*GRAPHIC* DAMN WOLVES! (Not my dogs)

[Marshall]

This is what happened to a good friend of mine and a fellow Bgh member. This is horrible and i believe that it needs to be shared so that people can see the devistation that these wolves cause. I dont even know what to say after reading this and seeing these pics. Please pass this on.



I'm mad. And not just a little mad either. Three of the best bear hounds I've ever been lucky enough to own, were killed by federally funded terrorists. Wolves did this while I was bear hunting scarcely ten miles from my house. My dogs were ran down and stretched from end to end. Torn apart with slashing teeth, their skin ripped off in chunks and ate, along with their guts, bones and every other piece they could rip apart before I was able to get to the scene of this ugly crime and run them away. I could smell the dogs before I found them. I could smell the blood and the guts and the death. Ruby had been killed first, there wasn't much left of her. A bare spine was all that held together her front and her hind end. They'd chewed many of her ribs off, down to the backbone. As for Candy, they'd only just begun on her, tearing into her side and chest cavity, guts and organs pulled out onto the ground. They hadn't had a chance to eat much of her before I arrived. She was gruesomely contorted, silently conveying the horrible way she died by the teeth of those wolves. I found Josey 700 yards away. The wolves had tore him up really bad but he was still alive. Although he was rushed to the vet, he died of his wounds. So there it is. All of this took place in no more than fifteen or twenty minutes from the time the wolves came in on my dogs while they were trailing a bear. I couldn't have gotten there any quicker.



As I sat beside my two dead hounds on the hillside I looked out over the beauty of the mountains and the bright blue, cloudless sky. I could hear birds singing and the rustling of the wind as it rolled through the pines. It was a beautiful day but the wolves had put a bloody stain on the land and made these mountains ugly to me. In the Clearwater country of Idaho, where I grew up hunting and running hounds, there is now an uneasiness. All the land can feel it and I can feel it too. This whole scene sickened me and galvanized my deep, deep disdain for the wolf.



Some people seem to think that houndsmen treat their hounds more like a tool than a dog. I assure you that this is not the case. These dogs, that the wolves ate, were part of my family. From the time they were born, they spent a lot of time in the house, sometimes sleeping on the couch or maybe on the dogbed beside my recliner in the living room. I couldn't move without them making sure they could come along with me. They were glad to see me arrive home from work, and they didn't like it when I left them home. These hounds were just the same as anyone else's pet, like your pet, a true part of the family. These dogs didn't deserve to die in such a gruesome way, being torn apart and eaten while they were still alive. No dog does.



What really makes me angry is those who would say that it's a risk that all houndsman take when they unclip the dogs; that by turning our hounds loose, we are putting them in harms way and by doing so we somehow value our dogs less than other dog owners. Houndsman, and the the hounds we hunt with, share the same fundamental yearning in our soul to pursue the wild places. You can't force a hound to chase after a bear or cougar, it's been bred into them for thousands of years. We all realize that there are many inherent dangers when it comes to bear or cougar hunting, however, prior to 1995, having our hounds killed by wolves was not one of those dangers. It was then that this exotic species was introduced to Idaho. The wolves are killing these dogs only because they are occupying the same space. And, frankly these wolves shouldn't be in these mountains in the first place. My dogs are dead, and the fault doesn't lie with the hound or the houndsmen. It lies squarely with the wolves who killed and ate my dogs, and with those who supported, and continue to support, the introduction of this exotic species into an area where it had never roamed before. Never roamed, because the timber wolf that inhabited this area many years ago was a much smaller sub-species than the Canadian grey that we are now plagued with.

[rfeen]

That is terrible and im so sorry that this happend it makes me sick i run in some really populated wolf country and have been lucky, i hate the wolves and i know one day in my lifetime people will be begging us to get rid of them when they move into town and start killing and then maybe people will think twice for what they have done, the wolves will ruin our wildlife and our live stock and my way of life and thats what a lot of people dont realize, it will become a huge problem hell it already is a huge problem. i feel for you and i hope all is well for you

[timothy]

That is insane... luckily here in Utah we dont have wolves... they are all large coyotes

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Soory to here that. What a mess. You should contact the local media and share the photos with the general public. I live with a pile of wolves here and have been lucky only loosing one dog. I hope something can be done.

[muzzy]

thats the worst thing ive ever seen on here it makes me sick to think about it i think if that was me i would be in jail and there would be a few less wolves around cause i would lose it my deepest condolences to your friend nobody should have to see there dogs like that

[Idaho]

These were my dogs and this is what happened to me on September 19th, 2011. It happened ten miles northeast of Headquarters, Idaho on Deadhorse Mountain. So, if you are hunting the Clearwater country in north central Idaho, please be careful... the wolves will kill your dogs.

Thank you Marshall for posting this, I was headed in that direction but you beat me to it.

[savage]

Shane, i'm so sorry to hear of your misfortune. I hope you can thin down them hound murderers. Keep your chin up and pull thru this buddy. Paul

[dereel208]

OKAY hound guys. I live and hunt in this region of IDAHO. Pratically my back yard of hunting as it was for Shane. This year we got a chance to make a dent in our problem and the IDFG isn't putting a qouta on them, so if we are really concerned about the future of Hound hunting in Idaho, this is our chance. The Anti's aint ever gonna stop. Nor will they ever run out of money. We should all be looking at this as, THE YEAR, to take back out hunting rights from these 4 Legged critters. Predator Calling, Snaring, etc! Don't be the guy sitting on the couch next spring wondering if other hunters took advantage of this opportunity. Be the guy out there making a dent, as far as I'm concerned we couldn't have enough guys out there working these damn things over this year. Get involved, get off the sidelines. Tell me the last time the American Hunter has ever been given a chance to right a wrong such as this?

Thanks
Dan

[ferjr]

I am very sorry to hear about that Shane. I knew these dogs, that makes me sick just to think of how they died! We had a bear bayed up the other day, when I went in to the dogs I passed a fresh wolf killed deer, it still had red meat on the back bone, probably killed that morning. It wasnt but about 500 yards from where my hounds were. All I could think of was to get to my dogs and get them out of there in a hurry. I had already heard about Shane's hounds being killed a day or two earlier. We wasnt hunting in the same area as Shane but was hunting Clearwater County, this place is infested with these damn things!

[Grzyadms4x4]

Dan, How much is it for out of state tags and license?

Zach

[dan kluthe]

Marshall

I feel for you and your buddy, but I regretfully don't know the correct response. This would NOT HAPPEN if 'country' people, which are very different than 'city' people, were able to plan and manage the country. Look at the darn blue/red states, or, for a more precise description, the blue/red counties: In politics - the conservatives (which are the 'Leave me alone' people), carry the countryside, while the liberals (the Hollywood's) carry the cities. It is our paid entertainers that CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC pander to - the RATINGS - the excitement. And that is why our Hollywood idiots have such a big voice in politics, and that is exactly where the wolf re-introduction has come from. [I apologize to those very, very few Hollywood conservatives - Charleton Heston, Ronald Reagan, I sure wish you were still with us.]

USA's predominate population, city bred and raised people, want to make their impact on the U.S. Regretfully, all they know is what their city bred and raised teachers have taught them - Disneyland's Bambi!!!

It's like Bill Brockman said: "The Republic can survive a President Obama, who is after all, only a fool, the Republic is less likely to survive the multitude of fools who made him their president." It is the TYPE of people that feel free to force their beliefs onto others.

Aw, I'm rambling, I know, but that is the situation we're in. During mountain man, cowboy (the rancher), times, wolves were eliminated so that the new breed of predator (us) could take over and manage the woods and plains to fit the desires of the people moving into the woods and the plains. Now, air conditioned city people are hiring Hollywood idiots to publicize their dictates for our woods and plains. ASK THEM!! They just know what is best for us.

It is America's new attitude - "Government - What can you do to help me?"

[dereel208]

Non Resident Wolf tags are $31.75, not too bad considering, a wolf hide could bring a guy 400 to 500 bucks if sold!

[ferjr]

[BlacktailStalker]

Thats a tough one to swallow.

[nuttybuddy]

Just got news that Steve Schilling had two fine hounds killed last Saturday near Camp 58 up out of Harpster, Idaho. He and his family and friends have been especially hard hit by this out of control wolf situation......they had five killed in one whack just a couple years ago. Something has to be done. Anyone with any realistic ideas on what to do? Greg