Wanton killing of elk in Wyoming!

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Sounds like it occurs more than they'd like to admit?

Fox News - 3/25/16

A pack of wolves killed 19 elk in western Wyoming, according to state wildlife officials describing the slaughter as an extremely rare “surplus kill.”

John Lund of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said it is not unusual for wolves to kill one or two elk a night in that part of the state but to have 19 killed in one night is rare.

“It’s rare at this magnitude,” Lund told FoxNews.com. “We’ve documented it before but have not documented it to that extreme.”



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/25/wolf-pack-kills-19-wyoming-elk-in-one-night.html
 
Quote:describing the slaughter as an extremely rare “surplus kill.”

I love how they worded that, no doubt trying to save the bunny huggers the embarrassment of having to admit that as we hunters have all told them repeatedly for years, and they deny... Wolves routinely kill for sport.
 
Hopefully, if and when the wolves start having an impact on the livestock of ranchers and farmers (if that isn't already occuring) the logical thinking people will prevail and be able to loosen up the laws and restrictions on the taking of wolves.





 
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Originally Posted By: Foxpro.223Hopefully, if and when the wolves start having an impact on the livestock of ranchers and farmers (if that isn't already occuring) the logical thinking people will prevail and be able to loosen up the laws and restrictions on the taking of wolves.



While I don't hold any weight on this topic...a rancher did tell me something interesting last year while out west. He had a heifer killed over night by wolves. Found it the next morning. The wolves had eaten everything but the hide the bones was laying on. He called DNR, and they came out. They told him there was no way it could be a wolf, because there are no wolves in that area. He asked the officer what he thought it could have been. The officer told him it must have been very large coyotes......right. Denial seems to be strong. They have reintroduced a species, that from what I can make of it, are flat out decimating game herds. They know it is happening, and have no answer other than "Well wolves aren't here, so it cant be a wolf." Even after multiple ranchers have made complaints after seeing them kill their live stock. Again, I hold no weight on this topic, and could be completely off base. I am just going off what ranchers told me. This is their livelihood, I highly doubt they would have reason to lie about a heifer being disembodied...
 
as ive read - they havent reintroduced a species - they've introduced a HYBRID species that never existed before - and if i recall correctly - is a cross with the canadian (grey?) wolf and one of the native species from the states.
 
Quote: They told him there was no way it could be a wolf, because there are no wolves in that area.

Well then......common logic would suggest that shooting something that does not exist should not be a crime..........

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I still believe that its all done in the effort to stop hunting, and hunters.

The ignorance of those that support this policy is clear when they would rather see the great herds of animals reduced to a fraction, just to stop hunters..

What do they think is going to happen when the herds are just so small they can't support the wolves anymore? Wolves travel and can do so a very long ways. What is going to feed them when they start to travel looking for food?
 
Mountain Lions here in California were heavily over protected, now killing the ones that kill livestock is permitted, but there is one heck of a fight.

Our county tracker keeps a real low profile because of the heat he took on the number of lions he kills just in this county every year.

I was reading a couple of years back that deer were on the decline and that it was attributed to the number of lions and how many they eat.
 
Originally Posted By: Tbone-AZI still believe that its all done in the effort to stop hunting, and hunters.

The ignorance of those that support this policy is clear when they would rather see the great herds of animals reduced to a fraction, just to stop hunters..

What do they think is going to happen when the herds are just so small they can't support the wolves anymore? Wolves travel and can do so a very long ways. What is going to feed them when they start to travel looking for food?

Liberals?
 

"Liberals?"

We can only hope.
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