Wolves

[KGAINES]

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/2...25/2116203.html

I like the part where they say that this will deter them from killing cattle, I would think that they are just making the buffet line shorter.

[COUESAZ]

You never know it might work. They may talk about it in there next wolf pack gathering when they are sniffing butts and notice that some are missing.

[KGAINES]

What's on the menu at the next wolf pack gathering, beef, elk is running kinda scarce and cattle are easier to catch.

[Idahocoueshunter]

500 wolves is a pretty conservative number, I think. In central Idaho I hear of wolf sightings on a weekly basis. Those numbers are of the documented packs, not of the rogue packs showing up. We have been getting reports of Idaho wolves showing up in Oregon, Washington, and Utah. I know of several packs that were as of late, completely undocumented. My theory is that the Alpha male and female no longer do all the breeding. Pups grow up and go off and start their own packs, in normally wolf free areas. Wolves, don't get me started.

 

 

 

Craig

[azhuntnut]

In my recent Bugle magazine, they went into great detail about how the wolf packs in Idaho and Montana are extremely out of control. The elk herd has dwindled so much, that there isn't even a late hunt in Montana anymore. At one time (about 6-8 yrs ago) there were thousands of elk coming out of Yellowstone into Montana, now they are only seeing hundreds if that much. Soon they will have to start killing the wolves in order to maintain pack numbers. Plus, wolves don't always kill to eat, sometimes it is just for fun. I am sure it would generate plenty of money for the state as well to have a season. David