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I know it's hard to understand, but some day it may all make sense to you guys.
"The fawns they save from coyotes will more than make up for the deer they kill themselves."Thanks I needed a good laugh, havent had one like that in a long time!!!Wolves helping deer fawns Now that's funny
I am sure all the sportsman in Idaho agree with you sitka, They are kicking there hills up because the yote population is gone and the deer numbers are better then ever You know how much meat your wolves take to survive? I know yotes very well and spent a lot of time around them and hunting them. They do not eat fawns and deer 24/7 like the wolf does. How many wolves will mouse out in my fields to feed themselves? How many will turn my sheep into a food source or my cattle? everyone given the chance. I knock the hell out of the yotes in my area and they are even getting harder to find. In the area that does not have cats. The deer numbers are very good and the yote population is lower. Throw wolves into the mix when there is no elk in my area and guess what is going to get ate 24/7! I would bet for every one deer a yote kills a wolf kills 50+ sorry your logic behind your thoughts has not been proven in any state that has wolves right now. Washington will not be any different then the others. Our moose sheep mtn goats elk deer and livestock will be the main food source for wolves not mice and birds like the yotes Nice try though
Quote from: jdurham on February 18, 2012, 10:07:05 AMhttp://www.americanhunter.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2121&cid=47Here's a couple quotes from this article."During the past 100 years, however, coyotes colonized North America's eastern corridor after gray wolves and red wolves were exterminated." "That's because scientific research from eastern Canada to the southeastern U.S. shows coyote predation on fawns kill more deer than herds can replace in some areas."This is what I've been saying about wolves helping deer populations. Wolves hit coyote populations hard. They don't tolerate competition from other canines. The fawns they save from coyotes will more than make up for the deer they kill themselves. Personally, I'd rather have a half dozen to a dozen wolves in an area than a thousand coyotes. Besides fawns, game bird populations would increase too.This is the good that wolves can do that many refuse to accept.
Yep! Hell at least when ever I lost any livestock to yotes "which has been very few over the years" I could go on a killing spree and thin them a little. With the wolves I would just get to sit and wait for tiny check for reimbursement! if!!! there was to even be funding for it. Then when they come back all I get to do is go collect another carcase or 2. Hell there has been packs in Montana that use to do killing sprees on livestock all the time. Get into a big flock of sheep and kill tons every night just for fun and the thrill of it. Shredded guard dogs and then go have a little fun killing with a full belly. Piss on the wolves being brought back we had a plenty healthy ecosystem without them here. There is a reason they were killed off because they are good for nothing! There is enough dang predators here already to take care of the "weak and old" haha my a$$. People always try to twist it into, oh they will help! What are they helping in any of the other states? is the fawn survival rate threw the roof? haha yeah right. Is the elk numbers booming? haha yeah right! Is the coyote population wiped out? hahaha yeah right. Is there no predation on livestock? hahahaha yeah right! Go try to pawn your wasted twisted info on some other people that don't have a brain. Not real sportsmen that understand the truth like we have on this site.