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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Dec 11, 2012 - 08:53am PT
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You mean that a predator in the outdoors was actually killed?
Noooo--the inhumanity of it all!!!
That wolf was supposed to live in the Mammoth Employee Dorms for the rest of its retired life...
...collar and all.
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:10am PT
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She was a beautiful wolf. I got to watch her on several occasions. Sad to see her killed this way. On a positive note, her death has re-energized the pro-wolf crowd. This story has made the international news circuit. Yesterday Montana closed the wolf hunting season on the north side of Yellowstone due to the number of study wolves killed.
There has also been a news release about California's lone wolf. Sorry I don't have time to link that story.
Oh yeah, a friend just told me that her pack, the Lamar Canyons, are back in their home territory of the Lamar valley.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:25am PT
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People who hunt suck. What kinda POS would shoot a collared wolf?
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:31am PT
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Totally justified...a man's gotta put food on the table...
POS.
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bigwall shitter
Social climber
the wild west
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:36am PT
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I'm a liberal and a hunter. Hunting is great. It's like a climbing approach except instead of busting your ass to get in to the mountain you're walking around quietly looking around for animals. Plus, there's nothing quite like shooting and butchering an animal yourself and then eating it all winter. The statement that all hunters suck seems pretty ignorant.
Last year the MT wolf population grew 15% even with the hunts. They're dogs, they reproduce faster than the average crowd of rifle totin' (mostly) males can kill them. I think the hunts are fantastic. The wolves continue to thrive while placating most of the ranchers and farmers who are actually affected by the reintroduced wolf population, unlike (to quote rockjox) you kommies from kalifornia. Seriously, most people shouldn't give a f*#k all how wolves are managed, their life will not change either way.
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:42am PT
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Seriously, most people shouldn't give a f*#k all how wolves are managed, they're life will not change either way.
Same goes for genocides on some other continent, but I still choose to care. It is amazing any of these animals survived before man came along to "manage" them...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:44am PT
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There used to be wolves throughout the country. They belong as part of a healthy ecology.
Although hunters raises more money for conservation than all the granola crunching Sierra clubbers, I think we need to bring them back, so there should be a hunting moratorium until then.
But it was a legal hunt. The collar was returned. (It wouldn't have looked good on the wall anyway.)
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:54am PT
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Calling a human just another predator to justify killing (oops, I mean 'harvesting') is silly.
Can a human even run down a deer and kill it with it's own hands, teeth?
Does this said human predator even live in the same environment?
Does this human predator have no other choices to live?
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:57am PT
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^^False choice^^
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bigwall shitter
Social climber
the wild west
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:00am PT
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Same goes for genocides on some other continent, but I still choose to care. It is amazing any of these animals survived before man came along to "manage" them...
A genocide results in the loss of human life. A managed hunt on wolves results in around 200 dead wolves per state -MT, ID, WY- a year (at least in the last couple years).
I already said this but you seem to have missed it. Most people in those three states passionately hate wolves, I have heard people proudly tell stories of how they killed wolves without a tag. These hunts allow these people to be partially satisfied (they'd rather each and every wolf was dead) while allowing the overall population to grow.
Last year there were 2 wolves that were hit by cars in my county, THEY'RE back.
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bigwall shitter
Social climber
the wild west
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:03am PT
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I don't hunt wolves, I think they're great for the ecosystem but more importantly I have no desire to spend that much time looking for a animal that will only provide me with a pelt if I shoot it.
Elk burgers though, now those are delicious.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:07am PT
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Yeah, humans can run animals to heat exhaustion in hot weather, but they don't kill them with their hands, teeth. We sweat, but they can't.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:13am PT
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Is that really such a hard concept for you mono? Ever seen a deer? They ain't all Towering bambi's. And they're all sprinters, not joggers.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:17am PT
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Yep, I can imagine some sick human killing a trusting baby deer with his hands, teeth.
What's the point again? That means one is entitled to kill anything with guns and justify it as natural predator behavior?
And show me a human running down a deer in cool weather like a predator can.
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DPerret
Trad climber
Bay Area, California
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:19am PT
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The problem isn't that a single animal was killed. Wolves will continue to thrive in the GYE without 832.
The problem is that killing a collared animal like 832 represents a huge loss of time, money, and data for the folks over at the Yellowstone Wolf Project. It doesn't matter what your politics are... its just plain disrespectful to ignore the investment that others have made.
8 radio-collared wolves have been killed in the northern range. Who's to say that hunters aren't tracking them by radio? What a sense of sportsman-ship.
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:26am PT
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Just curious, how many of you eat beef or chicken?
It seems unfair to decry hunting when the way we treat other animals in our society is infinitely worse.
Granted, it seems unacceptable to knowingly kill a collared animal.
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BlackSpider
Ice climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:27am PT
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Seriously, most people shouldn't give a f*#k all how wolves are managed, their life will not change either way.
Seriously, most people shouldn't give a f*#k all if climbing routes are bolted or chipped, their life will not change either way.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:29am PT
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Stupid Americans only know how to kill everything they touch these days everywhere they go and around the world .....
Quack
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TFSTFU
Trad climber
Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:33am PT
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Werner you're an American dipsh#t.
I bet it was rokjox
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:34am PT
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Why it that when a predator kills a human in the wilderness it is hunted down and killed? maybe certain times of the year humans should be in season.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:42am PT
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Uh you might not want to let the hunter know where the prey is.
Silver, the Lamar River valley is inside the park.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:46am PT
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He gave us canines
You can kill with those tiny little things called canines?
Mine are not even longer than the other teeth.
I'd pay to see you jump on the back of a deer and kill it with your 'canines'.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:01pm PT
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Then you don't need to mention canines, do ya.
And we can use our brains for much higher purposes than killing for sport and entertainment justified as eating.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:04pm PT
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You'll find many anthropologists who disagree, Ron.
BTW, you are joking about the farmer part, right?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:07pm PT
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Those collars should have the GPS unit shock the wolf when he goes where he shouldn't.
And then make the collars camouflaged so the Jellystone tourons' photos
will look better.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:08pm PT
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Nope Ron, farming is very recent in anthropological terms.
What do you think the 'gatherer' part means?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:15pm PT
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Locker, you know as well as I do that poor people don't vote.
Hunters and treehuggers do.
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DPerret
Trad climber
Bay Area, California
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:18pm PT
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European influence has nothing to do with the emergence of agriculture.
http://bit.ly/URYKgu
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:23pm PT
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Locker, maybe if those hunters had spent their efforts on helping the starving poor, those wolves would still be alive.
We can only control the realm in which we live.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:30pm PT
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You PROBABLY know what I am getting at...
Locker, I guess you don't get what I am saying
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Dec 11, 2012 - 12:49pm PT
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"Stupid Americans and their stupid assed threads about stupid topics"....
meh
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 01:08pm PT
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So, locker, what is the proper seasoning for wolf?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 01:18pm PT
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We need Anders to tell us what the laws are regarding a canadian goose.
They wear gloves. Does that make a difference.
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Dec 11, 2012 - 01:43pm PT
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How about hunting people? Solves many problems.
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Dec 11, 2012 - 01:59pm PT
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Fair?
Nobody is eating Wolf...
So as long as you eat the animal its OK to keep it caged in horrid and deplorable conditions? While killing an animal instantly who has experienced its life in the wild is deplorable?
There's a lot of hypocrisy going on here.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
California
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Dec 11, 2012 - 02:02pm PT
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In native bush Alaska communities wolves are shot on sight and left for the coyotes because they kill the animals those communities rely on for subsistence living. I was also told you can't put wolf up, it's inedible.
I actually feel for the rural folk who fight against this introduction. It would kind of be like installing a butcher shop in every health food store in every yuppie urban and quasi-urban community and basically telling all of their patrons tough titty, this is what's happening now deal with it.
That's a bit of a stretch I know, but not too huge.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Dec 11, 2012 - 02:11pm PT
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"Norton,, the snowcock IS the hardest hunt imho. It equals a 5.15 onsight."
So far we've got 2 dead snowcocks in this thread and no 5.15 onsights.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 11, 2012 - 02:19pm PT
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osmosis
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Dec 11, 2012 - 02:30pm PT
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Ron, congrats on the snowcock !! I'm an avid chukar hunter and I've been thinking about heading to the Rubys sometime.
Not sure if these are real or photoshopped but that's a hell of a big dog. I wouldn't want to be out at night and have a pack of them after me.
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Dec 11, 2012 - 02:38pm PT
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A lot of the comments from the pro-huntuing crowd remind me of the famous Vietnam quote; "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." The absurdity of both is breathtaking and lost on the individuals making the comments.
Now, please carry on. The only good wolf is a dead wolf. They have no place in nature. ;)
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:00pm PT
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It's just that great brave white hunters who are already drowning in excess and consumption hold a special place in the cowards hall of fame
+1
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:07pm PT
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Silver...what do you mean by Non-native wolfs??
"Before the arrival of European settlers, wolves ranged widely across the continent, from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico. Two species are found in North America, the gray wolf, with its various subspecies, and the red wolf. Historically, gray wolves were found throughout most of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with red wolves primarily inhabiting the southeastern United States."
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:23pm PT
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Seems like a shame to have this thread without Rokjox in the house
Peace
karl
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:33pm PT
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Too many predators is just as bad as too few. Basic ecology science.
We hire professionals to determine if a population is best served by hunting and by how much.
Supposed nature lovers who are to uneducated to understand this or too emotional to accept this fact are doing the very natural world they supposedly love a great disservice by advocating for overpopulation by any species. From mosquitoes to wild horse to wolves.
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frank wyman
Mountain climber
helena montana
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:38pm PT
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Now lets here something from someone who ACTUALLY lives in Montana... We shoot wolfs because if you don"t...They will HUFF and PUFF and blow your house down...Seen it happen..
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:41pm PT
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Riley, I gotta back Ron on the fact that much safari meat goes to locals.
I donated thousands to African conservation, even giving some guns to game scouts.
Poaching is a serious problem, and as Ron touched on, the real trick is getting locals to see the animals as more valuable alive. BTW some of the most skilled game scouts are recruited ex-poachers, but then they have no ACLU and poachers caught with a bad attitude are dealt with, shall we say, harshly.
Another part of the problem is that the main market for ivory is a country we just happen to owe a bit of money too,..
I am pro-wolf and pro-hunting though I have done little.
But I just picked up a nice field grade over and under, and if someone else cleans, I'll shoot and cook.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:43pm PT
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So that is where all that wind in Montana comes from?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 03:55pm PT
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Wait a sec, "the wild horses all tamed"???
Who brought the phucking horses here anyway?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:08pm PT
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Wrong Riley.
Hippos are herbivores and, like rhino, their meat is delicious and considered highly valuable.
Rhinos are protected, but when a problem animal is destroyed it can feed 3 villages.
There is a huge market in Africa for "bush meat".
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:17pm PT
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Won't be long before instead of joining a conga line on Everest the cool thing will be to book a trip from the DOW Travel Agency.
Dogs Of War could offer poacher safaris or pirate stings, all with the usual 12 page waiver.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:20pm PT
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I'm not gonna read all this right now, but I'm with Tobia and the wolf and even the Steppenwolf.
Now I have felt like killing someone/something on occasion, but it's never been a wolf.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:21pm PT
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Now lets here something from someone who ACTUALLY lives in Montana... We shoot wolfs because if you don"t...They will HUFF and PUFF and blow your house down...Seen it happen..
hey! thats only with pork in the house, right?
i love to see the guys flying this flag of an extinct bear bitchin at the rocky mountain states!
i did this for rokjox....and all teh hypocrits out there.
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:27pm PT
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I wouldn't kill a wolf, because I wouldn't want to be killed by wolves.
Applying a little "golden rule" there. Too hippy?
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:30pm PT
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Riley there are tons of buffalo around
that is pure bullshit ron.
don't believe me?
take a trip to the Plains states
ask the Indians
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:37pm PT
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Would those be the same indians that burned down the forests to create the great plains?
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frank wyman
Mountain climber
helena montana
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Dec 11, 2012 - 04:40pm PT
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R.I.P. Little red riding hood...
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 11, 2012 - 05:34pm PT
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And origical Ron - you still haven't answered any of my original questions - you have the opportunuty to dazzle me with your african knowledge...go ahead
Riley, he is an expert on African American gangs :-)
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 05:37pm PT
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you are gonna be waiting a loooooong time.
its pretty telling that the most vocal proponents of wolf kills are usually the least educated. Rokjox was a prime example, Ron A is now solidly carrying the torch.
maybe because there is no legitimate argument for killing a beloved collared wolf from yellowstone, we instead have to listen to drivel about african safari hunts, and jackasses running around in nevada shooting small birds with shotguns.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 06:00pm PT
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I grew up in Texas, and started hunting when I was 10 years old. But why let facts get in the way of your mis-informed opinions. Carry-on talking out your ass...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
SLO, Ca
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Dec 11, 2012 - 06:08pm PT
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We sort have three of supertaco's favorite topics going on in one thread! Wolves, hunting and guns.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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"well didnt you go off on a tangent in life then... suck on that..."
Que? I am not against wolf hunting, and I do not think anyone is saying their populations do not need control.
Ever think of just Shutting the f*#k up before repeatedly sticking your foot in your mouth? Or are you still trying to prove your point about african hunting based on your years of experience painting dead trout in your mom's basement?
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 11, 2012 - 06:45pm PT
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Wow really cool pictures, Ron
Thanks for posting them!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 07:01pm PT
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I have never shot for the rack
I've gotten into trouble for shooting high.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Dec 11, 2012 - 07:32pm PT
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Childress has a nice Nascar garage in NC, so you walk Dale's old cars, then you walk past Harvick's latest ride, then you see a giant grizz hunted by childress himself, weird juxtaposition, but them good ol boys be like that sometimes,
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Dec 11, 2012 - 07:47pm PT
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yeah, Cabelas, look what they did with your money, dead stuff everywhere,
let's play count the carcass,
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Dec 11, 2012 - 07:53pm PT
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There are a bunch if ignorant liberal c*nts on this site.
It's a wolf. Most of you have never even seen a wolf in real life. Most of you never will.
You guys are just a bunch of pansies. I was trying to type out a nice paragraph explaining why this is justifiable, but even if I do, you guys are a bunch of pansies who just want to stir the sh#t to make others look bad.
The hunter was being a product of society. He was helping his community.
(Starving children!!!) Get the f*ck over it. That hunter killing a wolf has nothing to do with that starving child. If parents can't provide for the children, don't have them.
What the f*ck do you do for anyone but yourself?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 08:05pm PT
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Cabelas doesn't just have stuffed animals.
You can go to the restaurant and eat bison, moose, or elk.
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Pennsylenvy
Gym climber
A dingy corner in your refrigerator
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Dec 11, 2012 - 08:05pm PT
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People who kill for 'sport' are killing for fun. I've eaten a lot of wild game that I have killed. I only kill what I want to eat. I have no respect for hunters that kill for sport. NONE. Go ahead and call me a liberal, I've eaten more game than most of you pussy trophy hunters who end up wanting to give the meat to someone/anyone(O.K. Riley you can post me as one of your top five most impressive climbing partners now ).
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 11, 2012 - 08:10pm PT
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SCHIST!
Must have been some heavy spewing on here today.
I am not going to read them.
As Elmer Fudd would sing!
"Kill the wuffies, Kill the wuffies!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 11, 2012 - 08:16pm PT
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Reminds me of the Hopkins/ del Toro version of The Wolfman (which I liked).
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Dec 11, 2012 - 08:54pm PT
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Ron and Silver, I've been doing good on the chukar this year in one of my areas that holds water year round, limited last weekend, hunted from sun up to sun down though. Tore up a pair of boot on the steep, nasty terrain. I've wanted to get a chukar mounted but they always seem to be in such bad shape by the time i get back to the car. Got one fairly close by but his head was damaged pretty badly. Any tips on keeping it in good shape ? I've heard to stick it in nylons.
We should have a supertopo meat eaters hunting weekend, like sushifest.
While up on the mountain last weekend I heard what sounded like a BASE jumper coming by. When I turned to look above a golden eagle came ripping by in a power dive less than 100' away, talons extended like when you see them about to grab a fish. He grabbed a chukar out of mid air that was gliding down to the flats. When he cruised by my buddy below the chukar was making that "ptew ptew" chirp they do when they fly away from you. So he saw an eagle fly by sounding like a chukar. Incredible sight.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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why can't we hunt humans, for either food or sport ? i mean, we sorta do it for sport already, but that's really about money (war) and not a true contest...seems like the population is pretty out of control, not being able to provide clean food and water for their children and all that...
why do we put animals down and call it mercy, but make people lay in beds for years ? isn't that the opposite of mercy ?
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:12pm PT
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locker says In the meantime, kids are sick and starving to death all over this great world of ours...
It's not that great if kids are "sick and staving to death all over" it...
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:23pm PT
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Childress mentioned upthread has a shack in Paradise Valley, Montana too--been there for a quick delivery, saw some taxidermy work that was just like every other "joe six pack hunter's" house around here (many of whom I call friends).
No big deal
I've also seen first hand many a wolf mount, and know folk that have standing "shoot upon sight" wolf permits--as I said...
...no big deal
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Mees
climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:35pm PT
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There is a wise old saying in Wyoming, Don't talk about politics, religion or wolves.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:38pm PT
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Buddy in northern Idaho say the term is "The 3 S's...Shoot, shovel, shutup"
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OR
Trad climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 09:39pm PT
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Life long hunter here....Shooting a wolf I just don't get. Call me confused. Best Woodcock and Grouse season in years here in SoVt fwiw.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 11, 2012 - 09:39pm PT
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I grew up hunting in the south; mostly small game. Quail, dove, duck, squirrel and rabbit. Someone ate all that we shot. I only really liked to eat the duck and quail.
Later, I got into deer hunting, killing one large buck and smaller bucks and does. I had my first buck mounted, a nice 10 point that field dressed around 180#'s. I really didn't want to mount it; but my pals insisted; so I gave in and did. At first I was proud of it; but later thought it was kind of weird. The biggest challenge in bagging a trophy buck is having a place to hunt and the time to sit and wait.
About that time I went to visit a man who had traveled all over the world killing exotic game and shipping home the trophy, to hang in his "safari" room. At that point I knew what I had done was not something I was proud of any longer. I am not ashamed of it; but I will never do it again.
To me there isn't much sport in it, sit and wait here for a big deer. In Africa, most people use guides. It seems ridiculous. Having someone take you within range of a rifle that would kill and elephant and take it's life so you can hang the head on your wall. No one does it to feed the villagers; that is just a part of the justification game. If they really wanted to help the villagers there are far more efficient ways to do so with the money spent on big game hunting. Take a picture. That is what I do if I go duck hunting now.
I have to admit if I was invited on a quail hunt I would have to go. I love to watch the bird dogs pick up a scent and lock down on point. It is a rare event these days to get to go; especially to place where the birds aren't pen raised and released. Wild coveys of quail are a thing of the past in the south, they disappeared with the fence rows of the small family farm.
I have nothing against the sport of hunting for food. I don't agree with not following the law (as taking more than the legal limit, poaching, etc.) as well people that don't hunt with any type of discrepancy.
To kill a collared wolf on the outskirts of a national park is absurd. A hunter would have to be aware that the collar represented research and he should have let it pass. From what I read today wolf meat is not generally eaten; but used in ceremony and for medicinal purposes. The article didn't say whether the hunter was a rancher and killing the wolf to protect his stock. The article did say the wolf pack rarely left the park proper and usually returned to the safety of its boundaries soon.
I have it in my mind that this was a trophy hunter, with no intention of protecting anything other than his pride and is no different than the people who live around here that kill any snake they see "because the only good snake is a dead snake".
↓How do you know what his motivations were? What community?
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:00pm PT
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There are a bunch if ignorant liberal c*nts on this site.
It's a wolf. Most of you have never even seen a wolf in real life. Most of you never will.
You guys are just a bunch of pansies. I was trying to type out a nice paragraph explaining why this is justifiable, but even if I do, you guys are a bunch of pansies who just want to stir the sh#t to make others look bad.
The hunter was being a product of society. He was helping his community.
(Starving children!!!) Get the f*ck over it. That hunter killing a wolf has nothing to do with that starving child. If parents can't provide for the children, don't have them.
What the f*ck do you do for anyone but yourself?
deserved repeating....
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:10pm PT
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MEES!
Re your post;
There is a wise old saying in Wyoming, Don't talk about politics, religion or wolves.
Indeed!
At least in our ST circle: the SCHIST WILL SPEW!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:12pm PT
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^^or not ever being said in the first place.
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frisbee
climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:27pm PT
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I grew up hunting and fishing in Michigan. We hardly ever had beef in the house growing up...it was always venison from the previous fall's deer. I am pro-hunting all the way.
I love Yellowstone. It is my favorite place on earth and I have spent many weeks of my life watching wolves. I'm all for the existence of wolves. Hunting them for sport doesn't make sense to me either, however, it was part of the politics of the re-introduction process that when the wolf population became stable that hunting would be allowed. The wolves have thrived and the grizzlies, too, on their coattails. We're at the point where they will be confined by hunting to the immediate Yellowstone area. Sad to me, but a necessary outcome of our democratic process.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:28pm PT
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they have the Ted Nugent pizza down the street, has every kind of meat but no veggies,
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Dec 11, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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y'all be so funny.
take away the veneer - I bet all of us see eye to eye when the zombie hoards are at the mouth of the canyon, and all this BS goes out the f*#king window with anything that isn't ammo, food, or gear...
or we can all sit here and argue. How many of you people live in the woods anyway ? fwiw I live in the woods, and talk is cheap from a tourist imho...
shooting a wolf for sport is like shooting my neighbor's wolf. wtf people ?
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:36pm PT
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I met a wolf one time. He seemed ok to me. We passed in peace.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:39pm PT
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can I shoot coyotes ? there's a metric f*#kton of coyotes up here, when they get yippy can i pop a few ? i'd never eat them, prolly taste like roadkill and slow deer...
how many coyotes make a wolf ? ten ?
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coastal_climber
Trad climber
Squamish, BC
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:42pm PT
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I'm going wolf hunting next weekend.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:45pm PT
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Taken in the right season, paganmonkeyboy, 'Yote fur makes an amazing coat.
Seriously.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:54pm PT
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if i used the 22 it would be kushy - ten tops...
when they get something big the circle is pretty well attended. bet they wish they had fire ;-)
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:09am PT
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who's deleting posts ? its down 5 in less than hour, am i just noobin out ?
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frisbee
climber
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:56am PT
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Wolves were successfully eradicated in the Greater Yellowstone area over a century ago. They tried to eliminated all predators through hunting, shooting, trapping, poisoning, etc. Coyotes survived it all. Coyotes are known to boost their litter size and procreate more often if there is a niche for more coyotes in an ecosystem. They are truly wily!
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Dec 12, 2012 - 01:09am PT
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The Ted Nugent Auto Erotic Great White Hunter Jackoff Thread.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Dec 12, 2012 - 01:43am PT
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Tobia, interesting to me you say that about hunting with dogs. I feel just the opposite, I won't shoot over dogs because I feel it's just not fair. If I walk past a bird that sat at my feet and didn't flush then he won that round, he's a well trained VC. While looking for a chukar on a steep, loose hillside last weekend I had one flush 6 feet from me. I had been in the spot for over ten minutes and let my guard down so he got away. That wouldn't happen if I had used a dog. I've seen areas wiped out because they can get every last bird. I do enjoy watching a well trained dog work birds, it is amazing, I just feel it's not hunting for me. It's just following the dog around waiting for him to go on point. When my friends get fat & lazy, instead of training, getting in shape, and practicing shooting they get a better dog instead. I watched a hunting show where they let a pack of hounds with GPS collars loose. When they stop moving it means they had a cougar treed. They drove the fat client up on a Rhino/UTV to the base of the tree and he shot the cat. The fat slob was winded from the 60' walk to the tree. Disgusting. I'm glad they outlawed that type of dog hunting in CA.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Dec 12, 2012 - 09:34am PT
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This is when I miss Roxjox
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Dec 12, 2012 - 09:54am PT
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This is when I miss Roxjox
Yeah, threats of physical violence and insane self-aggrandizing ranting would be a welcome change.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 12, 2012 - 10:01am PT
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rwedgee,
Bob White Quail are some fast moving birds. BITD of hunting wild birds, you couldn't get close enough to a covey before they flushed and flew like rockets about a hundred yards or so. It would have been very going to get enough for a meal without the dogs. I doubt as a kid we ever got our limit in Quail.
We would hunt just a few of the singles from the covey, mainly for the younger hunters (myself and my brothers to hone their skills), we always left several birds for seed.
We hunted on one farm annually for 15-20 years, finding coveys in the same locations year after year; which I always interpreted as regeneration of the same coveys. To this day I can go to one spot near Weston Ga and find one particular covey. I don't hunt any more but I know they are there.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:04pm PT
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This is when I miss Roxjox
Yeah, threats of physical violence and insane self-aggrandizing ranting would be a welcome change.
Ol' Roky would be telling us about the time he was hitchhiking and had to fight off some Mexican gangbangers with his throwing stars to keep the wolf he had just killed with his bare hands....in 1971.....on his way to the valley.....which he hates......because it's in Cali.......which he hates...because there's too many Mexicans and democrats....there, have we come full circle yet?
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:12pm PT
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Survival, you spelt Kali wrong, but other than that spot on.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 13, 2012 - 07:21pm PT
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I'm no Donald Trump fan, but it seems that his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., were taught to hunt by their maternal grandfather in the Czech Republic.
Recently TMZ did a piece on their recent African hunt saying that they posed for gruesome photos with mutilated corpses of big game, questioned it's legality, and called them "pitiful bloodthirsty morons".
There was no byline.
In fact the hunt was both legal and sanctioned by game wardens. In fact the population of elephants was burgeoning and needed thinning. In the article by Frank Miniter in the June 2012 National Rifleman Donald Jr was quoted, "After we killed the elephant, Africans came from every direction with buckets and knives. The entire elephant was cut up in hours and hauled off in every direction."
He also said,"Without hunting local populations would decimate these wildlife for food, but because they don't want to lose the hunting dollars, they view the wildlife as a resource that they can benefit from. Hunting is literally saving these wildlife populations."
(pg 36)
There was also a photo of them with a nice cape buffalo that looked delicious.
A friend of mine who worked conservation in Africa for years said that the best meat he ever ate was the hump of a problem rhino they had to put down (and like myself he has had the filet mignon at The Bull & Bear at the Waldorf, so that had to be good.)
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 13, 2012 - 07:58pm PT
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The locals can't hunt the animals for themselves, if the justification is thinning the herd/needing meat? They provide the guides, infrastructure and perhaps weapons, after all.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 13, 2012 - 08:20pm PT
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Anders, this way they get money AND meat.
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Scotty E
climber
AB- land of canuck rednecks
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Dec 15, 2012 - 03:22pm PT
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It's not too often I feel compelled to join the sh!t-slinging fray... but wow, Ron, you must be about as clueless as they come. Mostly because you appear to believe the crap you spew, which if I can get past my initial reaction, makes me feel kinda sorry for you.
I actually conduct wolf research, and while I could itemize a long list of falsehoods Ron willfully perpetuates about subspecies (100% not true- same goes for Silver's BS hybrid "theory") and the need for predator population management (look up "carrying capactiy"), that would just lead to more back and forth ideological rhetoric.
So instead I'll out you as a liar by simply challenging you to produce even 1 photo of a mounted wolf that even remotely approaches those pathetic photoshopped images, of which you claimed to have stuffed equal size wolves. This would require something that provides scale, unlike your "coastal form greys, weigh in at around 190 plus" (coast wolves are actually smaller than other populations. 190 lb wild wolves don't exist, period). While a nose to tail measurement of 6 ft is not uncommon, the caricatures in rwedgee's post would be far beyond that (not to mention that the 1st and 3rd photo are curiously the same image with a different background...).
Riley, I have to admire your perseverance but do question what you hope to accomplish arguing with these folks, heads gleefully rammed into the sand. I agree unconditionally with everything you say, but suspect your energy could be used in more productive ways. Hopefully there's some who see the value in your words. The book you speak of changed the trajectory of my life, and should be mandatory reading for all high school students.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 15, 2012 - 03:32pm PT
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I don't understand why anyone would kill something that they don't intend to eat, and that is not an immediate threat to hearth and home.
Especially if it is wearing a bright orange collar and you shoot it from a great distance with the most modern killing technology.
What is the point?
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 15, 2012 - 03:37pm PT
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The point?
Why, to display your "trophy".
How cool is that!
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Dec 15, 2012 - 05:27pm PT
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So Scotty, let me see if I've got this right, you are claiming the guys in the photos are dwarfs ??
You do research in Canada or US ? How has the progression of the US reintroduction gone from your point of view ? What is the sentiment of wolves, hunting wolves, and wolves vs. hunters as far as them competing for deer, elk, etc. ? Does Canada have the same pro and against wold hunting ? Do they monitor the #'s, issue tags, etc. ?? I've never heard thestory in Canada so I'm interested. Thanks
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 15, 2012 - 08:19pm PT
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I am about tired of wolf threads.
But I do need to repost this post of mine, from one of the many previous (fuking) wolf threads.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1917890&tn=60
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 4, 2012 - 07:11pm PT
Pre-wolf introduction: I did have a U of Idaho wildlife biology Grad student assure me that there were still wolves living in the huge Selway Bitteroot Wilderness.
Wolf introduction was being pushed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife and the biology Grad-student told me that their only acceptable documentation of Idaho wolves would be a dead Idaho wolf.
Bear in mind that a lot of folks at U.S. Fish & Wildlife made their careers and career money on wolf introduction into the Northern Rockies.
**I think a lot of us in the Northern Rockies resent the wolves because the government rammed them down our throats.
How ungrateful of us, little people!**
Here is some more documentation that the wolves introduced were not what once roamed the Rockies.
This article from a pro-wolf site seems fairly informative on size and origin of our current introduced wolves in the Northern Rockies:
http://www.timberwolfinformation.org/?p=12297
OR: ‘Canadian’ wolves – How big and bad are they?
Posted on June 21, 2012 by TWIN Observer
By Pat Valkenburg
To many people in rural areas of the West, bringing wolves back was a bad idea. To perhaps have brought back a possibly larger subspecies that was never here to begin with (the “Canadian” wolf) has added fuel to the controversy.
Pictures of very large wolves taken during the Idaho hunting season have appeared on the Internet, but some people suspect the photos have been digitally enhanced to make the wolves appear larger than they actually are.
So, what is the truth about these “Canadian” wolves? Are they really larger than the original wolf that used to roam the western states, and if so, how much larger are they?
Perhaps more importantly, if the introduced wolf is a larger subspecies, are they more likely to kill livestock and working dogs or to kill more deer and elk than the original subspecies?
Within the last several months, using newly available genetic information in addition to existing morphometric data, research biologists (Steven M. Chambers, Steven R. Fain, Bud Fazio, and Michael Amaral) with the US Fish and Wildlife Service completed an extensive review of wolves in North America – the third comprehensive review since 1944.
These researchers support the view that only three subspecies of wolves should be recognized in western North America and that a single subspecies (Canis lupus nubilus) inhabited all of the western states north of Arizona and New Mexico, and southern Alberta, southern British Columbia and Southeast Alaska.
The original common name for this relatively small wolf was “plains” wolf because it was first encountered by Europeans on the Great Plains. Although it was completely eliminated from the western United States by the late 1920s (except for a handful in the Cascades until the early 1940s), it continued to exist in healthy numbers in southwestern Canada and southeastern Alaska.
A considerably larger northwestern wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) occupied northern Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, and the rest of Alaska. This wolf has always been common and its distribution has never been appreciably affected by human activity. The northwestern wolf evolved in northeast Asia and Beringia during the Wisconsin Glaciation, while smaller subspecies of wolves developed south of the ice sheets.
The third subspecies of wolf in western North America, the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), is the only subspecies that was ever truly endangered, having died out in the wild in Sonora in the 1970s. It is currently being reintroduced from captive animals into northern Arizona and New Mexico.
Unfortunately, biologists did not have good information on wolf genetics during the early 1990s when the decision was made to reintroduce wolves to Wyoming and Idaho from Alberta and British Columbia.
The concern at the time was that wolves for reintroduction should come from relatively abundant populations that had experience at hunting elk and bison, the two major prey species in Yellowstone National Park that were considered overly abundant.
Although there is a zone in southcentral British Columbia and southern Alberta where the two subspecies mix, the capture sites (Hinton, AB and Fort Saint John, BC) of the wolves transplanted to Wyoming and Idaho were well within the range of the larger, northern subspecies.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game sent two pilots and two biologists to help with wolf capture and they were impressed by the large size of the wolves and their similarity to Alaskan wolves. The largest males weighed around 140 pounds.
The original wolf of the western states was 20-25% smaller, with large males seldom exceeding 110 pounds and the largest recorded being 125 pounds. The skull size of the northwestern wolf is also about 4-6% larger than that of the plains wolf. The evidence is pretty clear that the subspecies of wolf brought to the western states for reintroduction is not the same wolf that historically lived here.
Will this larger subspecies make a difference? Although it is generally true that larger predators tend to select larger species of prey, there is plenty of evidence that the original wolves made a good living hunting bison and elk and were often a serious problem for livestock as well, including the horses raised by Native Americans (for many examples see “The Wolves of North America” by Stanley P. Young and Edward A. Goldman, published in 1944).
No matter which subspecies of wolf had been reintroduced, managing livestock depredation problems would have required considerable money and effort, just as it did with the smaller plains wolf.
Fortunately for cattle ranchers, wolves seem to prefer elk more than domestic animals. The natural tendency for most wolves to hunt elk, and use of nonlethal conditioning methods combined with lethal removal of wolves that develop a pattern of killing livestock, should keep livestock depredation to a low and economically tolerable level.
However, it will be important for wolf advocates to be willing to compromise with ranchers on the issue of lethal wolf control because the interests of ranchers are critical, not only to successful wolf reintroduction, but to the conservation of habitat for many other species of wildlife as well.
The effects of the new, larger subspecies of wolf (or any subspecies for that matter) on populations of elk, deer, and other wildlife are more of an unknown and will likely be quite variable. All of the original ecosystems of the western states have been greatly modified by fencing, grazing, introduction of new species of plants, and by agriculture. In other words, it’s a whole new ballgame now, not just because of the larger wolf.
The amount of wolf predation on elk and other game species that people are willing to tolerate will be ultimately up to state legislators, governors, game commissioners, and voters. It is likely that wolf control programs, such as those conducted in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, will be eventually implemented in other states as the range of the wolf continues to expand.
Pat Valkenburg is a certified wildlife biologist who worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for 28 years on caribou, wolves, bears, and other wildlife. Since first retiring from ADF&G in 2003, he has continued to work on wildlife research projects in Alaska, Ontario, Manitoba, Labrador, and Oregon. He has spent the last two winters in the Enterprise area working with his wife Audrey Magoun, documenting the presence of wolverines in the Wallowa Mountains.
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Dec 15, 2012 - 09:14pm PT
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Good post, Fritz.
I'm tired of wolf threads too...but, oh, that folklore of the mythic interchangeable Gray Wolf.
Despite the fact that there always has been, genetic interchange between different populations, there are substantial differences between divergent populations of Gray Wolves in North America, brought about by local adaption to regional conditions, and disconnection during the Ice Ages.
Ergo recent studies, North American wolves can be partitioned into four (or perhaps five) subspecies that differ in size, structure and and to a lesser degree, color
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 15, 2012 - 10:26pm PT
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Riley Wyna -- "i am retiring from ST political discussions ..."
Why retire?
Keep on ranting dude, it's good for you.
Even if you only have the four walls as your audience.
Nothing worst then keeping it inside, especially for a fiery guy like you :-)
Scream if ya hafta also.
Love ya ......
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 11:53am PT
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That's so sad, Ron. Three dogs let loose to tree a mountain lion for hunters to catch up and get the easy kill shot get killed by wolves.
What goes around, comes around.
Oh, Phil, you are quite the brave sportsman on your snowmobile. Please tell us more about your heroics and tragic loss.
http://biggamehoundsmen.com/forum/stinkin-wolves-t34145-15.html
Stinkin wolves. We used to say stinkin indians, some still do.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Feb 19, 2013 - 12:26pm PT
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Hunt hunters.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 12:58pm PT
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That's where all the real men went, hunting with their doggies what a joke.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 01:06pm PT
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Ever try to hunt lion WITHOUT dogs? Thats called impossible.
No, I'd call that sportsmanlike. You've already got the gun.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 01:12pm PT
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I've just never had any interest in sneaking up on something and killing it. What's wrong with me?
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Feb 19, 2013 - 01:28pm PT
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I've stalked for hunders of feet on my belly - run for mile bent down with my face inches from the ground & snap pictures that I've had the rest of my life, & the animal keep it's life. Hunting for fun is murder & nothing less.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 01:38pm PT
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Yeah yeah yeah, I'm not trying to put down hunting but this guy put his dogs in this position where the hunters became the hunted and it backfired.wah wah.It's your right to put on yer scent blocker camo,sit up in a tree and pick off little animals. btw do they eat the mountain lions or are they just performing a public service? I feel bad for the dogs.
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Feb 19, 2013 - 01:42pm PT
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True words Frumy. I get far more joy from tracking, stalking, and photographing wildlife than I ever did from shooting an animal.
I think using dogs to hunt bears and lions is comparable to a climber chopping holds, very lame. Don't get me wrong, I hate hearing about these dogs getting killed, but as we all know, risk is inherent in the mountains.
As to 832 and the Lamar pack. Sounds like the Lamars will likely disintegrate. Since they had prime range another pack will replace them soon. I'd like to see the Mollies take over the valley but they have been hanging out in Pelican Valley for most of this winter.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Pollock Pines, California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 01:47pm PT
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im naming my next child
832F in honor of the fallen canine.
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:01pm PT
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Right on Weeg!....To easy to kill with a gun. Up thread mentions of killing deer with your bare hands and why kill predators that kill us? I loved the Mountain Lion in LA who took out a few MT.bikers before they took him/her out. I say put the gun down and take out the wolf Mano-a-Mano. Use your bare hands and your canines Anderson talks about. You'd last about a minute. OK, you can have a knife......
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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Ron,I'm not debating the wolf population. I think it's strange that these "sportsmen" if you can call tracking an animal with dogs, snowmobiles and rifles a sport, can put the dogs into that position and somehow blame the wolves.
EDIT: It seems pretty obvious whos fault it is that the dogs were killed and it's not the Wolves.
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:34pm PT
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I'm all for de-evolution....Seems like we're evolving right off the planet and taking some things with us....What ever happened to Devo anyway?
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:40pm PT
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some extinctions are GUD! Smart species shall always remain.
Please,please tell me your kidding or drunk.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:40pm PT
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Ron, the wolf was here before the white man decided to put his inprint upon the land. The Wolves have the right to be here? Doing the same thing that we did to the native americans
that rancher can kiss my ass
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:50pm PT
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Really sorry to hear about the dogs, but what a piece of sh#t to hunt mountain lions with dogs, snowmobiles and rifles. Hopefully next time the wolves will take out the hunter.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:58pm PT
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Ron, I've lived in the Sierras for thirty five years and have yet to see one in person. But I do keep my eyes open when I'm hiking alone.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 19, 2013 - 02:59pm PT
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You do have the option of not posting to a thread, and/or not replying to every post.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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The indians were very respectful of wolves and didn't frivolously slaughter them. They even domesticated them, possibly earlier than their arrival in NA. They can hardly be characterized as 'ROUTINELY killed wolves any where near them'
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 03:17pm PT
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Doesn't mean they killed every wolf around them. But I'll just assume you just talk sloppy all the time, like your storybook view of war.
There were many wolves then and few humans. Now it's just the reverse. We shouldn't base our behavior on what we think the Indian did.
Active hunting of wolves was rare...
The Cherokee feared that the unjust killing of a wolf....
That kinda settles it right there, right Ron? From your own cut'n'paste. Thanks.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Feb 19, 2013 - 03:21pm PT
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Ron A, always enjoying to read some facts--Monolith's opinion on the other hand...
...just another mouth spewing shite, sad.
edit:
Wolf hunting is the practice of hunting gray wolves (Canis lupus) or other lupine animals. Wolves are mainly hunted for sport, for their skins, to protect livestock, and, in some rare cases, to protect humans.[1] Wolves have been actively hunted since 12,000 to 13,000 years ago, when they first began to pose threats to livestock vital for the survival of Neolithic human communities.[2]
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 03:22pm PT
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Thanks Mojede, true praise from a 'sportsman'.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 03:26pm PT
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That photo should sicken anyone who sees it. Anyone who choses to participate in that "sport" should be accepting of the fact that they may lose their dogs or worse.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:01pm PT
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"Nice" before some ignorant f*#k shot them.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:04pm PT
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:08pm PT
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Yeah Ron, you showed quite the balls, killing those beautiful birds. Were they about to peck you to death?
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:10pm PT
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Hey Guy's if you don't keep the duck pop. in check they will be shitting everywhere! next it could be your lawn.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:11pm PT
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I don't eat any animal products, Ron. Don't justify your killing for me.
How can I possibly be alive and thriving?
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:15pm PT
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We've been thru the 'canine' thing with you before. Try using your 'canine's to kill.
There are some animals with huge canines that eat very few animal products.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:18pm PT
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How do your 'canines' match up to this guy, Ron? With canines like that, he must be a huge meat eater, right?
He eats very few animal products, far, far less than modern society.
You killed anything with your 'canines'?
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:24pm PT
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It would be difficult to even do a savage kill with your canines. Mine hardly even stick above the other teeth. Let see you get your mouth even wide enough for the deer you hunt.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 04:27pm PT
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Go out and try it then. Be sure to take pics.
And of course, humans couldn't possibly be considered savage.
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 05:02pm PT
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But not with his bare canines.
How'd that turn out for him? Not so good, right? Looks like he suffered tremendously. You wanna give it a try? Do ya think he'd voluntarily do it again?
Good thing he had access to medical techniques to take care of his wounds.
Thanks for demonstrating the point. Muchos Gracias.
Our 'canines' mean nothing.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 05:02pm PT
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Good tape glove!
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Feb 19, 2013 - 05:25pm PT
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That reminds me, I gotta a whole case of melons and romaine to dig into for lunch.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 19, 2013 - 07:48pm PT
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Fuq legal wolf hunting and the a-holes that do it.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 19, 2013 - 07:53pm PT
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Dee Eee....CK....Thought i'd help you out.....
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 19, 2013 - 09:22pm PT
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The effect, if not the purpose of the apex predator is to check the lower tier predators creating a predator / prey balance.
We ARE the apex predators!
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 09:51pm PT
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how do you two guys feel about jellyfish?
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 10:47pm PT
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headin to monterey for a few days maybe I'll find out.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 19, 2013 - 11:06pm PT
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You swimmin to Mane from Monterey?
Pacific bugs got no claws!
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 19, 2013 - 11:12pm PT
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I'm going to have the Maine lobster shipped in, cause I hate swimmin and I like claws.
EDIT: never knew some lobsters didn't have claws.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Feb 20, 2013 - 12:21am PT
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Isn't the claw meat as good as the tail??
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