Colorado wolf introduction

[BigAntlerGetter]

The biggest problem with this entire thing is putting it to a vote from the public! To many uneducated people that see the words Colorado, Wolf and Mountains will think it’s so amazing... hunters are out numbered already


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[Newtosavage]

The biggest problem with this entire thing is putting it to a vote from the public! To many uneducated people that see the words Colorado, Wolf and Mountains will think it’s so amazing... hunters are out numbered already


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Pretty sure that's true of every issue. LOL I'm not sure there has ever been a time when the public was prepared to make an informed decision based on fact and free of biases and misinformation.

The urban influence on rural issues will only continue to grow. One could make the case that those urbanites pay a lot of taxes that fund a lot of infrastructure that benefits rural citizens by moving product to market, and also providing a market for those rural businesses. Sadly, I'm not sure if the rural citizens don't need those urbanites more than the urbanites need the rural citizens, in today's global agricultural and tourism economy. But now we're getting WAY off topic. LOL

 

[JBahr]

Hunters are a poor management tool for ungulate populations like some have said, but we are manageable tools none the less... Wolves on the other hand are completely unmanageable, literally untouchable where they are introduced. They have no closed seasons, no shed hunting bans, they completely ignore signs protecting calving areas, and give no rest to the wary after the rut and winter... I joke but truly they will run wild here because these elk herds have no concept of wolves. The moose may fare even worse.

A recent Meateater podcast broached the subject with a wolf biologist. While I believe she is pro-wolf she did say "I wouldn't introduce them, they will slowly get here on their own." She was against introduction in most cases because it's almost impossible to find the right circumstances for introduction.

I've written our reps, spoke to all the hunters, ranchers, friends and anyone who is interested about this. They are all uniformed. Just like the out of state dollars that fund this introduction, I think it's going to take money to advertise against this. Stopthewolf seems kinda sketchy, is that our only option?

With all the non-resident hunting that happens in this state, like it or hate it, I would think more non-residents would care. We need to be encouraging them to spread the word, to donate to the fight. If anything they have more to lose, there aren't many non-resident hunting friendly states left. I can out hike the orange, I can't out hike a wolf...

 

[cgasner1]

I do believe I read that our Yellowstone heard is counted from a helicopter and Fwp had to fly 2x as much of that valley to get the elk numbers somewhere up but that’s never mentioned that’s the books are being cooked


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[gretch6364]

Can we just all shoot on sight?