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Wolf sighting on Santiam pass in Oregon

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snakebow:
I hunted elk every year on Bear Creek just outside the north end of Yellowstone for years untill the wolves showed up. I always saw elk. Now you would be lucky to find a track of one.

Pat B:
I don't live in wolf country so take this for what it is worth  ;D...I think we have a need for our large native predators. They managed the herds well before we came along...but their numbers need to be controlled also. We are now in control of nature anymore so we have the responsibility to maintain healthy numbers of all our native species, predator and prey alike.
 

DanaM:
Pat your absolutely right, I now live in wolf country and their are no controls on them and likely never will be.
They delisted them last year and within a month the antis had sued and put them right back on the E.S. list.
DNR estimates over 500 wolves here in the UP so I'm thinking the number is a lot higher than that as the DNR
has never been able to count right. I have no problem with wolves being here as they were a native species,
but you can't get all romantic about them they need control as in trapping and or hunting but the citified liberals
down in the cities get all misty eyed when you talk about killing them. Hmmmm wonder how they would feel if they
had em there hunting their little pampered pets!

Wolf Watcher:
Pat B:  People that don't live here have no idea what these huge Canadian wolves do to those of us that have to submit to Government control.  Private property rights and state's rights have no meaning.  They have had a devastating effect on our moose populations.  I have been lucky so far as have been able to chase them off my horses.  Can send you pictures of them in my yard.  A two year old male weights 175 pounds.  The neighbors have lost several steers to them after hunting season this year.  They have made tremendous changes to the elk dynamics and don't even begin to eat what they kill.  We don't want to eradicate them, only control their numbers to balance the effect they have on livestock and wildlife populations.  Watcher

Pat B:
Well it seems we are all on the same page but from a different perspective.  ;)
  Dana, I am one of those certified liberals and have been for over 40 years but I don't live in a city. Maybe that's the difference!  ;D ;)

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