Beware what you ask for wolf lovers

[Ross]

Had this bull on cam in July first day out today on my 25 yr hillside know it intimately cruising in the fog and wet north Idaho brush 5 hrs in to check this long time cam and see white body on the ground approach and find this long time survivor taken out by wolves hours earlier ass end chewed out guts spilled and neck mangled from the two pronged approach as luck would have the cam caught one of the wolves for verification....so many are worried about other hunters be worried about the 365 day predator who wastes game and has no bag limit...truely sucks when you see this last five days hunted this hillside this and last same scenario on two elk other scene much more brutal but not a fine bull...bull is laying upper right corner of my buddy

 

[Downeaster]

Ugh. Just ugh.
Sorry to see that.

 

[Coach529]

damn..........that just sucks!!

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Damn, yeah that's rough.

 

[Still Hunter]

I think if i lived in Idaho I would be shooting every wolf I saw and be on a quest to eradicate them.

 

[txhunter581]

Not sure I understand the title. The wolf lovers know this. Somehow it is ok for wolves to do this. Just not people

 

[Dvidos]

I think if i lived in Idaho I would be shooting every wolf I saw and be on a quest to eradicate them.

+1

 

[GregB]

I think if i lived in Idaho I would be shooting every wolf I saw and be on a quest to eradicate them.

Problem is they are not easy to get eyes on.

 

[elkguide]

You're making this up!

"Wolves only kill to survive."
No way that any animal would be found in the wanton wasting category.



Just quoting from an old hearing on why grizz should remain on the endangered species list.

 

[Ross]

The title references key board warriors who have made replies about wolf issues and ungulate populations without first hand knowledge and observances on the true damage and waste they cause....when you see it within hours of a kill, multiple times and hunt an area for 39 years the true affect is easy to see versus keyboard banter, hypothesis, and pretend world perfect bubble where everything lives in harmony...remember they don’t kill for sport nor take the strong....they simply kill what is in front of them and keep killing whenever the opportunity presents itself and with elk they have learned bugling means kill time thus the reason the elk clam up if they think they are in the area

 

[Newtosavage]

Since you mention first-hand knowledge, how do you tell a bull was killed by wolves and not just scavenged afterward? Honest question.

 

[GregB]

Since you mention first-hand knowledge, how do you tell a bull was killed by wolves and not just scavenged afterward? Honest question.

guts spilled and neck mangled from the two pronged approach

This.

 

[Ross]

Please look at time stamp on my camera pics bull not on ground as night fell on cow pics to be attached kill seen half way up this hillside thus reason you never get chance at them heavy timber and dense underbrush

 

[fattyboy70]

Since you mention first-hand knowledge, how do you tell a bull was killed by wolves and not just scavenged afterward? Honest question.

I would imagine bite marks as the elk struggled to get away

 

[GregB]

Since you mention first-hand knowledge, how do you tell a bull was killed by wolves and not just scavenged afterward? Honest question.

Or the rear quarters are trashed from the wolves hamstringing them.

 

[Ross]

This is meant to be educational from someone who has lived to elk hunt for 39 years and is brutally learning how bad and efficient these killers are...here are the pics from last year I’ve never posted but after yesterday am so pissed want to show 5th day of rifle at daybreak walk up on blood bath think someone lost a bull start following a gruesome scene to this cow again ripped opened as face and neck hammered later saw wolf in timber could not get shot....for anyone not Believing the affect of wolves please let them come to the area you love to hunt and help ruin it same hillside as posted before to the left I cover a lot of country in a day and this is only what I find what are odds they kill one right in front of my camera hours before I come by just sad

 

[Newtosavage]

I'm all for a balanced ecosystem but that's gotta be frustrating to see in your long-time hunting area. Thanks for sharing. Definitely good food for thought.

 

[Deplorable77]

In certain Idaho zones, isn't an elk tag valid for bear and wolf as well?

 

[Idaho Sandman]

I'm all for a balanced ecosystem but that's gotta be frustrating to see in your long-time hunting area. Thanks for sharing. Definitely good food for thought.

So the ecosystem was out of balance before 1995? If so based on what?

 

[Newtosavage]

So the ecosystem was out of balance before 1995? If so based on what?

Never said it was. Please don't put words in my mouth.

I presume wolves and elk are both native to Idaho however. Correct? If that's true, then they have co-existed for thousands of years before humans ever intervened.