Posted: 4/15/2009 7:18:27 PM EDT
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Bumped into this on the GD http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=860563
Not sure how many of you hunt Deer or Elk in the eastern part of the state, but getting lost in the woods for a night just got a whole lot more exciting. Quoted:
Wolves kill 19 lambs on Oregon ranch; culprits caught on camera http://www.2news.tv/news/local/43057717.html BAKER CITY, Ore. — Wolf experts confirmed wolves killed 19 lambs on an Eastern Oregon ranch in the Keating Valley. Michelle Dennehy with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said experts with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have confirmed the lambs were killed by wolfs. A remote camera captured this scene of the wolves. It's the first documented case of a rancher losing livestock to wolves in Oregon since the animals returned to the state. Curt Jacobs (above) said the lambs on his ranch were killed, not eaten. (Photo courtesy S. John Collins/Baker City Herald) Russ Morgan, the department's wolf coordinator, says paw tracks shaped like those of a canine were found on the ranch, too big to belong to a coyote but not quite so large as some wolf tracks found in a nearby forest. Rancher Curt Jacobs told the Baker City Herald newspaper most of the lambs were killed but not eaten. The last reported bounty on a wolf in Oregon was paid in 1946 for a wolf killed on the Umpqua National Forest, Dennehy said. Last July, wildlife officials confirmed the existence of a wolf pack with pups in a forested area of northern Union County, north of where the lamb were killed place. This was the first evidence of a wolf pack and wolf reproduction in Oregon, Dennehy said. A collared wolf was detected in the state in January 2008. Wolves started returning to Oregon from packs in Idaho in 1999, when a wolf dubbed B-45 crossed the Snake River into Baker County. In May 2000, a wolf was found dead on Interstate 84 east of Baker City. The wolf had been hit by traffic. Later that year, an uncollared wolf was found shot to death near Ukiah, east of Baker City. Wolves remain on the federal endangered species list but are scheduled to be de-listed in the eastern third of Oregon on May 4. This story will be updated as more information becomes available. The Associated Press contributed to this report. http://images.bimedia.net/images/090415wolves470.jpg |
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Yeah this isn't really "new" news...although that story is. ODFW has been telling hunters to keep a look out for wolves while hunting for a few years now. Specifically...knowing your target while coyote hunting.
Non-the-less thanks for the post, interesting read. |
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Wolves have been seen in John Day and as far west as Dufur. Possibly further. |
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Can't substantiate the claim, however, an old rancher I knew claimed to see wolves in the Crescent area, and that has been more than 15 years ago.Being a rancher, out with his livestock and the wildlife all the time, you would think that he might know the difference between a yote and a wolf, I had a lot of respect for the man.
and of course it has already been said, practice the three S's |
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Shoot Shovel Shut the fuck up Something about the Federal Endangered Species Act. :) Quoted:
What are the 3 S's? +1  I had not heard of the three S's. At one time the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife flatly stated that there were no wolves in Eastern Oregon, only 140# Coyotes.
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Shoot Shovel Shut the fuck up Something about the Federal Endangered Species Act. :) Quoted:
What are the 3 S's? +1 I had not heard of the three S's. At one time the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife flatly stated that there were no wolves in Eastern Oregon, only 140# Coyotes.
Sig - that was my point in posting the article. I think it was a year or two ago when they finally added "be careful when shooting coyotes" in the regs. As a foot note - I see we have Moose in Oregon - according to ODFW. |
We actually had Moose here in the Mill Creek Watershed back in '94. A "hunter" from the valley accidentally shot a cow moose during Elk season (I put hunter in " to emphasis that anyone who is hunting should know what their quarry looks like) . As far as I know there is a herd of approximately 12-15 living up in the hills near here. I'm glad to see it, maybe someday we can have a Moose season here.
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We actually had Moose here in the Mill Creek Watershed back in '94. A "hunter" from the valley accidentally shot a cow moose during Elk season (I put hunter in " to emphasis that anyone who is hunting should know what their quarry looks like) . As far as I know there is a herd of approximately 12-15 living up in the hills near here. I'm glad to see it, maybe someday we can have a Moose season here.Mill Creek? Not familiar with it. I googled it, showed it as near Mt. Jefferson. I'm with you on hopes for a Moose season - my relatives in Onterio, CN send me pics of their moose - unreal. Here's their '06 hunt. 
They don't look that big until they are up! 
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| NIce Moose! Mill Creek is a tributary of the Walla Walla River in NE Oregon/Washington. It crosses the stateline approximately 6 miles East of Walla Walla and then dumps into the Walla Walla River downstream about 7 miles or so. Try looking for Skyline road or Government Mountain. Skyline follows along the watershed for several miles. |
| I hunt on the ranch that those lambs were killed on, the ranches around it, and the BLM ground above it. My brother in law and I saw a big black wolf running through a pasture up above that ranch during elk season last year. We ran into a couple of fish and wildlife guys while we were out and told them about the wolf. They proceeded to tell us that it must have just been a big dark colored coyote. We both laughed out loud at them, and were " Uh huh, okay!" As a matter of fact, my father in law shot his bull not a mile from that feed lot that the lambs were killed in. |
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NIce Moose! Mill Creek is a tributary of the Walla Walla River in NE Oregon/Washington. It crosses the stateline approximately 6 miles East of Walla Walla and then dumps into the Walla Walla River downstream about 7 miles or so. Try looking for Skyline road or Government Mountain. Skyline follows along the watershed for several miles. That makes more sense. Great country. We're going over to Imnaha for deer this year - long drive, but sure is nice country. SSS FTW |
