WOLF WATCH

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If a wolf was a person he would be a cross between George Clooney and Hannibal Lecter.  Handsome, romantic and even charming, but a stone cold serial killer.  Wolves were introduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, but did you know that Yellowstone National Park was not traditional wolf habitat.  100 years ago there were virtually no wolves in YNP.

Over the past 19 years wolves have decimated the elk herd in South Western Montana.  A herd of over 20,000 animals is now down to an estimated number less then 4000.    The bulls no longer bugle in the fall for fear that they will attract wolves.  Elk hunting has always been hard, but now public land hunting it is next to impossible to fill your tag.  Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks elk permits have declined 90% in the area, and it is speculated that over the next few years the general elk hunting season will be suspended in the area for lack of animals.  Today there are an estimated 650 wolves in Montana, each wolf will kill on average 25 to 30 elk per year.  Do the math!

Don’t get me wrong I am not saying the Wolves don’t have the right to exist, because they do, but we need to be more aggressive in controlling them.  For that reason every hunter going into wolf territory should purchase a wolf permit, and do their part in controlling the wolves.

Stay tuned for more Wolf news and articles.



 Wolves kill llamas near Butte

A pack of wolves killed eight llamas in the Basin Creek area southeast of Butte last month.

John Steuber, state director of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, said three llamas were confirmed wolf kills. The other five are considered probable.

“It was all in the same area,” he said. “The five were older but it was pretty clear they were all killed by wolves.”

Steuber said wolf, mountain lion and grizzly bear depredations of livestock take place all the time across the state.
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“It’s not extraordinary,” he said.

But what was a little uncommon about this incident is that wolves don’t normally kill multiple livestock animals at once.

“Most commonly, they get one kill at a time,” Steuber said.

Even so, Jeff LeFever, who lives off Basin Creek Road, said he is worried about his own animals, as well as hikers, bikers and other recreationists in the area. LeFever said the wolves are hanging around Basin Creek Reservoir.

But Nathan Lance, Fish, Wildlife and Parks wolf biologist, said wolf attacks on humans are rare.

He says that if people have concerns about potential encounters they should carry pepper spray. But he said, “there are greater risks out there.”

“I work with wolves in the field, I trap them, I work by myself, I don’t carry a gun or pepper spray,” Lance said. “My biggest concern with humans (and wolf encounters) is their dogs.”

Lance said that if a person does meet a wolf, the best strategy is to stand tall, act aggressively, throw rocks, and slowly back away.

Steuber listed off the animals people in the Basin Creek area might want to do their best to protect, given the wolves’ presence: dogs, cats, sheep, calves or other small animals.

Also, the wolves will be killed, Steuber said.