Posted on 10/08/2011 5:49:05 AM PDT by marktwain
Environmentalist arguments that wolves do not pose a potential threat to humans took another hit when bowhunter Rene Anderson took what she is convinced was a defensive action and fatally shot a wolf that had moved aggressively to within ten feet of her on a remote ridge near Headquarters, Idaho.
Anderson, speaking to this column Friday morning, said the animal loped toward her while she was elk hunting back on Sept. 25. Her story is just now moving into high gear across the Internet, and she is being supported by friends and co-workers in Pierce, a community about 13 miles south of the old Headquarters logging town that now has only a handful of residents.
Support for Anderson is not universal, though. This story has gotten some attention at the Northwest Hiker’s forum. Contracting views appear on the HuntFishNW forum.
Accounts of the incident have appeared on various forums and in at least one newspaper, but Anderson’s narrative is somewhat chilling. She had blown an elk call about a half hour earlier, after her husband, Denny, had dropped her off on a ridge for a downhill hunt. For whatever reason, he had insisted that she carry her .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver. Both Andersons told this column that there are “a lot of wolves” in the Headquarters area. Rene said wherever she finds wolf sign, she no longer finds any elk sign.
Idaho’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan states wolves molesting or attacking livestock or domestic animals may be disposed of, and one has the right to protect oneself in self-defense.—Clearwater Tribune
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A lone wolf that size isn’t going to be discouraged by anything other than a .44 “persuader”.
He probably outweighs her.
“Can’t blame her a bit. A wild animal (especially a predator with lots of nasty sharp pointy teeth), willingly coming that close to a human being is trouble.”
Rennee is like 59 years old.
Whatever reason? How 'bout bears, wolves or to finish off a wounded elk?
We are a nation of crybabies and litigators. Totally unrecognizable to two generations removed. Pathetic.
Here are some facts about the wolves that were “re-introduced”
http://rliv.com/wolf/DailyChronicalTruth.pdf
Thanks for the help, but I see by your screen name we will have to be enemies for a few hours today. :-)
Not sure why she was out there without a sidearm, I’m sure she will from now on.
I remember all the screaming when the Nat’l Parks lifting their gun ban that nobody was obeying. If I have to use my .44 on a bear, they can come arrest me for it if they can find me. At least I lived through the encounter. Heading out into bear country unarmed is like putting on lipstick, writing “bitch” on your forehead, and parading around a prison cellblock.
My .44 mag is a Ruger Super-Redhawk, but they’re both a fine product.
I wonder if that wolf asked itself “Do I feel lucky?”
For whatever reason? Stupid article. Out there, you’re crazy NOT to do it. The “outdoorsmen” from Chicago and DC are all upset about this.
There was a reason wolves were hunted to extinction.
My uncle was telling me a bit back that he wished wolves would start showing up down where he is. Said he had never shot a wolf before. And was gittin’ tired of shooting mountain lions...
www.saveelk.org The pics there will show you what we are dealing with here in Idaho.
I guess some people think she should have let it bite her before defending herself. Plus, she had a wolf tag so I don’t see what the problem is.
May the best team win. :-)
I bet the muzzle blast from that short barrel 44 is what killed the wolf.
It seems to me that I grew up in a foreign country. The pansies have overwhelmed our culture.
Maybe a different universe.
I love wolves.
That said, if they threaten you shoot, shovel and shut-up.
Just like I do with cats! :)
I bet with a wolf bigger than she is ten feet away, she never even noticed the muzzle blast - or the recoil, or remembers hearing the sound of the shot.
But she remembers the eyes of the wolf.
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