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Title: 2008 idaho wolf activity map
Post by: russ on March 17, 2009, 12:35:05 PM: dont know if anyone is interested but the 2008 wolf activity map was posted today http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/wildlife/wolves/living/08_map.pdf
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on March 17, 2009, 12:55:07 PM: Holy Crap why didn't they just pour purple paint all over the map would have been easier.

Joe
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Post by: Big10gauge on March 17, 2009, 12:57:53 PM: Washington will look like that before too long, but I doubt that we will be able to hunt them >:(
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Post by: boneaddict on March 17, 2009, 01:05:21 PM: Washington looks a lot more like that then you are being led to believe by the govt boys. ALREADY
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Post by: Intruder on March 17, 2009, 02:37:00 PM: Geeeez :yike:
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Post by: bowhuntin on March 17, 2009, 02:52:05 PM: I have seen that from past years. And there are people that still think that they aren't recovered :dunno: :bdid: Hopefully the USFW will actually fight and win in court this time to continue with the delisting and hunting season.
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Post by: whacker1 on March 17, 2009, 03:22:33 PM: Yep, that is the reason I saw so few deer & elk in my 20 days around the Avery area.
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on March 17, 2009, 03:25:39 PM: Quote from: whacker1 on March 17, 2009, 03:22:33 PM
Yep, that is the reason I saw so few deer & elk in my 20 days around the Avery area.
Each circle is ~20 miles...that's a lot of country. There are quite a few wolves down near Avery, but still plenty of elk. My friends group went 9 for 11 with bows...the wolves haven't killed all the elk like some would lead you to believe.
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Post by: whacker1 on March 17, 2009, 03:28:26 PM: 9 for 11 is very impressive for the folks I have talked to this last year.
I typically pass on several bucks each year in that region, and the biggest buck I saw was 1.5 year old forked horn white tail. I saw a raghorn bull that I didn't get a shot at. And I saw a small bear. After elk season ended, I saw another raghorn bull, but i didn't see near the volume of elk i have seen in the past.
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Post by: fc2038 on March 17, 2009, 06:43:48 PM: Thanks for the link :yike:
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Post by: mulehunter on March 17, 2009, 09:26:24 PM: GEEZ! :yike: I counted purple dots it would be possible almost 300 pups by this spring will be out of mother of Wolves! I have a BIG feeling there will be 200 moving in to Washington very SOON with in two years! Welcome to world!

Mulehunter >:(
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on March 18, 2009, 09:02:14 AM: Makes me want to :puke:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:06:24 AM: Probably could do that well in Avery, most of the hunters moved north to the Courds to get away. It was probably kind of peaceful down there if you didn't mind all the howling at night.
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on March 18, 2009, 09:12:29 AM: I ran into some folks from down that way who had left after 20+ years due to wolves and the winter kill. They were up north as well.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:16:30 AM: Face it Ryan we are just doom and gloomers.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:17:20 AM: ......that must make us Republicans. LOL
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on March 18, 2009, 09:18:19 AM: :chuckle:

After looking at that map I think we had it pretty good last year all things considered.....maybe the wolves dont like the bad ass brush :dunno:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:27:47 AM: Funny thing is they don't have the pack documented thats running on the west side of Priest and filtering over into the Wa side in the Kalispell/Leclerc NOR do they have th e one on the east side of Priest the one working the back side of the Pack river country and Indian creek and the Selkirks there. Makes you wonder how many they don't have on that map.
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on March 18, 2009, 09:33:47 AM: I wonder how many wolves they need in order to be considered a pack......10,20 :yike:

http://roguepundit.typepad.com/roguepundit/2006/01/parvo_in_wolves.html

I wonder..........
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Post by: whacker1 on March 18, 2009, 09:37:18 AM: Bone - interesting point on the East & West side of Priest, because I was thinking the same thing. A friend of a friend had the Moose tag in 1-4, which is the East side of Priest if I remember correctly and he stated that he talked to the BIO and the BIO said tha there is a significant problem with wolves in that NE corner of Idaho.

Also - If I remember correctly a Pack is considered as few as a breeding pair, but I invite someone to correct me if I am wrong, because I am recalling that from memory.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:38:32 AM: bummer. :chuckle: Makes a guy want to spread a little parvo around in the woods. I should have gathered some of that wolf crap I found near Yelly and seen if it had any.....
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:40:03 AM: Theres been wolves on both side of priest for a long time. Lots of them. Not sure what they consider a pack. Seems like they had a distinction on that map, even if it was 4 animals or more or something. I'll have to go back and look at the legend.
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Post by: whacker1 on March 18, 2009, 09:44:12 AM: The legend shows a disparity that a document group is less than 4 animals, so one would assume that a pack is 4 or more animals.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 18, 2009, 09:49:44 AM: I'm sure there are more than 4 on the west and the east side of Priest.
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Post by: whacker1 on March 18, 2009, 10:06:05 AM: I believe that it just means that they haven't hearded the 4 + together on the same occassion to document and collar. I am not sure what the definition of documented is...
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on March 18, 2009, 05:17:08 PM: In the washington plan a pack will be as few as two animals. A breeding pair counts if the young survive until Dec. 31st.
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Post by: Ironhead on March 20, 2009, 06:26:02 PM: There also areas where it says groups were terminated... That does not mean the entire group was terminated as we are led to believe. The map shows groups have been terminated in Pass creek and Copper Basin but that is not the case. Yes they have killed many wolves in there but definately not all the Wolves.... Unless the Bulls have learned to howl and started wearing wolf skins like the Indians did.
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Post by: cmiller85 on March 21, 2009, 12:11:51 PM: Has anybody heard the good news yet? As of March 6, 2009, wolves are now delisted as an endangered species in Idaho, Montan, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Look for a 2009 hunting season for wolves in Idaho and Montana after the law takes affect on April 30, 2009!!

http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/featured_story.asp?area=news&ID=43 (http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/featured_story.asp?area=news&ID=43)
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Post by: sparksbr on March 26, 2009, 06:31:17 PM: FINALLY!!! Some good news!

We'll see what happens when they start proposing tags and seasons...The greenies will likely make another attempt to put them back on the list like they did before.