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Too bad fur prices didnt go up. these things would have less of a chance of happening.
Youd think the "open minded" folks at the Nat Geographic would mention things like that.
redrover

I agree WHACKER1,

It is very complex to some...
Because they did not grow up in a rural area, but because they watched the Discovery Channel they are an expert in game management. Yet they have to hire an exterminator to take care of a mouse in their house.
Worse yet, we have relatives who grew up rurally, but never hunted and if they did, it was half-heartedly, and never successful. They hate hunting. They do not enjoy the outdoors, though they claim to. They move away to an urban area and get into discussions with other urban people who have even less experience and come back for a visit with their B.S. opinions. They are the kind of people who have ideas like sharpshooters or birth control and not hunters for overpopulated wild game. I offer to bring them shooting and they get wide eyed and act like I am offering to take them to meet satan. The closest they will get to the predator/prey relationship is a car/deer accident. The closest they will get to gathering is a trip to walmart.
The best thing you can hope for is to be there when they open their mouths and stay cool and knowing with your points and facts because every time you encounter them you have to win and be credible. Wolves aren't a problem, they are a huntable species, that if properly managed like Whitetails and Wild turkeys, will be just fine. But as long as the urban naturalist expert crowd tries to manage wolves with checkbook payments to anti-hunting organizations, the wolf will ultimately suffer the consequences when numbers grow too large and an elderly person or human child is hurt or killed.
Redrover

You'd have to walk your dog  in Central Park using a Penn Reel with a star drag and a steel leader just to handle the strike as they took of with Fifi into heavy cover
lol
Redrover

Hey Whacker,
Over here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan things aren't so hot either.
The feds tried to delist the wolves as they are beginning to overpopulate and cause problems (eating dogs and livestock). The antihunters took it back to court proving they dont care about the survival of the wolves at all. The only thing they care about is controlling you and stop you from hunting.

The wolves are beginning to cause real problems here and most people I talk to are fed up with the anti-hunters lack of care for wolves by allowing them not to be managed and are waiting for the wolves to hurt a child or older person then I imagine most will take the matter into their own hands very quickly so it will not be possible to prosecute.

And the wolf population will be back where it started. None.
Right where the Anti hunters mismanaged it to.

I personally think the wolves should be released closer to large urban areas so the people in the cities behind anti hunting can see first hand while fifi gets the chop.

Owoooooooooooooo!

redrover

How do they taste?

I cant wait. Ive been scouting for deer and coyote while deer season is in progress.
Deer Season ends here in Michigan on the 30th of November and each day I've been seeing more and more coyotes , bobcat tracks—and one wolf (I saw him one evening, SMART!), but we have to leave him alone. I've never had a wolf come to the call anyway.
I havent hunted these coyote spots for a an entire year and boy did they fill up With big nice, prime coyotes.
I'm ready, my calls are ready, my gun is ready, my allergy medicine for coyotes is ready, my skinning knife is ready.
Oh boy!
Redrover

The Story Is At This Link
http://www.idahopress.com/art/photos/wolfattack.jpg

Here is the link to the story:

http://www.idahopress.com/articles/2006/06/08/news/news3.txt


Check out this food for thought—or should I say wolves?

Redrover

Thats why they call it hunting foxes and not shooting foxes.
Imagine if a tennis player or golfer had to put up with the climate changes and conditions you encounter.

They would quit and take up TV watching.

Redrover

Well, the results are in!
We got 27 coyotes between 3 hunters in a years time.

Last year while hunting we saw little to no yearlings with the does. This year with clear sailing for the fawns we had double fawns with nearly alll the does.
The coyote hunting got a lot harder with a lot less tracks in this area.

Looks like it may work to control predators in a given area.

i'll keep you posted

Redrover

Go to varmintal.com. They've got .17 testing—with photos.
Redrover

My brother picked up a 17 and it's taken out two of the bigger coyotes i've seen like its no one's business without damage to the fur, but we have woody, hilly terrain so your shot is rarely beyond 60 yards. if you have close shooting I'd say its ok, but  anything in the open beyond 100 and your just asking for extra tracking practice.

Redrover

A felow from work brought this bullet in. It micrometers out to .50", has a primer, Any ideas?
(see photos)

thanks,
Redrover

if you've got the money get a Foxpro I bought a  phantom pro call that couldn't produce, and although they were great on customer service it never quite worked right.

The Foxpro always works, and the remote works from way out.
My brother just picked up the new model and its super.

But as Daryl said; mouthcalls are the superior way to go—total control.

Redrover

A lot of guys tell me they wouldn't use the .17 for this or that and thats fine, but my brother bought one for coyotes and never looked back.
I would want to get hit by one at any range It'd probably kill me! LOL

Wow! Those 17s work on everything!