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Colorado elk herds may be in danger from wolves.

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.co...-forced-wolf-importation-already-rising/

Idaho just enacted a new law allowing hunters and contractors to reduce wolf numbers by 90%. That would get the numbers back to where they promised they'd be when they were introduced.

I still think they should be planted in Cali along with numerous grizzlies.

No, South Dakota is not pushing for wolves.

Folks in nw SD don't talk to the GFP they see a wolf it's SSS. That's why you never hear about any. Can't really say I blame them either. Government screws everything they touch up. Mb

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Bob did you see the bear video from Lead this past weekend? I always said we'd know bears were here when they started getting in peoples garbage. I might have been wrong about that...

Have seen pictures of bears for the last few years. The one by Lead has been seen more than once in addition to being in pictures.

here in Minnesota the twin cities has the population for votes so the liberals win and they love wolves , we have a real problem with wolves here in Minnesota. and way to many liberals too !!.

Plant the wolves in the twin cities... I would love that!!!!

They are listed as predators here.. Except for the park area.. Colo.s wolves will get a warm welcome when the cross over..

I think here in CO, they want the one's in sheep's clothing.
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No I didn't, we had a young bull moose a few years back bedded in someone's backyard. They called the gfp up and those guys lit him up right in town 40 sw 12 ga and 223 couldn't t even bring an appropriate rifle for a one and done. I could have a wolf and wouldn't say sh*t to them guys. Mb

Here in NE Minnesota the wolves are #1 and the deer population shows it. A big disappointment that they can not be hunted, but as stated above the liberals from the metro area have the votes.

The liberals have the votes? Let them have the wolves. Only in the big cities. Please consider that Chicago needs double the load per acre. Also in San Fran and Los Angeles. Be Well, RZ.

I love that. They should be considered targets of opportunity..

Washington D.C. would be a good place to let em out.

Turner is working on a deal with the state to release wolves on the Ladder. Unfortunately, our current commission has some wolf lovers.

The cost of this nonsense is perpetual, hunting licenses will decrease, people who have to cohabitate with these animals will pay the price, rural economies will suffer (except for the liberal wolf looky loos) It all just boggles the mind!

They're here now. SSS

Roy, where was this, Southern O ?

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Sure is beav.

The date's 18 months ago. It's a grandparent by now. They grow up fast.

Damn...

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As the video shows our coyotes here in Colorado will soon have new friends to go jogging with

Lots of wolves here in rural MN, they are in talks again about another open season.
Well you do what you got to do, they say.

They are varmints here except for an area around Yellowstone..

In Idaho you can buy 15 wolf tags/year. It's kind of a joke because most hunters haven't seen 15 wolves in all the years since they were introduced. Resident tags are only $11 and most hunters I know buy one just in case. I always have one in my pocket but I've only seen wolves once. I've seen smoking fresh tracks several times, though.

Same here in Colorado with Denver and Boulder. They got enough signatures to get it on the ballot, then passed it. Then got is so wolves will be introduced only in the western part of the state where they don't live

NR license and tags are still pretty cheap too, probably the best deal for great hunting in the country. Know in advance, you must be vewy vewy patient.


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I not 100%, but can't your deer or elk tag be used in lieu for wolf, cat or bear?

I'm an Idaho resident but have quit hunting anything other than if I draw a controlled hunt or bear hunting. Decided that I'm sick and tired of seeing too many folks from neighboring states coming over. We've been annexed by Washington.

I agree

Yes it can, but a NR wolf tag is only $32, FAR cheaper than your deer or elk tag. Once you use the tag for a wolf, you can't buy another one. You're risking your high $$ hunt to save $32.

yes Liberal California ,Twin Cities in Minnesota , Washington D.C. would be another good place for wolves that are real hungry. yep i like wolves they have real nice hides.

State pushing for wolves or the "wolf coffee table book" crowd pushing for wolf reintroduction.
Someone I know quotes his father when this or bears come up, 'There was a reason we got rid of them in the first place'
If they do well the ranchers, hunters and hunting business crowd ought to really appreciate them.

A wolf needs to eat 12lb of meat a day in the winter
A pack may consist of 12wolves

Most wolves die of starvation or fighting with other wolves

The archive records here in Colorado (from the 1800’s) said they primarily ate Bison

We don’t have wild Bison here. We don’t have very big wildness here. We have maybe 5.5million people here and growing. The cities voted for this new hardship for rural Colorado. Once the wolves knock down the deer and elk population it is pretty obvious they will transition to livestock. We will be spending a couple-few hundred thousand in Rancher Riembursments here shortly. At the same time we have tent villages of homeless in the medians in Denver.

Maybe we could take the money to buy the sheep from the ranchers to feed to the homeless instead of feeding the wolves, hence not introduce the wolves.

At least here in Colorado they should release 6 Bison for every Wolf so they have something to eat.

The Univ. of Wisconsin - Stevens point received state legislature to reintroduce Elk into Wisconsin and they got 25 animals from Michigan in 1995. It was a success and the Clam Lake herd grew until the wolves moved in. To help save the herd, the DNR trapped a bunch of the Elk and moved them to another area in Wisconsin. Wasn't long and the wolves found them so the DNR signed a deal with Kentucky to import more Elk, plus establish another area a way from the northern herd that the wolves were eating. The new area is in the Black River State Forest and you guessed it, the wolves found them there also.

Essentially the DNR is importing prime Elk for the wolves to eat.

This year the wolves were de-listed Jan. 4, 2021 and the state statues say the DNR must set a hunting and trapping season immediately. The DNR ignored the statute and said they will establish a season November 6, 2021. A hunting group took the DNR to court and a Judge told the DNR to set a season immediately. The season was February 22-28.

So yeh, the State is pushing for wolves and on the side of the wolf huggers and they had to be dragged into court.

ever wonder why the black bear population never gets very big ? wolves eat bears in the winter ,wolves drag those bears out of their dens and eat them alive when they are half a sleep and can`t defend themselves . these DNR peta people know dang well that`s happening to bears , these DNR people don`t care about wolves much they just wanna ruin hunting so we quit, that`s the true goal .

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The whole reason for the wolf introduction was to reduce game animals to unhuntable levels. From the beginning, it was an anti-hunting ploy. It backfired on them in the northern mountain states. They never dreamed that wolves would become a game animal. They made mistakes that won't be repeated. We'll never see a grizzly hunt in the lower 48.

the reason for the SSS policy.

Wow!

Never heard of that?

My state has had wolves since I knew what politics was. In Texas, we just call them Democrats.

Front Range liberals explain to Western Slope residents why wolves are good for them.

https://www.postindependent.com/new...n-during-open-house-in-glenwood-springs/

here in Minnesota hears another truth about wolves = Minnesotan`s trapped , poisoned and shot wolves up until the early 70`s we could never get rid of wolves. so now these city-it liberals got the law passed to protect wolves back in those early 70`s i believe . wolves are a real nasty problem in central and northern Minnesota ,the feds told Minnesota to have a wolf season but our Governor Walz is a wolf lover and so are the top managers in the DNR , so now these city-it people have decided to hold out a year or two longer so we don`t have a wolf season yet ,its nothing but a big joke .

Most of the proponents for wolves have very little tangible data . Their science appears flawed or nonexistent. Just feelings for little furry things IMO!

Forced wolf importation roadshow heads to Moffat County…

https://www.craigdailypress.com/new...set-to-host-wolf-restoration-open-house/

"The online open house includes posters and video presentations providing the same information offered at in-person meetings, effectively creating a virtual learning and listening session for everyone to participate in at their own convenience.”

"Proposition 114, a ballot initiative directing the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to develop a plan to introduce gray wolves onto the Western Slope of Colorado, passed last November. According to the bill, gray wolves will be reintroduced to parts of northwestern Colorado no later than Dec. 31, 2023 to areas west of the Continental Divide. The bill also states that state funds will be used to assist ranchers and livestock owners in preventing conflict with the wolves and pay compensation for any livestock death as a result of the reintroduction."

The liberal voters who mainly live east of the divide voted to install them on the west side where they aren't wanted. Figures. Wait until they find out how mobile wolves are. They'll be on the east side in just a few years.

We have wolves across the state. It was legal for shooting wolves East of the Missouri, until some liberal *$$-holes from Minnesota took the state to court stopping the hunting for wolves in the East side of the state. I've seen wolves around here, including in my yard threatening my English Short Hair.

My buddy killed one in Idaho this week. First one he has ever seen. 110lbs. I told him a few hundred more and he might have a handle on them.