Colorado wolves
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From: Tomas
19-Dec-23
Was listening to NPR this morning. 5 wolves were released a few miles west of Denver. They have plans to release 45 more. I think we all know how this will play out.
From: MjF
20-Dec-23
Ya it’s going to be a shit show over there.
From: Grouch
20-Dec-23
a mass exodus of californias finest to c olorado many ye ars ago has led to the demise of colorado ! They left for a change from california lunacy but brought all that to colorado and is destroying a once great state, look out texas and florida
From: B2K
20-Dec-23
Hunting opportunities and the revenue that it provided are definitely going to plummet. I spoke to a Colorado warden years ago when I was elk hunting there. He said that non-resident elk license sales single handedly funded their entire agency and even resulted in an excess that went to the general coffers (an aspect that I did not like as I want my license fees to go towards conservation).
From: Live2Hunt
20-Dec-23
The end numbers of wolves are support to be 45 relocated to CO. If you want to hunt elk in CO I would start doing it in the next few years. The only states out there that have good hunter/game management plans are Idaho, WY and Montana. Hopefully they don't cave to the ways of many now.
From: MjF
27-Dec-23
Apparently hush hush information has leaked about the 10 wolves released in Colorado, every wolf released was supposed to be young wolves without any history of killing cattle, all but 1 wolf was and the rest 9 wolves have all killed cattle before, people especially cattle ranchers are outraged.
From: huntnfish43
27-Dec-23
huntnfish43's Link
Read this
From: Pasquinell
27-Dec-23
At least they got this right.
Crossbows legal for all hunters during gun seasons and for handicapped hunters during archery season.
From: CaptMike
27-Dec-23
As it should be!
From: retro
27-Dec-23
Crossbows legal during gun season and archery season for handicapped...What a crazy idea....
From: Groundhunter
27-Dec-23
RETRO, what's your point
From: retro
27-Dec-23
I'm just amazed there's actually a state that has the intelligence to place a shoulder fired weapon into the appropriate season structure for all able bodied people...
From: Pasquinell
27-Dec-23
Mike we know you shoot one and again no disrespect. You shared you are of the age to use one the way the original law was written.
From: WI Shedhead
27-Dec-23
I hope the cross the border into Wyoming. Those boys will take care of the problem
From: Groundhunter
27-Dec-23
Pasq I will be back to vertical in March. There should be no issue with the xbow, on any animal during appropriate gun seasons
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28-Dec-23
Idaho Facts
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28-Dec-23
From: Hoot
28-Dec-23
Hoot's Link
From: Hoot
28-Dec-23
Hoot's Link
I can't imagine anything good coming out of the introduction of wolves in Colorado. I can hardly wait for the pissing and moaning in ten years.
From: MjF
30-Dec-23
Just read the WI Bayfield County Sheriff's report 12/25/2023 This type of activity is becoming the norm, but most are unreported. "Caller from Bayfield reports a wolf has been hanging around their home on Happy Hollow Road and says they killed it when it approached their back door; officer on scene reports wolf carcass collected and game wardens alerted".
From: Highlife
30-Dec-23
Sounds like thier running out of natural food sources or thier going for easy pickings
From: Groundhunter
30-Dec-23
Why would we care about Colorado issues?
From: MjF
30-Dec-23
We need to stop the bleeding we are in this together.
From: Knifeman
31-Dec-23
GH, do you think there might be a few of us that hunt Colorado and care what happens to elk hunting there? There is a huge number of WI hunters that hunt CO. Pretty short sighted opinion by you I think.
From: LTL JimBow
31-Dec-23
More than a care for what happens we are all STILL begging for the opportunity to hunt with a bow . Roy Case begged and we beg . The list of roadblocks to a a quality hunt with a bow is long What else can I do with my free time and money? I'm tired of being the ass .
From: Grouch
01-Jan-24
Keep voting Democrat ! we will get more of this %^&*
From: Groundhunter
01-Jan-24
Ltl Jim Bow, what is preventing you. from going out and enjoying your long bow? The long bow is pure archery, I always enjoyed mine....... Colorado, I hunted alot. Was in Cortez in the 70s. It's a lost political state, overcrowded, and over pressured....... Hunters stay divided, are not organized etc. The wolf issue will only change by the ballot box. Wolf mgt in the Great Lakes will never happen in my lifetime.......
From: Groundhunter
01-Jan-24
Have you ever watched the film, "Wolves of Douglas County".....
That's where this state is at, along with MI, in my opinion.
So no there is nothing I can do, about Colorado wolves, ,,,,,,
I never believed in any wolf reintroduction. Natural migration was one thing, bringing them in, was not good conservation move.
Yet there were many hunters who supported it. I remember the whole program, from the beginning.
From: Live2Hunt
02-Jan-24
I don't think the wolves single out the hunting dogs only!!! LOL. Any dog, farm dog, family dog that runs off while on a walk or from there home is going to get killed. If your wondering on how killed are these dogs, well, really killed!!. In a matter of minutes they are ripped apart down to bone. Not a pretty sight. Colorado was a good state to hunt years ago, may still be in areas. You get away from the lib cities and they hate California, and the liberal ways, kind of like Northern WI to Southern Madison WI. Hopefully the wolves they release are next to states that have common sense and can shoot them.
From: Hoot
02-Jan-24
Hoot's Link
Good article
From: xtroutx
02-Jan-24
Jim.. I read that a couple days ago ....Interesting read.
From: Groundhunter
02-Jan-24
He is very well respected, but he does not fit the agenda anymore...... Sadly it's like WON. They talk about Leopold, but they don't believe in his ideas anymore.....
From: Zonks
03-Jan-24
I predict the Triple S system for Wolf Management will gain popularity in the coming years...
From: Cooney
03-Jan-24
We get some snow on the ground in central wisconsin and the triple S will begin
From: MjF
03-Jan-24
I heard you don't want snow on the ground for triple S
From: CaptMike
03-Jan-24
This release is only indicative of the mindset that currently runs through the country. Yes, there are a couple places who fight it but make no mistake, this is a cancer that will continue to grow.
From: MjF
03-Jan-24
I’m not usually scared of anything but after being walked out of the woods this year by wolves after an afternoon archery hunt I will not hesitate next time if I visually see them. Hearing more and more stories this past year you can almost feel the change in the wolves attitudes towards humans, unfortunately when it happens (human getting hurt or killed in Wisconsin) and it will happen, their is going to be a huge shift in the SSS.
From: Hoot
03-Jan-24
Mike - You are so right that it's only a matter of time. The more they become habituated to humans the more likely it will happen. I know there have been many, many close calls between humans and wolves which are not classified as attacks. A wolf attack has to leave marks which is BS in my book.
From: Groundhunter
03-Jan-24
Iron River police, and MSP, take complaints about them in town, last winter. I know they shot one, in a alley.
From: Live2Hunt
03-Jan-24
I've been carrying my 10mm bowhunting now. My week off for bow hunting I had either 1 wolf sound off or 2 a couple times nightly in the Eau Claire county forest. Told by a local there are 15 in that pack. I would not hesitate either, call it a pre-attack warning.
From: xtroutx
03-Jan-24
I also carry now on CFL land I hunt. Lots of tracks in sandy soil when they move through. Only heard them once this year in the distance on my way out at dark. I don't like that sound.
From: BigEight
03-Jan-24
I've seen them within yards of my house in the mid morning. Both times they were on wild game and didn't care that I was right there. I've had them behind the house before in the evening with the sun up right behind my garden. It's amazing how loud they can be when they are close. I've had tracks between the garden and the house in the mud or snow. They haven't messed with me when hunting so far. I'm seeing less of them on cams with the deer leaving for the yards.
From: MjF
03-Jan-24
I’m sure glad bears don’t sound off when I’m in the woods…. Holy shit could you imagine hearing a roar
From: Drop Tine
03-Jan-24
Drop Tine's Link
The future of American wolves
From: Grouch
04-Jan-24
we need to start a new group oif american hunters, THE SARGEANT SCHULZE HUNTER ! NO NOTHING---SEE NOTHING---HEAR NOTHING
From: BigEight
04-Jan-24
MJF, I've heard a bobcat scream before and that was a little ridiculous. I had no idea what it was until later when I looked it up. Something crazy to hear in the dark on the ground.
From: MjF
04-Jan-24
BigEight… it is a hair raising sound. When I’m up north I stay in a 12x12 tent, wood stove, twin size bed, kind of glamping it, I’m there almost every weekend from Spring until early October, because of snow I take it down then stay in Washburn, it took me awhile to get used to all the different animal noises, raccoons can be the worst when they fight, coyotes I can sleep through, wolves sound off between 9 and 10 and will keep your one eye open all night especially when they are within 100 yards, after my first tent was ransacked by a young bear, I put an electric fence around the tent and sleep much better.
From: MjF
04-Jan-24
From: MjF
04-Jan-24
Wood stove heats it well
From: MjF
04-Jan-24
I’m no carpenter, it was my first time building a 14x14 floating deck I was only a 1/2 inch from being 100% square
From: Groundhunter
04-Jan-24
Nice set up, love it
From: Cooney
06-Jan-24
Great looking camp
From: Cooney
06-Jan-24
Great looking camp
From: Hoot
06-Jan-24
Looks like a great set up Mike. Must've been warm when you built it as it looks like you worked up a pretty good lather.
From: grape
06-Jan-24
That’s awesome!,
From: Live2Hunt
06-Jan-24
That is a nice looking camp. Like the deck to bring the tent up.
From: MjF
06-Jan-24
It was really fun building it and putting it together, the weather was so hot, mosquitoes and ticks were terrible. Most importantly my wife loves it. Although waterproof I added a canopy over it and glad I did, there were some massive storms up here in the last two years.
From: BigEight
09-Jan-24
Nice set up! Home away from home for sure.
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
There is a major push to further protect predators in an effort to aid in CWD control. This is not new, but is gaining traction with game managers and likely non hunting voters.
From: MjF
10-Jan-24
Predators? or just wolves.... ya old news.
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
All predators of cloven hoofed animals, wolves have a semi limited range potential. We will see more of these discussions from scholars.
From: Live2Hunt
10-Jan-24
"aid in CWD control" LOL, ya, where the wolves are in WI there are no deer to have CWD. They would need to start re-locating them in the Southern part of the state, which they should!!!
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
Yep, that is their point. Bobcats, cougars, coyotes and others are being discussed for more protection. Will get interesting.
From: MjF
10-Jan-24
Missouri post a link where you are getting your info from I would like to read it.
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
Simple searches will help.
From: MjF
10-Jan-24
Your perfect response, don’t post anything please your useless.
From: CaptMike
10-Jan-24
Predators help spread CWD as the prions survive the digestive tract and are further distributed in their scat.
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
More beaver protection on the way too. Partly tribal driven.
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
30 by 30 conservation initiative for biodiversity is interesting too.
From: Bricklayer
10-Jan-24
Hey Missouri I would like to see that link like Mjf it makes it easier for me I like reading things like that but your normal answer is some Mumbo Jumbo response
From: Missouribreaks
10-Jan-24
Don't be lazy, there are multiple articles on the subject, including using Yellowstone CWD and predation as a study. And, there are unreferenced discussions with professionals. A simple search will at least provide a little league understanding of the subject at hand. I won't do it for you.
From: MjF
10-Jan-24
You have the the same response every time, anyone else on here would go out of their way, no wonder there is absolutely no respect for you here.
From: Pasquinell
10-Jan-24
Misery- did you read the study on a noticeable decline in the webbing of a muskrat foot? Look it up as it should get interesting among the 110 conibear bio diversity users.
From: Bricklayer
10-Jan-24
Pasquinell I figured Missouri would jump on that he has to have some sort of knowledge of that study
From: MjF
10-Jan-24
He brings nothing to the table
From: Missouribreaks
11-Jan-24
It appears anti hunting groups have spent millions of dollars buying up outfitting rights to concessions in Canada. An update was posted today. More loss of opportunity.
From: Missouribreaks
11-Jan-24
Perhaps it will not matter, many hunters do not like outfitters.
From: Missouribreaks
12-Jan-24
Proposed new "privilege tax" on ammunition by Biden. Who voted for this stuff ?
From: Grouch
12-Jan-24
all those $^%^&&** that voted democrat
From: Drop Tine
12-Jan-24
“We the people” need to quit paying Federal taxes and quit funding this idiocy that is running rouge. They take our money billions upon billions to fund warring nations in far away lands while doing nothing for the citizens of this country. Taxation without representation.
From: Hoot
12-Jan-24
DT +100
From: Pasquinell
12-Jan-24
We can't even get weapon usage correct because of money.
Good luck with not paying taxes...let me know how that works for you
From: Drop Tine
12-Jan-24
There is no law that says you need to pay weekly. As long as you pay by April 15th. If every working person just held back one month at the same time the government would be on its knees. I’m glad your happy the way things are Pasq.
From: Grub
12-Jan-24
Neighbor has taken over 100 coon in the past 2 years on 150 acres in far southern Juneau county. That’s crazy. Nobody hunts them anymore. Interesting to hear about coyotes avoiding them. Got a pretty big crew that coyote hunt around the area and I figured the lack of yotes was causing the increase in coon.
From: Drop Tine
12-Jan-24
With that many coon around I’m surprised Parvo hasn’t killed a bunch of them off.
From: MjF
21-Feb-24
MjF's Link
Another interesting story from 2019, but most here have not heard of the recent story this past winter of a retired game warden from northern Wisconsin that shot a wolf in self defense, I know the wolf he shot, and I hope he is found not guilty of any crime.
From: Groundhunter
21-Feb-24
My friend had to dispose of one, and was up front with wardens, for reason why. The feds left it up to the state. No loss of license, but expensive fine. I am following this. I know who you are talking about.
