Ya know, I would almost bet my house that the mate(s) to OR7 were planted. I've lived and hunted in Oregon (all over) for 52 years and never seen a wolf track until now. We crossed the tracks at least 10 times today and it looked like from 2 to 5 wolves in the groups. They are going to clean out our game in no time with their efficiency and numbers, at least all the game except what lives in town.
This isn't sound big game management, it's a feel good program initiated and pushed down our throats by people that aren't looking at, or don't care about, the big picture. These wolves are covering a lot of ground and animals that big need to eat a lot of protein.
If you knew how much a wolf, wolves traveled you would realize that your wolves likely are not being planted, but are dispersing from other areas to new habitat with no wolves in it. Lots of wolves in the states east of you. We once had a set of wolves we were after move 13 air miles in one night.
