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Close encounter raises concerns about wolves
Idaho Press-Tribune ^
| 6/4/06
| Scott Richards
Posted on 06/06/2006 9:19:05 AM PDT by tgusa
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This is the best argument I've ever seen for carrying at least a heavy sidearm at all times in the woods.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:19:07 AM PDT
by
tgusa
To: tgusa
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:25:23 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: tgusa
Safety first. This author seems a bit...
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:27:02 AM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: tgusa
Scary article. I read about the man killed by wolves in Canada in Field and Stream or Outdoor Life. I don't understand why the Feds want to introduce a deadly predator or provide its protection when it resides close to humans.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:29:40 AM PDT
by
MBB1984
To: tgusa
I read of and heard of that story over here in Emmett.
When in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, or virtually anywhere else in the west, I carry my rifle and always have my dog with me. She will sense a wild animal well before I do, and particularly in the case of a cat or bear, they will normally go the other way. The gun is there if they don't.
Wolves tend to really dislike domesticated dogs, but they too will generally go the other way if a man and a dog are present together. But like with the cats and bears, the rifle is there in case they do not.
Just remember...Shoot, Shovel, and Shut-up!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:29:41 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
Great advice - heard that first from my bear hunting guide in Trout Creek, Montana in case I had to shoot a grizzly.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:32:44 AM PDT
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
To: tgusa
Never go into the woods without it.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:33:02 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: george76
I saw one of these standing in the median off I-95 in South Carolina. It was watching traffic go by, don't know if it tried to cross the interstate or not.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:35:20 AM PDT
by
MissEdie
To: tgusa
I have been assured that if these wolves kill any cows, sheep, goats, pigs or horses, they will become a problem and will be dealt with, and the owners will be compensated. Nice to know that the whackos have at least relented to the ranchers. If people or dogs get killed, that is just plain tough.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:35:30 AM PDT
by
LoneRangerMassachusetts
(Illegal Aliens will take down the Democrats and Republicans and give rise to a new American party)
To: tgusa
I feel sorry that he lost his dogs but, he and his dogs were hunting and so were the wolves.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:35:45 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been cowboys.)
To: george76
Wolves are smart, social, and very strong. One wolf alone perhaps a man can fight barehanded, but a pack of three or more would require some kind of weapon. At least a good club.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:35:49 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Off touch and out of base)
To: tgusa
He needs to bring along three or four Great Danes with him the next time, or Mastiffs, or any of the big-boned, powerful fighting dogs; and don't forget the gun.
To: Jeff Head
In my experience wolves are very curious and don't always run away as most animals will. They tend to scamper for a ways and watch you. It can be pretty spooky and is much more comfortable if you are carrying a gun!!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:36:24 AM PDT
by
AkJoe
To: tgusa
The guy sounds like a puss. If wolves killed my dog like that it would be wolf hunting time, law or not.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:36:50 AM PDT
by
BadAndy
("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
To: MissEdie
I saw one of these standing in the median off I-95 in South Carolina. It was watching traffic go by, don't know if it tried to cross the interstate or not. Are you sure that it was a wolf and not a coyote?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:37:08 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been cowboys.)
To: MissEdie
Would guess you saw a coyote, not a timber wolf. I've seen coyotes in the swamps of South Carolina myself.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:37:52 AM PDT
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
To: tgusa
Sad story,i'll be thinking about this all day.I don't know the game laws in Idaho,but in Fl if a gator(or any animal) attacks a human it's hunted down and killed asap.The part of this article that is especially disturbing is that these wolves frequent areas populated by humans.What if they're hungry and they run across a child?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:39:19 AM PDT
by
Thombo2
To: Thombo2
.......which is why you shoot, shovel and shut up.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:42:43 AM PDT
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
To: tgusa
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:42:51 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: Jeff Head
I can remember as a kid in the '60's that it was never unusual to see a 10-12 yr old boy walking down the road (in NC) with a .22 or .410...didn't matter if it were hunting season or not. Sometimes, I'd just walk a couple of miles to a friend's house to 'plink' around.....the law never bothered me or anyone else. Today, even outside the city limits of the major RTP, NC areas, people freak to see an adult carrying a rifle or shotgun --- just walking.
I really wish those idiots with that type of view could go live out west for a couple of years. Bet ya within 6 months, they'd purchase a firearm and they'd have a completely different point of view.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:43:42 AM PDT
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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