Posted on 11/03/2017 9:01:53 AM PDT by w1n1
On October 27, 2017 at about 11:30AM, an OSP Fish and Wildlife Trooper and an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist responded to the report of an elk hunter, who had self-reported shooting a wolf in Union County. The two responded to the hunter’s camp in the Starkey Wildlife Management Unit.
The hunter, a 38-year-old male, from Clackamas, told the trooper he had been hunting elk alone, when he repeatedly noticed some type of animal moving around him. A short time later, the hunter observed three of what he assumed would be coyotes. He said at one point one of them began to run directly at him, while another made its way around him.
The hunter stated he focused on the one running directly at him. He began to scream at it, and fearing for his life shot it one time. He said what he still believed to be a coyote died from the single shot. He stated that after the shot the other two disappeared out of sight. Read the rest of the elk hunter kills wolf in self-defense story here.
how many years in prison will he get? Murder an as yet born human = no big deal- kill a wolf in self defense? Prison
Shoot shovel and shut up in lefty states like Oregon. The three Ss
Is it required to report a self-defense kill?
Get used to it, this will be the new normal for rural inhabitants and rural activities.
“I thought it was a coyote.”
Self Reporting enhances your defense, rather than them somehow tracking you down and pressing charges.
He better lawyer up AND have video proof of an imminent attack.
I suppose authorities are saying that this was a lone wolf.
A $5,000 reward is being offered through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for killing a federally protected gray wolf northwest of Klamath Falls, according to a news release.
Why not just let it rot, or let the other wolves eat it? The bullet no doubt went clean thru it, and far beyond. Forget about it!
Are wolves that rare in this state? Why so protective?
This man had no choice, and he was being actively stalked by a pack of three wolves. He should have kept his mouth shut.
I don't have a problem with a few packs of wolves in the national parks or in the wilderness complex in central Idaho but any wolf that wanders outside of well-defined boundaries should be viewed as vermin that can be hunted and trapped without restriction.
I'm preparing a sermon and I ran across Leviticus 26:6 where God blesses His People by eliminating the dangerous beasts from their lands. If God considers removing predators as a blessing, doesn't follow that the government is cursing us by reintroducing wolves and grizzly bears?
I saw a wolf two summers ago by Rimrock Lake in WA State, central cascades. Very rare, and I was surprised, because I didn’t think they existed period in WA State. But I asked some nearby hunters, because it was huge in comparison to a Coyote.
Did the wolf make any noise? A growl or woof?
It was self declaring that it was an elk.
Oregon would use every forensic test and tool to solve this case if it had not been self reported. The guy did the right thing, otherwise he might have been facing several years in the joint.
Correct..they prefer to use funds to investigate a wolf shooting verses a rape or murder, just like Ca and the Mountain Lions.
From a distance, if you cannot get a good view of its head, it looks similar, as all wolves are not large, and coyotes, small. That excuse is believable. Here in Idaho, you need a tag during hunting season.
The article says he won’t be charged.
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