Hunters take a look, got my first wolf tonight!

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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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Well, this isn't what I was hunting but, he charged me from the brush.

I barely had time to raise my weapon and fire.



Nothing went to waste.
It ended up on my table and it tasted like.....soup.

The shell made for a nice helmet and now I can buy a motorcycle.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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Red ears can carry salmonella, therefore it posed a threat to you.

The one I have in my basement is a mean sucker
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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Take a look at some video and see a wolf take a newborne calf that hasn't even been detached from its mother and see if you feel the same way. This happens quite often. Also, wolves do not only take the weak and young, there are countless video's of wolves taking large bull moose, caribou and other animals. They are also known for killing and leaving the dead without eating it. Wolves don't kill a few animals, each pack is capable of killing dozens upon dozens of big game animals annually.

I didn't come here to argue the fact that killing a wolf in an area that has a sustainable yeild is right or wrong. The State of Alaska Dep't of Fish and Game wants wolves to be taken. There are too many, plain and simple. This is why they have implemented aerial wolf killings in areas where moose and caribou populations have been desimated so badly that the only people who can continue to hunt there are the villagers, and even they are limited. They have also initiated baiting for grizzly bears in areas where the grizzly's are taking their toll as well. We have to have predator management in Alaska, and it doesn't just happen by itself.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 05RoushMarkLT
We have to have predator management in Alaska, and it doesn't just happen by itself.
I'm sorry, but that's a incorrect statement. Nature took care of itself long before anyone but the native people inhabited Alaska. Management needs today are a result of man's intervention and man's needs which aren't exactly natural.

If the herds are that far gone, then obviously the answer is to stop hunting except for the native people.
 

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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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Congratulations, I think...


Personally, I wouldn't have killed a wolf, or any animal (That I didn't plan to eat) that wasn't threatening me, my family, or my dogs.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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Huntin’ is a sport as much as football & Nascar. It’s easy to hate something ya don’t understand. I’m sure it’s the thrill of just being outdoors more so than the kill of an animal. I know when I used to hunt it wasn’t as much as the kill as it was just getting outdoors away from everyone else. I found out I had more fun gettin' to my secret huntin' spot than I had huntin' That’s pretty much the reason I picked up 4 wheelin’ & muddin’ and stopped my huntin’ still carry around a gun just in case I run across that big *** sasquatch looking’ basturd he’s goin’ down!!
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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Personally, I wouldn't have killed a wolf, or any animal
What about one of those Texas Jackalopes?
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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Huntin’ is a sport as much as football & Nascar. It’s easy to hate something ya don’t understand. I’m sure it’s the thrill of just being outdoors more so than the kill of an animal. I know when I used to hunt it wasn’t as much as the kill as it was just getting outdoors away from everyone else. I found out I had more fun gettin' to my secret huntin' spot than I had huntin' That’s pretty much the reason I picked up 4 wheelin’ & muddin’ and stopped my huntin’ still carry around a gun just in case I run across that big *** sasquatch looking’ basturd he’s goin’ down!!
I doubt that the animal sees the sport in it.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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What about one of those Texas Jackalopes?
Oh, well, that's different!
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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Oh, well, that's different!
I wonder how many people are thinking what the heck is a Jackalope!!
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 05RoushMarkLT
Take a look at some video and see a wolf take a newborne calf that hasn't even been detached from its mother and see if you feel the same way. This happens quite often. Also, wolves do not only take the weak and young, there are countless video's of wolves taking large bull moose, caribou and other animals. They are also known for killing and leaving the dead without eating it. Wolves don't kill a few animals, each pack is capable of killing dozens upon dozens of big game animals annually.

I didn't come here to argue the fact that killing a wolf in an area that has a sustainable yeild is right or wrong. The State of Alaska Dep't of Fish and Game wants wolves to be taken. There are too many, plain and simple. This is why they have implemented aerial wolf killings in areas where moose and caribou populations have been desimated so badly that the only people who can continue to hunt there are the villagers, and even they are limited. They have also initiated baiting for grizzly bears in areas where the grizzly's are taking their toll as well. We have to have predator management in Alaska, and it doesn't just happen by itself.


nice hunt
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 05RoushMarkLT
I've been trying for years to get one, and finally connected tonight. My only other opportunity was 2 or 3 years ago when I shot right over ones back. I got a lone male, 6 foot long and 70 pounds, so probably an up and coming adolescent that the alpha male in the pack felt threatened by and ran off. A single shot through the heart and lungs with my .223 put him down in less than 5 seconds.

If your not into this sort of stuff, click the back button before the pictures download. For the rest of you... enjoy. Sorry about the shots being blurry, not sure why that is happening.





Maybe it's alredy been asked but. Do you eat dogs?
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 05RoushMarkLT
Take a look at some video and see a wolf take a newborne calf that hasn't even been detached from its mother and see if you feel the same way. This happens quite often. Also, wolves do not only take the weak and young, there are countless video's of wolves taking large bull moose, caribou and other animals. They are also known for killing and leaving the dead without eating it. Wolves don't kill a few animals, each pack is capable of killing dozens upon dozens of big game animals annually.

I didn't come here to argue the fact that killing a wolf in an area that has a sustainable yeild is right or wrong. The State of Alaska Dep't of Fish and Game wants wolves to be taken. There are too many, plain and simple. This is why they have implemented aerial wolf killings in areas where moose and caribou populations have been desimated so badly that the only people who can continue to hunt there are the villagers, and even they are limited. They have also initiated baiting for grizzly bears in areas where the grizzly's are taking their toll as well. We have to have predator management in Alaska, and it doesn't just happen by itself.
I see where your coming from. And I'm not arguing with you I'm just having a coversation with you as if we were having a beer some where.

A couple of buddies of mine work for the Ministry of Natural Resources in the fish and wildlife dept and wolves often get labeled as cold blooded murderers and they are not at all. I've seen lots of documentries on them on the Discovery Chanell. Plus I live out in the country where we do have Timber Wolves.

And it's not the wolves fault that a new born calf gets away from the mother and gets attacked? They are looking for the easy take down. Nature can be curel but then again its natures way. The cycle of life.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Raoul
Well, this isn't what I was hunting but, he charged me from the brush.

I barely had time to raise my weapon and fire.



Nothing went to waste.
It ended up on my table and it tasted like.....soup.

The shell made for a nice helmet and now I can buy a motorcycle.
Sorry, but I've been reading some of your post lately and laughing at all of them. Your nutzs
 
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Old Dec 4, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 6T6CPE
What about one of those Texas Jackalopes?
Nah, they explode into some kind of fluff when you shoot them, and they don't have any meat on them anyway.
 
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