IDAHO WOLF DANGER
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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Yes any wolf, bear or mountain lion that gets within 10 ft of me is going to be taking on lead. Its highly unusual for a wild animal to come anywhere near a human.
My fiancee’ is from out West and he used to be a govt bounty hunter. He has hunted mountain lion, coyotes, wolves, pigs, prairie dogs you name it. He says with mountain lions you stalk them up the ridge all day and then they stalk you down the ridge all afternoon. But at least you can spot them.
He says hunting a wolf is like following a grey ghost. One afternoon he was coming off a ridge and he felt like something was following him so he was backing down toward his vehicle and he could hear the crunch crunch crunch out in the trees and there were about 5-6 wolves following him. He said you can never catch more than a glimpse of them and the darker it got the closer they came. He finally got into his truck and left ASAP.
Wolf advocates are just eco-Leftists who should be a rubber room. Leftists love predators whether the animal kind or the human.
I guess the wolf thought he was feeling lucky!
It may have been looking for an elk. Best way to find a bear during elk season around here is to work a cow elk call. And good camo messes with canines as well as elk. Not disputing her claim...she was there.
It’ll be interesting to see what the reaction of these Leftist nutjobs is when a hiker, biker, or a child gets killed one of these big dogs. The crickets will probably be chirping for a while and then the victim will probably be blamed. Then there will probably be calls by the Leftists to get people to move away from those areas.
The environmentalist don't agree.
I think some testing is in order to be able to determine who is right.
Question: should we allow the volunteer guinea pig environmentalist a bow?
The kids and I are reading White Fang. What you are saying reminds me of the first couple of chapters.
“Do you feel lucky, pup ?”
The little woman had a bear and its babies come out on her once , deer hunting, she shot the hell out of a bunch of trees.
If I see any Mountain Lions, Bears or Coyotes. I eliminate the threat BEFORE it comes on to our side of the fence.
Just remember to use Sabot rounds.
Environmentalist who object to this should be locked inside a fenced area with a pack of hungry wolves and see how harmless they think they are!
This is the endgame. The wildlands project and Agenda 21 are all about herding people into cities where they can be controlled. If the environazis have their way, your future includes living in an apartment building similar to Cabrini Green.
But for all the talk about how protected they are in lower 48, they sure are not protected in Alaska, just too dang many of them.
Ping to an incident that you first brought to our attention, IIRC.
Now you may "Having spend a few minutes hunting..", but you are oblivious as to how effective bowhunting can be.
Check the cable TV hunting channels any day of the week, and you will see bow hunters get their elk.
As for hitting the wolf a non-fatal head shot...it's quite easy on a straight-on shot to be off center and only take a long slice out. I did the exact thing many years ago on a charging hog...the 44 mag hit his cheek and ear, but it only cut him up, but it did turn him, and I was able to get a side shot and finish him.
It sounds to me as though your hunting experience was indeed limited to "a few minutes".
Not Guilty!
Wrong little one, I have taken about 8 bucks with a 44 mag, I know very well what they do, and those people you watch on tv are normally on game ranches. But my old rusty pre 64 winchester 100 is what I normally kill deer with. You do not hunt elk in open country on foot if you want to kill one, you ambush them are you use a blind, are a tree stand. Now get a life. Open as in a none fenced game ranch.
Good to see you posting, Jeff! And a why-I-carry BTT.
“You do not hunt elk in open country on foot if you want to kill one, you ambush them are you use a blind, are a tree stand. Now get a life. Open as in a none fenced game ranch.”
I do. Much of Idaho is lots of open sage and elk are killed all the time. And it isn’t on fenced game ranches. The last cow I killed, while still hunting, I shot from 40 yards, but had to wait until the 6X6 standing ten feet in front of me stepped aside to give me a clear shot. The wife and I were in a herd of 100, surrounded. I guess you gotta know how to still hunt.
Now, to refer you to the article posted above...
“About an hour after starting her hunt, she was making her way through some brush and she spotted the wolf at about the same moment it spotted her.”
Is brush open country or not?
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