Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 10:58:19 AM
If you want to hear this from the beginning
http://podcasts.tvw.org/201210/2012101004.mp3 (http://podcasts.tvw.org/201210/2012101004.mp3)
Post by: firefighter4607 on October 06, 2012, 11:02:55 AM
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:03:57 AM
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:05:05 AM
Post by: Kola16 on October 06, 2012, 11:05:43 AM
wish we could see the screens he's referring too
:yeah: Unfortunately I couldn't watch the whole thing anyway because of my mifi :P
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:06:06 AM
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:07:41 AM
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:09:58 AM
no foothold traps in the winter - wolfs foot might get cold :chuckle:
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:18:56 AM
really promoting range riders
Post by: bearpaw on October 06, 2012, 11:22:52 AM
At least Anderson is admitting how quickly WA will get "colonized" by wolves
I obviously am not rubber stamping everything Anderson has or wants to do, and I still maintain that the WDFW implemented a faulty wolf plan, but when you consider the large number of pro-wolfers in this state, I think Anderson is handling this better than any director we've had in decades would have handled it.
Brace yourselves, Washington will end up spending a fortune on woves just like every other state.
I think that hunters should work with legislators to get the wolf "tab" put onto the taxpayers, the people who wanted wolves, the costs of wolves should not be coming from the wildlife fund in WDFW which is derived from hunting and fishing license sales. Unless I am mistaken it will take a legislative action to do that.
Post by: KFhunter on October 06, 2012, 11:25:12 AM
Post by: Maligator on October 06, 2012, 11:28:54 AM
I think that hunters should work with legislators to get the wolf "tab" put onto the taxpayers, the people who wanted wolves, the costs of wolves should not be coming from the wildlife fund in WDFW which is derived from hunting and fishing license sales.
Oh no no...those greenies don't want to have to pay for them, they just want to run everything else about them. If they really wanted all the wolves and protections then why don't they spend more than a discover pass per year if that??? Sure they will pay for legal fees to fight the hunters but make no mistake there is no outpouring of cash otherwise... :dunno: Just sayin :dunno:
Post by: Buckblaster on October 06, 2012, 12:56:53 PM
Post by: Buckblaster on October 06, 2012, 02:05:14 PM
http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2012101005 (http://tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2012101005)
Post by: asl20bball on October 06, 2012, 03:21:13 PM
Post by: Kola16 on October 06, 2012, 03:26:12 PM
I've now listened to the frist 1.25 mins...public comments begin approx around 50 min mark. Anway, I've now listened to the first 6 or 7 public speakers and all have been pro-wolf. :bash: ...still listening tho....
What are they asking :dunno:
Post by: asl20bball on October 06, 2012, 03:34:03 PM
Mainly the pro-wolfers want more accountabilty by wdfw before lethal actions are taken, re-location before lethal action, and more public awareness/communications as the situation progresses (not just in the aftermath).
I will say after the commission spoke they did give the head cattle rep a while to speak before open mic to the public comments
...oooh finally at 1.37 mark and a non pro wolf speaker is up. :tup:
Post by: SpringerFan on October 06, 2012, 05:11:01 PM
Post by: bearpaw on October 06, 2012, 07:17:34 PM
It's amazing how stubborn the wolfers are, to protest the killing of habituated livestock killing wolves really displays their mentality. I especially would note the brilliant advice for WDFW to translocate wolves that are proven to be cattle killers to other parts of Washington. For the most part once you've heard two or three of them testify, you've heard them all, pretty much all the same naive comments by all of them, sort of like a broken record.
Then there was the guy who claimed he was an elk & deer hunter, ya right mate! How about the woman complaining about Washington "smoking a pack a day". The lady wanting us to live with the wolves, I only ask that she do the same. Perhaps we can arrange a translocation of any remaining wedge pack wolves to Seattle so that she can practice what she preaches. These people are certainly a bag full of unsurprises. :chuckle:
I enjoyed Senator Morton joking about a canadian wolf license. Farm Bureau, Bill McIrvin, and the other ranchers and county commissioners did a good job of representing ranchers and asking the WDFW to delist Eastern WA.
What I do see here is another expense to add to the wolf management tab, this time it was spent on managing wolf lovers. :twocents:
Post by: Buckblaster on October 07, 2012, 03:57:04 PM