RMEF Warns of Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Ballot Initiative

[Irving]

I feel comfortable walking back my statement that people are morons for hating wolves in general. I will comment on the elk heard number in Montana though as it was specifically addressed in the podcast I posted. Two bad winters killed 80% of that elk population, which was apparently above average, not wolves. That quoted sentence is misleading because wolves may well be the biggest predator of elk, but it wasn't wolves that killed 14,000 elk in two years.

The other thing that podcast mentions is that cats kill elk as well, and there are just as many or more cats, but no one cares about them because they've always been there. People tend to attribute any and every change to whatever is the newest factor in the equation.

[Irving]

Basically from what I've gathered listening to a bunch of different podcasts with wild life biologists is that winter kills more of everything than wolves do. Wolves are like 1911's in WWI and winter is like the mud.

[Bailey Guns]

double tap

[Bailey Guns]

That quoted sentence is misleading because wolves may well be the biggest predator of elk, but it wasn't wolves that killed 14,000 elk in two years.

Yep...fair enough. I meant that as proof of the declining elk population in general but didn't make it clear by inserting that quote where I did.

[sniper7]

I believe the first documented wolf was vowed right where 16th street mall is currently at. So that is where the first ones should be released.

Second was in of all places in downtown boulder.


I say let em loose with those guidelines!

[Irving]

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Instagram page just posted photos of a collared wolf in Jackson County that they say their biologists are working to verify. They also say there have been reports of a sighting in Grand County.

[CapLock]

Thats a 200.00 coyote to the fur buyer. Like always just kidding.

[Irving]

Can see pictures here. https://www.instagram.com/p/BztG-e4he0G/
Shouldn't have to log in or anything.

[TheSparkens]

We were up in the Kenosha's about 5 years ago and saw what we were positive was a wolf and when we were on our way down we ran into a ranger. This is how my buddy approached the conversation.
My buddy: Hey we saw a wolf about two miles up the hill.
Ranger: There is no wolf in Colorado.
My buddy: Cool then you won't mind if when I see it again that I shoot it because I can take a hybrid.
Ranger: In a very stern voice said " I wouldn't advise you to shoot that wolf or you will have a big problem with me " now can I see your ID's and licenses, please.
We found it a bit odd that he said don't shoot that wolf just after telling us there was no wolf in Colorado.

[.455_Hunter]

Pretty sure one of the Yellowstone females got hit on I-70 in Idaho Springs not too long after re-introduction. That got swept under the rug pretty quick.