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This likely will stir up the animal rights types. As I understand it, the park was never natural habitat to wolves and the idea of stocking them there almost guaranteed that they would spread out to prey on livestock. Am I wrong? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/s...led-outside-yellowstone.html?hp&_r=0
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Haha! Darn, I was planning on wading through all of the tourists to go look at that wolf one day.
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I'd love to whack one by the 320 ranch and then ask some tourists to help me load it into the truck.
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As I understand it, the park was never natural habitat to wolves and the idea of stocking them there almost guaranteed that they would spread out to prey on livestock. Am I wrong?
I don't know about that, but putting a four-legged creature down anywhere pretty much guarantees they will spread out once their population reaches carrying capacity for the habitat.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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"Honey! Look at the wolf!"..
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As I understand it, the park was never natural habitat to wolves and the idea of stocking them there almost guaranteed that they would spread out to prey on livestock. Am I wrong?
I believe wolves were always native to the area, and in fact one of the arguments against reintroduction was that some believed wolves were still present in small numbers.If so, the reintroduction of wolves being of a different sub species would "contaminate" the DNA of the local population so to speak.
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Central Idaho has always had wolves. They were smaller and more docile than the Canadian imports. The reintroduction was in direct violation of the Endangered Species Act and the natives have since been bred out of existence. This thing wasn't about preserving a species anyway. It was about stopping hunting.
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Central This thing wasn't about preserving a species anyway. It was about stopping hunting. I'm not an expert, but after reading various articles on the matter, that was my take on matter as well..
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As smart as some folks claim them things to be I felt sure they could read the park boundry signs and stay on the right side.
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They left out the fact that this was an undocumented immigrant single parent lesbian vegan wolf.... on its way to Whole Foods to grab some supper no doubt...
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Hopefully it was a head shot..you know the kind that leaves the eyes bugging out...
Then, post a pic in local newspaper.
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Central Idaho has always had wolves. They were smaller and more docile than the Canadian imports. The reintroduction was in direct violation of the Endangered Species Act and the natives have since been bred out of existence. This thing wasn't about preserving a species anyway. It was about stopping hunting. They were also in the Commissary Ridge area of WY before the "reintroduction"
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Those dang Canadians Wolfies just don't seem to recognize a border when they see one. Think Pete could confirm that Canadian beavers are also eating their way through the English forest. Pretty sure they didn't swim over.  Central Idaho has always had wolves. They were smaller and more docile than the Canadian imports. The reintroduction was in direct violation of the Endangered Species Act and the natives have since been bred out of existence. This thing wasn't about preserving a species anyway. It was about stopping hunting.
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They left out the fact that this was an undocumented immigrant single parent lesbian vegan wolf raised by itself in a lead dust contaminated ozone depleted atmosphere and someone touched its genitals when it was 2 wks old.... on its way to Whole Foods to grab some supper no doubt... There I fixed it for you Magnum Man
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Think Pete could confirm that Canadian beavers are also eating their way through the English forest.
Sounds dirty
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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Hats off to the guy that got her!!!! Keep on shootin 'em
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I couldn't find the comments on that article but wonder if the article it referenced at the bottom had a comment section. One of my co-workers has been battling the greenies in the comment section for a week now.
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