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Wolf sighting on Santiam pass in Oregon
hawkbow:
I spend more time in the wilderness than most, so feel I can offer up a realistic account of OUR wolf problem.. I must admit that seeing or hearing one of these majestic creatures while in the back country does stir a feeling of being truly wild. Nothing is so beautiful as the call of a wolf on a cold fall morning, nor to lock eyes with a fellow predator in deep timber. But the romance ends there. You can't leave your dog or horses while you stalk elk , the wolves will kill a dog or horse and leave it lay. The packs around here are not wild, they are monitored constantly. Still they kill more livestock than Grizzlies, black bears and Mountain lions combined. I have personally found dozens of elk and moose kills where the animal was only partly consumed. the rest was left to waste >:( management of our wolves, consists of letting a pack grow, kill for a few years, then when they kill enough livestock.. The feds kill the wolves, and then let them rot >:( >:( this is not management, this is waste.... we as sportsmen have to decide, do we want to hunt elk, deer sheep moose, etc. or do we want wolves in our ecosystem.. we can not have both... too many super predators hunting the same area and the herds will, and have suffered signifficent loss. we hunt about three months around here.. the wolves have to hunt 365.. that adds up to a lot of dead elk... the grizz hunt and kill elk calves as they hit the ground in the spring.. wolves hunt the calves very efficiently through the summer months.. by fall it is not uncommon to see herds of fifty or more with few or no calves... my opinion on this subject is just that, my opinin... but there is no exception for experiences lived and seen in the high lands... if something is not done soon we could easily see an end to or hunting heritage in our childrens future... Hawk
Keenan:
To all reading this thread: I will pull this thread if it goes into a right or wrong debate! I know how I feel as do others may have differing views and I respect that. But this thread was meant as an informative warning about changes in Oregon.
They are here, that is the fact, be it right or wrong.
Please lets leave it at that and not start a discusion about Peta or animal vs. human rights Thank you. Keenan
El Destructo:
PETA....who brought that screwed up Bunch into this???
To me this is what PETA stands for...... >:D
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hawkbow:
well said brother, sorry I got off on a rant... O:) Hawk
Wolf Watcher:
You can pull this thread if you please! I guess you are not interested in learning the truth about the wolf situation we live with! Watcher
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