From: mrein3@cfsmo.honeywell.com (Matt Rein #3)
Subject: Re: Wolves! They're back?
Date: 23 Dec 92 10:02:35 CST
Originator: hunting@osnome.che.wisc.edu


> In article <1992Dec17.092550.24754@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, cavallar@cyber.net
(Mark A Cavallaro) writes:
> |> The latest issue of Western Outdoors has a lengthy article on the pros
> |> and not many cons of reintroducing wolves in the west.
> |> Any of you folks read it, or care to open a thread on this subject?
> |>
> |> Mark Cavallaro
> |> cavallar@cyber.net
> |>
> |> BTW - I am still searching for a truck - as carefully as all of you
advised.
> |> I feel a whole bunch more confident I will get what I need. Many Thanks.
> |>
>
> i wish they would.  would complete the food chain.  however that
> means much less hunting for humans, which is ok w/ me.
>
> i respect the wolf for being the master hunter that s/he is.
>
> as a side note, in alt.wolves, there was a thread about Alaska
> slaugthering wolves from helicopters to supposely increase
> the caribou population.  this is supposed to attract more human
> hunters for economic gain.  this in itself is pretty sad.
> however, they've been tagging wolves w/ radio collars to make
> the tracking much easier when they do decide to do this.
>
> as a human species, have we really lowered ourselves to this
> level?
>
> marciano pitargue@cisco.com
>

Reintroduce wolves out west?!?  I thing THEY are a little too late.  A friend
of mine saw one four years ago while running a pack trip near DuBois, WY.
I know, I know, everybody reading this is saying, "Ha that idiot seen a
coyote, he thinks its a wolf!"  Well, he's seen more timber wolves than most
people have seen coyotes (coyotes are called brush wolves in MN wolf
country).  Even I accused him of seeing a brush wolf.  He says, "Well if
that was a brush wolf, it was the biggest #&*$%^! brush wolf I ever seen".
Nobody believes the story out there except for another guy that spends
a lot of time out in the mountains and has seen them also.  He says
people out there hate wolves so bad he is glad they don't believe his
story; they would shoot them on site.  (Like some of the local yokals
up north here in MN do)
BTW, we hunt deer in and out of wolf country here in MN.  The hunting is
the same in both places as far as I can tell.  We also have a special fund
set up here to pay farmers for any livestock loss from the wolves.
As far as I'm concerned, there is nothing more exciting than seeing a wolf
out in the wild or hearing thier calls at night.  They are BIG this time
of year.
Side bar story:
  Two years ago a friend bought some property about half way up the north
  shore and about 10 miles inland.  On one of his first trips up to see his
  new land he brought a chain saw with to start to cut in a road.  He drove
  in as far as he could, grabbed the chainsaw and walked in the rest of the
  way unarmed.  After cutting wood for a while he seen a pack of wolves down
  at the end of the lake looking at him.  The wolves split up and walked
  towards him along the woods on each side of the lake.  After a few seconds
  he thought that it was wierd and started to go back to the truck.  He got
  to the truck about 100 yards in front of the wolves.  He now carries a
  sidearm when he goes back there.
  As far as I know there has never been a wolf attack against a human
  in Minnesota but I thought this was interesting.

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- Matt Rein
- mrein3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM


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