Video of the Largest Wolf Pack Ever Found in Oregon

ChicoER Gate ^ | 8/6/10 | Chuck Wolk

[OneVike]

Thanks to U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy's ruling (PDF file of preliminary injunction order) that the Endangered Species Act protections must be reinstated for wolves in both Montana and Idaho, be prepared to hear of more reports about large packs of wolves roaming the countryside in neighboring states like the one that was filmed in Oregon.  Even though neither state, Washington or Oregon, were part of the Fish and Wildlife Service's wolf reintroduction program, they are definitely a recipient of the outcome. It was the late "90"s when the first wolves made it to Oregon, now they are beginning to roam in large packs. 
    
Make no mistake about it, the wolves set loose in Idaho in 1995 & 1996 were not Rocky Mountain wolves, also known as Canis Lupus Irremotus in the scientific community.  The Rockey Mountain wolves were smaller and only hunted in pairs.  (the only time they would hunt in groups of more than two was to train their offspring.  When the young were old enough they would leave to find a mate and thus hunt with their mate to start the whole process again).  However, the Canadian gray wolves are known as the Canis lupus Occidentalis, and they are a super sized predator which hunt in super sized packs.  The Canis lupus Occidentalis evolved through the years so they could keep up with the caribou herds which can run hundreds of miles without taking a break to elude any predators.  They also evolved into bigger and stronger wolves so as to be able to bring down and kill larger animals that are indigenous to Western Canada and Alaska. This super sized wolf also changed their habits of hunting in pairs to hunting in supper packs of 15 to 25 wolves per pack as seen in the photo above that was taken last year in Wyoming.  So do not be fooled into thinking that the wolves we are dealing with today are the same as the smaller Canis Lupus Irremotus. 
 
This worrisome outcome that we are dealing with in the Northwestern states may have taken fifteen years to materialize, but the Canadian gray wolves roaming in the Northeastern portion of Oregon are definitely descendants of the ones released in either Central Idaho or Yellowstone in 1995 & 1996.  In the video, Biologist Pat Matthews was just east of Joseph Oregon when he spotted them from the across a canyon at a distance of several hundred yards.   He filmed them as they made their way through the snow in hunt for food.  It's being reported that it is the largest wolf pack ever spotted in Oregon, and while it's not as big as the one photographed in Wyoming last winter, for Oregon it's pretty big. 

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Largest Wolf Pack Ever Found in Oregon

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[OneVike]

I wrote an article yesterday about the devastation in Idaho's Lolo Elk Management Zone 10 & 12, before Judge Molloy's ruling. Then I was ready to post this article last night, but when I learned about the judges ruling I needed to amend what I wrote for the introduction to the video.

Now, if you live in Oregon or Washington then I would advise you to be on the watch for what you will see in the video. I would also be very cautious of anything you hear from those who claim the wolves are harmless, they kill only what they eat, and those who are complaining are just greedy and want no competition for the overpopulated game they are hunting.

Finally, beware of the wolves in sheep's clothing, who are trying to sell you on the idea that wolves in the lower 48 are an endangered species. They are not. The only thing that is truly endangered is the freedom of those who would rather live their lives without Big Brother always screwing things up.

[unkus]

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[taxcontrol]

7mm-08, a skinning knife and a sewing machine would recycle those coats into something warm and useful.

[OneVike]

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[brytlea]

I saw a coat with a coyote collar. It was very nice. Wolf would likely make a lovely coat.

[keithtoo]

If these wolves were to try to start a lemonade stand, they’d be taken out by the Oregonocrats.

[TexasCajun]

Those poor misunderstood, hungry, wolves need their own Timothy Treadwell.

[Vendome]

.45 hollow points. 6 full mags + one chambered

[OneVike]

All we need to do is reintroduce all the cuddly lovable little puppies into the Bay Area and watch the left become big game hunters over night.

[DCBryan1]

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More patience than me. I'd vote for a M1917 on a tripod with cloth belts and alot of .30-06 ;)

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect. Ahhwooooo... Werewolves of Oregon...

[oneamericanvoice]

Just for clarity, the picture was taken in 2009, how big is that pack presently?

I understand that they are predators, etc. What I’m about to say is probably not going to fly on this forum, but I need to say it. By-the-way, I am a Conservative, and not a tree hugger with a ranch background. Animals have the number of young that can be sustained. If the food source is abundant there are more. In years when the source is scarce, the birth rate is lower. Leave nature to it’s devices. Trying to “fix” this is like the liberals trying to “fix” the climate. In the cases of predators (wolves, coyotes, or feral dogs) who get the taste of blood, then you guard your animals. You take measures. But you don’t assume that it is going to happen just because you hear them in the area at night.

[Retired Greyhound]

Man killing wolf IS nature taking it’s course.

Humans have always thinned animals populations as needed.

[lonevoice]

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[Retired Greyhound]

From a biological standpoint, that is a beautiful photo. Wolves are spectacular to look at.

That being said...they are the a$$holes of the animal world. They are vicious apex hunters who kill for fun. They get their food by scavenging.

[OneVike]

Trying to “fix” this is like the liberals trying to “fix” the climate. In the cases of predators (wolves, coyotes, or feral dogs) who get the taste of blood, then you guard your animals.

FIX THIS?????

What you see in the photo above, and the video at the sites was caused by those who tried to fix it!!!

Now We need to shoot them.

Your right, you sound like a tree hugging, earth worshiping, ignorant individual who's own family is not living where the left set these killers free to roam. Why not let us put 35 in your neck of the woods, and tell you that you cannot hunt them or else?

[benewton]

A couple of puppies, the usual H&K. and an AK clone, with a pair of thirty rounders, when I hit the back 20.

Trained with the AR, and have a couple carbines kicking around, but I like heavy bullets for short range work. The inaccuracy of the AK makes no difference at all at fifty yards...

[Lando Lincoln]

7mm-08... my favorite.

[liberty or death]

I love the fact we have wolves here south of Alaska. Hunting and trapping them is one of the highlights of my youth in Alaska. If idiotic politics can get out of the way of proper wildlife management then my kids and grand-kids can have the same joy I had while outsmarting these huge dogs.

And no they do not just kill what they eat. They are wild dogs and dogs kill for fun all the time.

Use to watch bears swipe dozens of pink salmon a day out of rivers in AK and only eat their brains. Their brains are about a tablespoon. Carnivores are very wasteful when there is a bounty.

[Louis Foxwell]

What is it that allows you to believe that humans are not part of the nature system? As top predator it is our choice to allow certain populations to increase while others decrease. That is how nature functions, not by some unicorn myth about man getting out of the way so nature can do its thing.