stop hunting now, as in a few years you might not have anything left to hunt.   Within 7 years (according to the minority report) the allocated elk #'s for hunting will be killed annually by wolves, and I think it said 35% of the deer.

A blatant lie. Is this all the better argument that anti wolf people have? Montana and Idaho have had wolves for 15 years now and are still harvesting respectful amounts of both deer and elk.  Or are Washington wolves Super Wolves?

[wraithen]

Hey sitka, how about you respond to your original thread. You still won't explain quite a few things. Keep yourself contained or the mods will get annoyed and treat your account like an idaho wolf. Unless you're a super wolf.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Better not stop hunting now, as in a few years you might not have anything left to hunt.   Within 7 years (according to the minority report) the allocated elk #'s for hunting will be killed annually by wolves, and I think it said 35% of the deer.

A blatant lie. Is this all the better argument that anti wolf people have? Montana and Idaho have had wolves for 15 years now and are still harvesting respectful amounts of both deer and elk.  Or are Washington wolves Super Wolves?

No we just have less deer and elk for them to eat, oh I forgot they will stop eating them when the herd is right sized for it habitat. 

[JJB11B]

Idaho has learned a hard and very exspensive lesson.  Too bad WDFW can't see that far east, instead they have to try the same thing and expect a different outcome....hmmm, what's that called again?

I'm not so sure they can't see it. How can anyone be that stupid. I am beginning to think they want to destroy the hunting in Washington.

Good writeup ridge, maybe I misread, but I don't think there was any arial gunning when they first eliminated wolves. That's been used in modern times to try and control wolf numbers in Alaska and Idaho.

they are also currently using aerial gunnery to kill hogs in other states. If there is no hunting in Washington then obviously Washingtonians dont need to have guns....its back door gun control....let the arguments begin

[JJB11B]

Hey sitka, how about you respond to your original thread. You still won't explain quite a few things. Keep yourself contained or the mods will get annoyed and treat your account like an idaho wolf. Unless you're a super wolf.

 

[Ridgeratt]

Clark was the head of USFWS for several years, we have the same problem in WDFW, many of them are potential future employees of Defenders.

Same problem with many biologists, many (not all) are wolf lovers who got degrees and went to work for WDFW.

Wow I think I have heard that statement before! What a better way to promote their agenda than from the inside!

We used to have USFWS predator control specialist that lived in Spokane he has since moved to Utah! But last I heard he was the go to guy for aerial gunning and he was the one teaching there folks now.