Wolf Hunting Season to open in Sept

Well, if my brother still lived in Montana, I'm sure he would get one. I personally think they need to trap wolves from one area and move them to another. They needed a bit more genetic diversity before they were removed from protected status.

Starting today, hunters can walk into any license vendor in Idaho and buy a tag to kill a gray wolf.

Vendors such as Daniel Stephenson, owner of River of No Return Taxidermy in Salmon, Idaho, expect robust demand.

"In our area, there're lots of [wolves] and they're not a real popular thing for deer and elk hunters," Stephenson said. "So everybody wants a chance to go get one."

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved a plan August 17 to allow up to 220 wolves to be killed by the public this coming fall and winter. Licensed hunters will be allowed to kill wolves starting September 1. Most hunting will be finished by December 31.

Montana, another state with a growing wolf population, already approved a 75-animal quota for its wolf hunt, which gets underway September 15 and lasts until November 29.

Both hunts come just months after the predators were removed from protection under the federal Endangered Species Act....

 

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:bugeye: That's what I said. Trap wolves in one area and move them to another.

 

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Being from Montana, and currently working in the wilds of Idaho- I couldn't resist this thread.

Wolves have decimated game animals in large parts of Idaho and Montana. It's not a question of competition- even the wolves have left some areas they previously occupied for lack of prey.

3 wolves just killed 120 sheep in the past week on one rancher's private ground near Dillon Montana.

Don't know if you've ever seen a wolf kill? Not a pretty sight. Wolves hamstring their prey then rip open and devour the entrails while the animal is still alive. They usually leave the rest to rot.

Hunting season for wolves- can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned.

 

kill people and keep the wolves if you ask me. The wolves are more decent

 

I completely agree. Cull humans, not wolves. Humans are invasive pests.

 

Awww

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Humans fucked everything up, not the wolves.

 

I second that! *wields a machine gun*

 

Cool!!

I just found a picture of one..

http://www.wonderquest.com/wolf-coyote1.jpg

 

Usually?? I doubt it.
I have no problem with a wolf hunting season, I just hope genetic diversity is kept up so that they don't fall prey to diseases like the Tasmanian Devil has.

Do you know what is done with the wolf carcass? I don't know of any people that eat it.

 

Huh. Wonder why and how that situation came about?

Kinda funny to be critiquing a wolf's killing style and, heh, wastefulness--you know, the whole kettle and pot thing. Anyhow, I'm sure there'll be plenty of critters about to appreciate the leftover spoils.

A violent and devastating plague for humans can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned.

 

And hunters decimated tons of species all over the planet just like that. And still do.

Isn't it the rancher's responsibility to ensure that his sheep are safe, especially when he knows that there are predators living in his area? I think that would be the logical conclusion to draw from this knowledge, no?

Sure I know what it looks like, and it's only logical that they've got no other option left. They don't have fangs of the kind a lion would have.

Yeah, ever wondered how much people leave to rot? Yeah, keep on wondering.

 

Yes, kill the predator.

 

I have seen wolf kills (after the death). Few wildlife kills are pretty, so its not just wolves. This spring I helped gather evidence of wolf predation. We are pretty sure its one animal (an alpha female whos branched off and hasnt a pack yet), so shes taking what she can get.

Yes, when a pack learns easy pickings, there is nothing you can do but take out the pack. They teach the young and its passed along. We have seen this with bears also.

Part of the issue is the lack of awareness of the wildlife (talking about decimated elk/deer). There were plenty of deer/elk long before we took out the wolves. The elk/deer just havent learned to be aware of the wolves yet. That will come with time.

As far as a hunting season on the wolves, its needed, but it has to be balanced with keeping a viable wolf population. But ranchers have to be appeased when they are hit by wolves or we will fall back to a 'shoot, shovel and shut up mentality'. I believe these states (idaho/montana/wyoming) have adopted a monetary compensation for wolf kills. Bummer is ranchers have to discover the kills in time for it to be verified, which can be difficult when the herd is out grazing for a month at a time.

 

Will you be my friend ?

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Yeah, I get the irony. But honestly, leaving your sheep alone, unprotected...in the midst of a region where there are predators..is like asking for it to happen. 270 sheep was it? That's a big number, meaning that the wolves had enough time to do that without being interrupted.

 

Who are the predators ? Humans, right ?

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Wolves bite their prey to death before eating, that's how wolves kill - bite you to death. Wolves inside of a den full of sheep go berserk and kill way more of the sheep than they can eat. It's something in wolves brain, helpless prey without a chance to escape trigger kill instincts, wolves kill, kill and kill something that they don't do in the wild.

 

Your point being ?