Post by: grizzlyadams on October 03, 2011, 07:02:52 PM
This was in the Stevens Pass area. Has anyone heard of wolves in this area? Mainly just south of Index.
Post by: 3nails on October 03, 2011, 07:22:26 PM
Post by: Elkrunner on October 04, 2011, 12:07:35 PM
Post by: grizzlyadams on October 04, 2011, 01:44:41 PM
I will be out there this Sunday and I will get pics if I run across more tracks so I can post them.
Post by: Elkrunner on October 04, 2011, 02:26:55 PM
Post by: Cap.Silver on October 04, 2011, 03:10:23 PM
Post by: grizzlyadams on October 05, 2011, 05:19:04 AM
So should you as hunter be on guard while hunting ? Are there any cases where wolfes attacked humans? I would hate to be circled by pack of 10 wolves while they show their teeth :yike: Is the road off Index running along the river been fixed yet at the 5.3mile wash? Do you know ?
No the road has not been fixed and as far as I know they are not going to fix it. As far as wolves circling you. Just keep a side arm with an extra mag. They go down like any other animal.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 05, 2011, 05:31:35 AM
http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/Services/Roads/Projects/indexgalenard.htm (http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/Services/Roads/Projects/indexgalenard.htm)
I have lived in the area my whole life and hiked most of it. I have not seen any wolves, not to say they are not any there. Alot of the area is steep and thick. I have ran into some rather large canine tracks at a few lakes and other places but have not seen or heard any wolves. There have been rumors up and down the valley for years but the same goes for rumors of grizz too.
Post by: boneaddict on October 05, 2011, 05:46:55 AM
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Post by: timberghost72 on October 05, 2011, 07:18:48 AM
As soon as modern season is over for me I am going to head up to a few spots I know of armed with my camera and see if I can call them in.
Post by: Special T on October 05, 2011, 09:46:37 AM
Post by: grizzlyadams on October 05, 2011, 09:56:25 AM
As far as the Grizz around Stevens Pass, Absolutely true. Saw one about 4 years ago in an area around the top of a pass in a high meadow. Absolutely no mistaking it was a grizz. Reported it to WDFW, they said that they have had other reports but doubted them back then. I know what I saw, whether they believed me or not. I've seen enough grizzlies to know. Now they confirm that there is at least one that they know of in that area and that they have a radio collar on it. I would trust what a hunter says over and above what WDFW says only because WDFW usually has an agenda. The only question is do these hunters that said they called in the wolves, really know what wolves look like?
Hence the reason for my post.
Post by: Special T on October 05, 2011, 10:16:05 AM
Post by: timberghost72 on October 05, 2011, 10:33:02 AM
Well as far as the rumors go, ya...they fly around. Thats basically why I was aking if anyone else has heard anything. The hunters said that the wolves were howling back to the call. They said absolutely not coyotes, not even big coyotes. So who really knows. I guess it could very well be wolves.
As far as the Grizz around Stevens Pass, Absolutely true. Saw one about 4 years ago in an area around the top of a pass in a high meadow. Absolutely no mistaking it was a grizz. Reported it to WDFW, they said that they have had other reports but doubted them back then. I know what I saw, whether they believed me or not. I've seen enough grizzlies to know. Now they confirm that there is at least one that they know of in that area and that they have a radio collar on it. I would trust what a hunter says over and above what WDFW says only because WDFW usually has an agenda. The only question is do these hunters that said they called in the wolves, really know what wolves look like?
Hence the reason for my post.
That is true. I have been told first hand that there is a Griz that roams from the Stevens Pass area up toward Darrington. Been there for 4+ years now. It seems it doesn't matter who sees it, be it a LEO, Forest Service, hunter, hikers etc. Unless WFDW confirms it or there is pictures/proof I guess it doesn't exist. :dunno:
Edit...Oooops.Misread the post. I read over the radio collar part :bash:
Post by: jess on October 05, 2011, 11:08:37 AM
Post by: Knocker of rocks on October 05, 2011, 11:21:11 AM
Now they confirm that there is at least one that they know of in that area and that they have a radio collar on it
They have a collar on a Cascade Griz? Wow!
Post by: grizzlyadams on October 05, 2011, 12:28:36 PM
Now they confirm that there is at least one that they know of in that area and that they have a radio collar on it
They have a collar on a Cascade Griz? Wow!
Thats what I was told by WDFW. They said they collared it within the past few years. I don't know if you could get that in writing, but that's what I was told.
Post by: grizzlyadams on October 05, 2011, 12:31:06 PM
Look at that...I jacked my own thread. Back to wolves now..... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: grizzlyadams on October 05, 2011, 12:34:05 PM
i have seen wolf tracks in glacier peak wilderness along the white river so as a wolf walks this is only about twenty miles away...
That kind of cements it for me. Thats not even a 1/2 days walk for a wolf. So I guess its possible.
Post by: Knocker of rocks on October 05, 2011, 01:21:44 PM
Now they confirm that there is at least one that they know of in that area and that they have a radio collar on it
They have a collar on a Cascade Griz? Wow!
Thats what I was told by WDFW. They said they collared it within the past few years. I don't know if you could get that in writing, but that's what I was told.
Must have happened very recently, or WDFW was speaking of Rocky Mountain/Selkirk System grizzly bears.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015482252_grizzly02m.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015482252_grizzly02m.html)
Post by: bobcat on October 05, 2011, 01:30:08 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 06, 2011, 05:40:34 AM