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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: vandeman17 on April 29, 2021, 08:58:01 AM

Title: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: vandeman17 on April 29, 2021, 08:58:01 AM: "It’s a 24 percent increase since 2019, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. The numbers are what’s called a minimum count, meaning the true number of wolves is likely higher."

https://www.ncwlife.com/washington-wolves-increased-numbers-by-24-percent-last-year/
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: greenhead_killer on April 29, 2021, 09:13:47 AM: Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and say this is a lazy mans guess as to what the numbers blew up to. Even if it was only at 24%, that’s a huge increase
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: Magnum_Willys on April 29, 2021, 09:40:01 AM: Deer fawn and Elk calf numbers drop by 25% in one year...... WDFW baffled......
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: Ridgeratt on April 29, 2021, 09:41:29 AM: Quote from: Magnum_Willys on April 29, 2021, 09:40:01 AM
Deer fawn and Elk calf numbers drop by 25% in one year...... WDFW baffled......

If it was 25% you should be ecstatic.
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 29, 2021, 11:39:00 AM: I would bet the number is well over 30%. The counts are done under fear of retribution by the Inslee administration. The WDFW wouldn't want to show better "recovery" numbers or people might think it's time to manage the wolves. Science by politics. It always has the best results.
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: huntnphool on April 29, 2021, 11:57:23 AM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on April 29, 2021, 11:39:00 AM
I would bet the number is well over 30%. The counts are done under fear of retribution by the Inslee administration. The WDFW wouldn't want to show better "recovery" numbers or people might think it's time to manage the wolves. Science by politics. It always has the best results.

Bingo
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: hunter399 on April 29, 2021, 12:30:35 PM: Yup, probably more.
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: nwwanderer on April 29, 2021, 02:56:36 PM: That gives us about a 1000 when the world ends in 2010, climate emergency you know
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: highcountry_hunter on May 20, 2021, 07:39:51 PM: Wdfw’s method of counting animals:
“We saw 5 elk and 10 deer in that drainage but there’s probably double that many that we didn’t see. Write down 10 elk and 20 deer. We didn’t see any wolves or cougars. Write down 0 wolves and 0 cougars”
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: haftard on May 20, 2021, 07:54:31 PM: got it right on the head there. i wish politics would get out of wdfw. but that will never happen. the fish and wild life should be the #1 concern of the wdfw. not what over lord inslee thinks.
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: BlackRiverTaxidermy on May 20, 2021, 08:21:29 PM: Good place for a wolf!
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: haftard on May 20, 2021, 09:18:26 PM: Quote from: BlackRiverTaxidermy on May 20, 2021, 08:21:29 PM
Good place for a wolf!

About the only thing they are good for lol. damn thats a good looking pelt. i think i wanna get a coat made when i get a wolf.
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: hunter399 on May 21, 2021, 04:26:34 AM: Quote from: highcountry_hunter on May 20, 2021, 07:39:51 PM
Wdfw’s method of counting animals:
“We saw 5 elk and 10 deer in that drainage but there’s probably double that many that we didn’t see. Write down 10 elk and 20 deer. We didn’t see any wolves or cougars. Write down 0 wolves and 0 cougars”
That's the truth and then some.
HaHaHaHaHa............
It's so funny cause it's so true .
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: wolfbait on May 22, 2021, 03:21:20 PM: Quote from: vandeman17 on April 29, 2021, 08:58:01 AM
"It’s a 24 percent increase since 2019, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. The numbers are what’s called a minimum count, meaning the true number of wolves is likely higher."

https://www.ncwlife.com/washington-wolves-increased-numbers-by-24-percent-last-year/

Mech testified wolves double in population each year, most people don't respond to anything WDFW spouts about wolves anymore as they have been proven over and over to be liars. Remember the year WDFW said the wolf population grew by one wolf...
Title: Re: Washington wolves increased numbers by 24 percent last year
Post by: timberfaller on May 22, 2021, 04:06:33 PM: Quote from: highcountry_hunter on May 20, 2021, 07:39:51 PM
Wdfw’s method of counting animals:
“We saw 5 elk and 10 deer in that drainage but there’s probably double that many that we didn’t see. Write down 10 elk and 20 deer. We didn’t see any wolves or cougars. Write down 0 wolves and 0 cougars”

:tup: They were doing that back in the early 70's with their deer counts, only it was 10 deer seen, there had to be a 100 then! Same thing with the fish counts, until the Salmon got threaten with getting listed! Counts then went the other way, counted 100 returning, but only recorded 10 got put down on paper! Gotta go with the agenda from DC!

The government has become the most dis-trusted in history!!