Wolves

[GhostRider]

sorry guys but I don't share the same feeling you have to shoot wolves. They belong here just as anything else does, I grew up around sheep and cattle ranches in Utah and been around them here and we have never had a problem with wolves. They are a beautiful animal just like any elk or deer, They have been here for awhile, I have seen them as far back as 1991, I don't believe they do all the harm that they get the credit for, and I don't believe our elk herds have suffered for it. Our elk herds have suffered more for the illegal hunting and poaching in the area. I wouldn't go out to shoot one anymore than I would a deer or elk without a tag, Don't get me wrong, if one was threatening me, well then its going down, but I'm not going out looking to kill one over some story that they kill ranch animals.

[brokenscout]

I'm more worried about coyotes than wolves.

[sniper7]

i would not shoot one you know they would give you a 20 point ticket and take your hunting away for 5 years even though there is no wolves

what if you are varmint hunting. you are shooting coyotes and one of these come in.


http://wildlife.state.co.us/Wildlife...s/GrayWolf.htm

right there it says gray wolves were eradicated from colorado and are not believed to exist in the state, only to call if you "think" you see a wolf.

http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/p...on?spcode=A00D

FWS is saying the gray wolf i endangered. although, they are hunted, were allowed to be hunted a year or two in wyoming. ranchers can shoot them to protect cattle. I would think a truly endangered species would be protected, then the rancher compensated.

http://wildlife.state.co.us/Educatio...vingCWCS04.htm

right here they say wolves resemble dogs. as do coyotes.


I come to the conclusion that wolves do not exist in colorado, yet they look and act like dogs, could easily be confused with a coyote and there is nothing I have read that says they can not be shot as a varmint since they do not exist in colorado.

[Bill]

sorry guys but I don't share the same feeling you have to shoot wolves. They belong here just as anything else does, I grew up around sheep and cattle ranches in Utah and been around them here and we have never had a problem with wolves. They are a beautiful animal just like any elk or deer, They have been here for awhile, I have seen them as far back as 1991, I don't believe they do all the harm that they get the credit for, and I don't believe our elk herds have suffered for it. Our elk herds have suffered more for the illegal hunting and poaching in the area. I wouldn't go out to shoot one anymore than I would a deer or elk without a tag, Don't get me wrong, if one was threatening me, well then its going down, but I'm not going out looking to kill one over some story that they kill ranch animals.

You know that the Native sub-species of wolves you remember from 1991 to 1994-5 are no longer around the larger sub-species/Hybrid wolves they put up in Yellowstone Killed them all off. They are the problem makers.

If it was up to the people that have to live with them( the new Yellowstone wolves) they would wipe them all out. They need no story becuase they know first hand.

[rondog]

Just be sure to take a shovel with you.....

[henpecked]

shoot
shovel
shut up

[jreifsch80]

yesterday i was driving back from nebraska on hwy 71 i was right about on the border of nebraska and colorado (south of kimball) just barely in colorado and sure enough i saw what looked like a biiig dog cross the road a ways in front of me it stoped on the left shoulder and stared at me, i had slowed down quite a bit to get a look and it definitely appeared to be one of those big yellowstone grey wolves. it's not uncommon for them to sneak over to the wildcat hills (up near scottsbluff in nebraska) but the colorado border is another 50 or so miles south of that so i thought it was a bit strange. up in nebraska the complain about cougars sneaking up to the wildcat hills from colorado and wyoming. just thought it was interesting. most likely it was someone's wolf mix dog that ran away but it also isn't a stretch if it really were a wolf from yellowstone.

[sniper7]

yesterday i was driving back from nebraska on hwy 71 i was right about on the border of nebraska and colorado (south of kimball) just barely in colorado and sure enough i saw what looked like a biiig dog cross the road a ways in front of me it stoped on the left shoulder and stared at me, i had slowed down quite a bit to get a look and it definitely appeared to be one of those big yellowstone grey wolves. it's not uncommon for them to sneak over to the wildcat hills (up near scottsbluff in nebraska) but the colorado border is another 50 or so miles south of that so i thought it was a bit strange. up in nebraska the complain about cougars sneaking up to the wildcat hills from colorado and wyoming. just thought it was interesting. most likely it was someone's wolf mix dog that ran away but it also isn't a stretch if it really were a wolf from yellowstone.

should have shot it for confirmation.

[LippCJ7]

Here is a picture my Daughter took of a wolf we saw in Yellowstone 6 years ago, thought you might find it interesting, you can get a good gauge as to how big they are.

[ronaldrwl]

I seen coyotes so big they look like wolves. The coyotes in California are so tiny compared to ours. When I first saw them in Colorado I thought they were wolves.