Posted on 11/08/2010 5:45:10 PM PST by george76
Wolves "losing a fear of humans" have people in Anchorage, Alaska, fearfully asking officials for action, authorities say.
Although many people are lured to Alaska for its wilderness and many choose to reside either in a wilderness setting or close to it, when the wild things come into their back yards, they get jittery as one resident became when a pet beagle was allegedly dragged into the woods by wolves, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
"I really hope that an action plan to eliminate this problem will be acted upon before another pet -- or God forbid, a child -- is killed," Candis Olmstead wrote in a letter to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
Anyone who owns a Beagle up there should not be surprised that it turned into a Wolfsnack, a Bearsnack or an Eaglesnack. Nor should they go wailing to the police or the MSM about it when it does become a Crittersnack. All that tells me is that this person is some idiot who does not understand that the wilderness has WILD things in it and those wild things are not former castmembers of Disney animated movie.
Candis needs to move back to LA or wherever she came from and leave the wilderness to those who are intelligent enough to handle it.
Correct, it’s not surprising, IM.
The thing that surprised me was being the job this guy has which takes him out like that often was that he wasn’t armed. Maybe he will now but for the unsuspecting hiker it’s a dangerous situation.
Someone needs to teach that .. scantily clad young person.. some trigger discipline.
Oh, that finger.
About a month back, I had 2 tubs of salmon guts that I was planning on using for burbot trot line bait. Had it sitting nx to some logs along wood line, 50 yards from porch. My house dogs opened up middle of the night (they smell game right through the permachinked logs). They ran over to the wood line and when I went over with light, I heard the wolves crashing through the brush. Two nights later they came back again, then I dumped the fish into the river to get rid of it. So a week goes by and a single wolf came in walked between my house and shed and tried to get into my garbage cans. It was 3 in the morning and soon as my dogs inside opened up the wolf took off. His tracks were 5 3/4 inches long, and 4 1/2 inches wide and they were close to 4 foot between each single print. I went out my wood trail on snowmachine a couple miles and found his tracks again, headed towards the mountains out back. Once we get some more snow, I'm going to set some snares; but actually in some ways I don't start hating all the wolves until they start killing dogs. These wolves are scared of people, but awful hungry. I often hear them wolves at 4 am in morning. They have also been seeing single wolves roaming around our town last few weeks, but they take off pretty quick at the sight of people.
We also have had this years pups walk up our lane when they hear our sled dogs. Funny to walk out on porch and see a 70 lb pup that hasn't developed fear of humans yet; 15 yards from porch. My son would call that female in with rabbit squealer at bus stop in morning, ha.
I have an acog on a 6.8 and just stuck a flashlight under barrel. The crosshairs on acog are dim after dark but you can see them, I might get a shot out the window one of these nights. Also been thinking about setting up the game camera for that wolf.
Alaska has wolves all over and people are use to them. I wouldn't want them released in lower 48 everywhere just the same.
About a month back, I had 2 tubs of salmon guts that I was planning on using for burbot trot line bait. Had it sitting nx to some logs along wood line, 50 yards from porch. My house dogs opened up middle of the night (they smell game right through the permachinked logs). They ran over to the wood line and when I went over with light, I heard the wolves crashing through the brush. Two nights later they came back again, then I dumped the fish into the river to get rid of it. So a week goes by and a single wolf came in walked between my house and shed and tried to get into my garbage cans. It was 3 in the morning and soon as my dogs inside opened up the wolf took off. His tracks were 5 3/4 inches long, and 4 1/2 inches wide and they were close to 4 foot between each single print. I went out my wood trail on snowmachine a couple miles and found his tracks again, headed towards the mountains out back. Once we get some more snow, I'm going to set some snares; but actually in some ways I don't start hating all the wolves until they start killing dogs. These wolves are scared of people, but awful hungry. I often hear them wolves at 4 am in morning. They have also been seeing single wolves roaming around our town last few weeks, but they take off pretty quick at the sight of people.
We also have had this years pups walk up our lane when they hear our sled dogs. Funny to walk out on porch and see a 70 lb pup that hasn't developed fear of humans yet; 15 yards from porch. My son would call that female in with rabbit squealer at bus stop in morning, ha.
I have an acog on a 6.8 and just stuck a flashlight under barrel. The crosshairs on acog are dim after dark but you can see them, I might get a shot out the window one of these nights. Also been thinking about setting up the game camera for that wolf.
Alaska has wolves all over and people are use to them. I wouldn't want them released in lower 48 everywhere just the same.
Wolf hides(tanned) sell for good money..
Smart wolves stay away from people in Alaska.. who are mostly armed..
Shoot a few, word will spread. They’ll learn fear.
It does make them easier to shoot...
just trying to find a positive
TT
**** “They have collars on the wolves around here” *****
Just a note ... the batteries in the collars “are” recyclable
So you can still be “GREEN”
Good Hunting!
Never even thought about that!
Shotguns loaded with salt.
Hurts like Hell but wolves run off somewhere else.
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Pretty sure they would develop fear from a Hornady .308 @2800FPS.
That combined with a Saiga Semi-Auto 12 gauge semi auto drum fed and the last resort Kimber .45 Hollow points.
Bears and wolves come with Alaska.
Noteworthy: An inlaw had a small dog they'd let go out into their back/side yard for its duty.
The dog loved it. The family loved it. Everybody was happy.
Then one day the neighbor brought over the headless body ~ and he, they, and the whole neighborhood blamed it on "The Coyote".
I didn't. In fact, we drove around a bit looking for an eagle typical of those that fly up from Mexico to avoid the ongoing drought there.
Took about two days to find him, and there he was, looking over the veritable feast presented at his feet in Carlsbad, Vista and Oceanside ~ and I got another tic mark in my bird watching book!
A man with a 22 pistol or a big stick can fend off a wolf. I’ve seen wolves up close. I’ll take on a wolf anyday over a big alaskan brown bear. The only bear I’ve seen up close uncaged is a black bear, and I’ll tell ya what, I would not want a tussle with one.
I’d like to see you try to prove wolves have killed more people than bear.
“Yes. there is a plan of action.
1. Get a gun.
2. Practice with it.
3. Shoot wolves on sight.”
What-you mean we can’t negotiate with the wolves, and try to understand why they hate us and think we should be eaten?/sarcasm
My wife is always saying that also but I’m not so sure — it’s not that predators just learned how to be predators. It’s the human demographics & geographics that are the main things changing.
Yeah, but they have one less Grizzly now, and I have a new rug.
I also had a wolf tag, but didn't see one.
The other bear hunter in camp got a smaller bear, but he also shot a wolf, a lone female feeding on a bear carcass. The locals have no use at all for wolves and bears, as they really reduce the moose population, which they all depend on for meat.
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