Dead CO wolf
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From: Pop-r
23-Apr-24
Wouldn't it be great if they just couldn't adapt and kept starving out, getting ran over, hunted, trapped and just couldn't ever "establish" a population other than stockers and stocking them to just die eventually was viewed as inhumane. One in Larimer County was found dead and it appears to be from natural causes.
From: Thornton
23-Apr-24
It would be great if the ranchers would start shooting them. Mortality signals don't go out for 6-8 hours.
From: Zbone
24-Apr-24
"One in Larimer County was found dead and it appears to be from natural causes"
Probably hear about that one for ages...
From: Glunt@work
24-Apr-24
Another dead in Elbert County this month. It came all the way from the Great Lakes.
From: Zbone
24-Apr-24
Elbert County? That is out in the Plains...How they know it came from the Great Lakes?
From: Zbone
24-Apr-24
Nevermind, I found a news link:
https://www.thefencepost.com/news/wolf-confirmed-in-elbert-county/
Man, that is strange... Thanks for the info...
From: PushCoArcher
24-Apr-24
A wolf from the great lakes caught in a leghold in Elbert County. How does that happen? I guess one could make it that far but I find it odd it would go to just outside the Denver metro of all places. Best case it's someone's pet who got loose. But I wonder if some PETA types may not have done some of there own reintroductions.
From: Grey Ghost
24-Apr-24
I live in Ellbert County. When we moved here in 2000, one of my odd-ball neighbors raised wolves. He ultimately lost his ranch for not paying property taxes and moved out. No one knows what happened to his wolves, but the rumor is he just turned them loose.
From: PushCoArcher
24-Apr-24
GG something along those lines makes the most sense.
From: Zbone
24-Apr-24
I'm betting GG is on spot...
From: Corax_latrans
24-Apr-24
I thought it was interesting that someone noticed that the wolf found here was in fine, fat condition. That seems a little surprising, doesn’t it? Be interesting to see what the necropsy report says….
From: Jaquomo
24-Apr-24
The latest dead one in Larimer County, one of the collared released ones, was supposedly killed by a mountain lion according to the CPW spin machine.
From: Orion
24-Apr-24
The CPW spin machine tried to sell it as natural causes, Ha. It was killed by a lion
From: IdyllwildArcher
25-Apr-24
That's natural.
From: Hunts_with_stick
25-Apr-24
From: cnelk
25-Apr-24
If a mtn lion actually did kill the wuff, that will only feed the lion initiative
From: PushCoArcher
25-Apr-24
Call BS on the lion story. Thing probably starved to death or was already old or sick when they got it.
From: Ambush
25-Apr-24
Wolf and cougar fight on a road on Vancouver Island. Maybe someone can do a direct link?
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/mobile/cougar-vs-wolf-unreal-battle-caught-on-camera-near-lake-cowichan-1.2409316?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
From: LBshooter
25-Apr-24
Lead poisoning is a natural cause , yes ?
From: Grey Ghost
25-Apr-24
"I thought it was interesting that someone noticed that the wolf found here was in fine, fat condition. That seems a little surprising, doesn’t it?"
Not really. Elbert county is cattle and horse country. We also have our share of deer, antelope, turkeys, and even elk. There's plenty for a wolf to eat out here.
From: Corax_latrans
25-Apr-24
Not to disagree entirely, but wolves are most efficient as pack hunters, right? And if there were a lot of livestock getting eaten, wouldn’t people be talking about it?
I’ll be watching this one…. Don’t know enough to pretend to have a firm opinion.
From: RK
25-Apr-24
Thornton killed it Boys wake up and smell the Kansas wheat
Good job Thornton. Keep it up
From: Thornton
26-Apr-24
I'll shoot one if given the chance RK. You might not be able to hit one, seeing as you've killed so many pet dogs and all.
From: Groundhunter
29-Apr-24
I see a Great Lakes wolf, was just trapped, in a coyote set, in Eastern Colorado....they sure can travel
From: Serrano
29-Apr-24
It probably got here by truck. There are lots of people who have wolves. One was probably released or escaped. Ken
From: stealthycat
29-Apr-24
"It would be great if the ranchers would start shooting them."
don't put it all on them IMO
From: elk serial killer
29-Apr-24
the only good wolf is a dead wolf
From: bad karma
30-Apr-24
Wait until we have a bad winter. I had a rancher w of Craig tell me there were 15,000 elk on the property, including one group of 600 in the next basin. The wolves don't have to eat them all, they just need to chase them and exhaust their reserves to kill dozens at a time.
From: Pop-r
30-Apr-24
They struck again. I believe this was their 8th victim in April.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
30-Apr-24
Only a matter of time before everyone adopts the SSS method…..
From: Bou'bound
30-Apr-24
Is SSS poaching?
From: fubar racin
30-Apr-24
The articles saying that wolves have crossed the divide to the eastern slope are kinda funny considering they’ve been in Jackson county east of the divide for a long time and some of the stocked ones came over shortly after being stocked.
From: Keepitreal
03-May-24
Bump to fubar. Nobody remembers the whole freaking pack that had started from two supposed males that "naturally" migrated into north park (east of the divide) all before the wolf initiative. Remember the one male miraculously turned into a female and they had 6 pups. So where are they now? Only one left from what I have heard from the locals. The others either couldn't make it after being chased by cpw choppers to get collars on them, or they were shot in Wyoming. Now the introduction wolves have infiltrated north park and no surprise one would end up over the top and into "the front range". The voters are sure getting a taste of reality. Meanwhile cattle prices are at all time highs. Go figure. I heard a 2 month old Angus calf sold for $900 at a sale recently. That'll eat up the reimbursement funds pretty quickly once the rest of the planned wolves hit the ground running. It's only going to get worse before it gets better. I've hunted north park for over 30 years. Since the wolves has been the worst elk harvest in that DAU on record. Its because the wolves push them out in winter then they don't come back the next winter and we'll see if this fall has any return of the herd. Yeah sss might be poaching but only if you leave off the third S.
From: samman
03-May-24
15 more planned to be released in December they said on the news this morning. Also showed video of a meeting where a person was saying the collars get chewed off or damaged by the other wolves, so keeping tabs on them won't be easy.
From: Pop-r
03-May-24
I hope they have to pay way more than $900/head to reimburse those ranchers! I would think $2k would be a base point and many more registered cattle would be worth way north of that. They can get the money wherever they intended on getting it when they turned wolves loose.
From: Elk Assassin
03-May-24
Wolves make fantastic taxidermy mounts. I believe that every wolf should be mounted.
