Greg Jones wolf interview

[tstowater]

Really good interview of Greg Jones who was a government wolf hunter. Fills in a lot of holes in the wolf propaganda being pushed.

 

[BuckSmasher]

Cliff notes?

 

[tstowater]

No real Cliff notes. Everyone needs to watch the whole thing and educate themselves about the impact of wolves on wildlife and livestock. If you don't have the time to watch this then you can wonder what happened when there is nothing left to hunt due to wolf predation. This guy is extremely knowledgeable about wolf behavior and the difficulty of managing them once they are turned loose. Colorado is in for a rude awakening.

 

[Ross]

Good watch and hard facts. As I’ve said previously, only good wolf a dead one. I’ve met three trappers in north Idaho and between them they have stacked over 200 wolves. They have helped tremendously to save herds of elk. I’ve been in my tent at 2 am with 3 wolves howling very close. Let’s just say it will make your hair stand up.

 

[Scottf270]

Reintroduction of apex predators is an anti hunting plan to eliminate sport hunting as a management tool. If you decimate game populations, you kill the desire to hunt and the hunting culture.

You lose game department revenue, guides and outfitters go out of business, generations of outdoor knowledge is lost and hunting dies a slow death.

 

[RockAndSage]

Reintroduction of apex predators is an anti hunting plan to eliminate sport hunting as a management tool.

This is absolutely true - but you need to follow the money to find the proof. The middle-aged Karens, their millennial organizers, and these "grassroots" orgs they set up are merely the front-line units - funded and directed from elsewhere. Often, in ways they actually don't really know the source or larger strategy of.

 

[menhaden_man]

Just found this episode on @Cliff Gray podcast (I use Podverse). Searched Greg Jones online and this thread popped up.

Really worth a listen.

 

[Sticknstring90]

very interesting!

 

[Cliff Gray]

Greg is the man. His experience with wolves, particularly seeing and dealing with the actual conflicts, is unmatched. He is probably the only person on earth with the level of experience he has on the subject.

 

[chukar_chaser]

Do people really have trouble finding elk in wolf areas? Alot of these posts act like its a desolate wasteland. I agree that wolves have impacts, but in my experience in wolf areas, I have zero problem finding tons of elk. Deer not so much.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Do people really have trouble finding elk in wolf areas? Alot of these posts act like its a desolate wasteland. I agree that wolves have impacts, but in my experience in wolf areas, I have zero problem finding tons of elk. Deer not so much.

It’s not black and white. Very region specific and depends on may different factors. But the Lolo, Frank, Selway, Bob Marshall, etc have all suffered beyond belief due to wolves.

Then I’ve been in a part of Wyoming that was loaded with elk and wolves. That could change in another decade.

 

[Ross]

Some remote Idaho and Nwest Montana drainages used to be crazy with elk. These areas no one sets foot in for 3-4 months due to snow and access. Trapping is almost impossible and they simply chase and kill at will. Yes these areas were devastated by wolves.

 

[Beendare]

Really good interview of Greg Jones who was a government wolf hunter. Fills in a lot of holes in the wolf propaganda being pushed.

Fascinating. Greg destroys the claim of the Wolf Weinies that wolves only kill to eat.

now do the wildlife departments take these real world facts into consideration?

So far no. They just forge ahead with their WDS [wolf derangement syndrome]

 

[11boo]

Colorado just shelved any more reintroduction this year.
Good news is good.

 

[WhoGarrDen]

The scary thing is how hard they are to hunt. You could stop reintroduction, give every hunter a free wolf tag and let them be open season for all of archery/rifle and based on what Greg is saying you probably ain't gonna slow them down much. Maybe the first year?

When I was a young warthog and first heard about reintroducing wolves to the national parks, I didn't immediately hate the idea (because I was ignorant). It's an easy sell to any non-hunter/rancher, etc. What no one outside of those communities talked about or understood: how far they will disperse, how effective they are at killing (including when it's just for fun/teaching young) and how much of the wildlife department budget is tied up in big game hunting.

You can ignore the "how many hunters there are", "how big the industry is (i.e. all of the U.S.-based companies with American workers)", "way of life" or similar arguments. Those things do not matter to non-hunters/ranchers, and never will - we need to stop arguing those points because they fall on deaf ears.