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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: bone collector 12 on February 20, 2013, 05:36:48 PM

Title: wolves in the desert?
Post by: bone collector 12 on February 20, 2013, 05:36:48 PM: I was told today that there is a female wolf in the desert unit with pups,anyone know or heard anything?
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: yote on February 20, 2013, 06:00:38 PM: Which desert unit? :dunno:
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: romaknows on February 20, 2013, 06:03:32 PM: The only one, gmu 290.
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: bone collector 12 on February 20, 2013, 08:40:19 PM: Quote from: romaknows on February 20, 2013, 06:03:32 PM
The only one, gmu 290.
:yeah:
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: Possum197 on February 21, 2013, 06:41:19 AM: Within 10 years wolves will be in every GMU....for sure! :twocents:
Title: wolves in the desert?
Post by: iRem on February 22, 2013, 09:50:01 AM: It's time for it to be open season on these guys
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: BIGINNER on February 22, 2013, 09:52:43 AM: wow,... does this person know the difference between a wolf and coyote? when were they seen? I want to say that there's no way that a wolf can be there, especially with pups,... but I might be wrong. :chuckle:
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: spur_ride on February 22, 2013, 10:12:28 AM: If its true its going to make hiking in to some duck hunting spots next year awfully interesting. I heard the confirmed 2 hybrids in soap lake but hasn't heard anything about this.
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: GrainfedMuley on March 04, 2013, 12:00:46 AM: They are as far south as the Rosevelt unit but that is way east of GMU290. If they are that far south, they would have to have crossed I-90.
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: Special T on March 04, 2013, 01:14:51 PM: Not saying they arn/t there, but they would have to trave through the gauntlet as far as coyote whacking territory.... I would think that there would bee lots of burried wolves crossing that hay country to the north. :twocents:
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: villageidiot on March 04, 2013, 06:13:47 PM: The pups comment raises eyebrows. They breed in Feb. and have pups in April. Could of been last years pups they are referring too but they would be full sized now. Just sayin.
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: Northway on March 05, 2013, 01:40:05 PM: Quote from: Special T on March 04, 2013, 01:14:51 PM
Not saying they arn/t there, but they would have to trave through the gauntlet as far as coyote whacking territory.... I would think that there would bee lots of burried wolves crossing that hay country to the north. :twocents:

Agreed. Dispersers into that type of terrain are often shot as coyotes. It's only a matter of time before a disperser ends up in the Potholes, but an actual pack would be an occasional one hit wonder as opposed to an ongoing thing, imo.
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: Northway on March 05, 2013, 01:50:57 PM: Question: Does anyone one know how the Bureau of Reclamation works when it comes to owning/managing land? I get their mission statement, but I'm not sure how it ties into large landholdings?

http://www.mytopo.com/products/hunt-area-unit.cfm?state=WA&species=ALL&gmu=290 (http://www.mytopo.com/products/hunt-area-unit.cfm?state=WA&species=ALL&gmu=290)
Title: Re: wolves in the desert?
Post by: Special T on March 05, 2013, 01:56:32 PM: I'd search BigTexes posts. I rember him talking about the differnt roles that each kind of publican land plays. As i remeber they usually own land that has no "real" $ value. Mostly in the basin area it revolves around water storage and transportation. :twocents: