Post by: trophyelk6x6 on April 02, 2018, 06:45:25 PM
https://www.nwpb.org/2018/03/19/study-olympic-national-park-among-best-places-to-bring-back-gray-wolves/
Post by: robodad on April 02, 2018, 07:04:13 PM
Post by: bigmacc on April 02, 2018, 07:11:51 PM
OH MY LORD, this is why we need a GAME DEPARTMENT folks!!!
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 02, 2018, 07:12:49 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on April 02, 2018, 07:33:20 PM
Post by: MarkTrail on April 02, 2018, 07:46:25 PM
Post by: Southpole on April 02, 2018, 07:57:55 PM
Of course its a perfect place for them; there's no hunting or hunters in the area. They'll thrive and multiply like a Kardashian at a pro sports dinner (only with less competition to feed). Lord, I apologize for that one there, and please be with all the starving Pygmies down there in New Guinea, Amen....That’s funny right there...
Post by: huntnfmly on April 02, 2018, 08:10:51 PM
I don't care who you are😂Of course its a perfect place for them; there's no hunting or hunters in the area. They'll thrive and multiply like a Kardashian at a pro sports dinner (only with less competition to feed). Lord, I apologize for that one there, and please be with all the starving Pygmies down there in New Guinea, Amen....That’s funny right there...
Post by: Peewee on April 02, 2018, 08:39:16 PM
Post by: grade-creek-rd on April 03, 2018, 08:02:59 AM
Gotta find the positive sometimes in the negative...
Grade
Post by: nwhunter on April 03, 2018, 08:07:06 AM
Post by: jackelope on April 03, 2018, 08:11:00 AM
Yep if we have to get wolves in western Washington to begin managing/killing them put them deep in the heart of the park where the hippies like to roam. Of course they wont stay there but better than putting them right where they will start eating the deer and elk we get to hunt tight off the bat..
:yeah:
If there's got to be a place on the west side, that's a great place for them.
Post by: Southpole on April 03, 2018, 08:14:28 AM
Post by: Woodchuck on April 03, 2018, 08:15:30 AM
Sorry guys but we won’t be able to hunt them “legally”, the state will have their department “manage” the problem wolves... that’s how that’s going to be :'( .Sadly, I believe this is spot on. :bash:
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 03, 2018, 08:19:27 AM
Sorry guys but we won’t be able to hunt them “legally”, the state will have their department “manage” the problem wolves... that’s how that’s going to be :'( .
I don't believe we'll see wolf hunts in WA until they've cleaned out the ungulates and started looking for their food closer to humans and actually eat some. It'll eventually happen but probably not in my lifetime.
Post by: PolarBear on April 03, 2018, 09:09:18 AM
Post by: huntnphool on April 03, 2018, 09:17:39 AM
Post by: wolfbait on April 03, 2018, 09:26:02 AM
http://idahoforwildlife.com/files/pdf/georgeDovel/The%20Outdoorsman%20No%20%2017%20Feb-Mar%202006%20The%20Northern%20Yellowstone%20elk%20herd.pdf
Post by: wolfbait on April 03, 2018, 10:09:25 AM
Predation and the Ecology of Fear
http://www.aowha.org/documents/predation_ecology_of_fear_kay.pdf
Post by: Alchase on April 03, 2018, 10:11:59 AM
Post by: wolfbait on April 03, 2018, 10:14:00 AM
Now we just have to get these wolves to be able to read where the "Park boundary" signs are. :bash:
:yeah:
https://christophermartinphotography.com/2016/02/24/more-from-the-banff-wolf-packs-attack-on-the-elk/
Post by: Humptulips on April 05, 2018, 06:49:50 PM
You can tell they have an agenda because they failed to mention the latest findings:
"Channel-planform evolution in four rivers of Olympic National Park, Washington, USA: the roles of physical drivers and trophic cascades", Amy E. East, Kurt J. Jenkins, Patricia J. Happe,et al., Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 42, 1011–1032 (2017). https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2018&context=usgsstaffpub
"We use a 74-year aerial photographic record of the Hoh, Queets, Quinault, and Elwha Rivers, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, to investigate whether physical or... excessive elk impacts after wolves were extirpated a century ago are the dominant drivers of channel planform in these gravel-bed rivers. We infer no correspondence between channel evolution and elk abundance, suggesting that trophic-cascade effects in this setting are subsidiary to physical controls on channel morphology. Our findings differ from previous interpretations of Olympic National Park fluvial dynamics and contrast with the classic example of Yellowstone National Park, where legacy effects of elk overuse are apparent in channel morphology; we attribute these differences to hydrologic regime and large-wood availability."
Post by: Humptulips on April 05, 2018, 07:18:47 PM
I'm sure they have a study to back that up. (Where's the sarcasm emoji.)
It looks like the type of study I see more often today where the study follows the predetermined conclusion.
Post by: Special T on April 05, 2018, 08:52:59 PM
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Post by: nwhunter on April 07, 2018, 09:38:24 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 08, 2018, 06:46:27 AM
Most of the designated Park area is to steep and rugged for wolves so into the foothills they will go, and thrive. :bash:
Post by: nwhunter on April 08, 2018, 07:42:01 AM
Post by: dingle on April 09, 2018, 06:13:48 AM
Post by: paguy on April 17, 2018, 07:53:01 AM