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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Re: "Trophy Hunters."
As Ron said, there are those who collect the racks as well as eating the animal. Why, you might ask? In my case it's strictly a "memorabilia" thing, and a way for a old fart to remember some happy, but bygone days.
Much of hunting involves the cameraderie with several close friends who share similar views and interests. As a climber, do you hang out with bowlers or golfers? Skydivers tend to hang out at the airports with other jumpers, or sometimes the pilots of the jump plane.
I can understand the sentiments of the "wolf lovers," but I can deride them for their unrealistic fantasies about the "BENIGN" nature of these PREDATORS.
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monolith
climber
albany,ca
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Hunting guiding is a big part of some areas economies. Food production is hardly the goal. Paying a guide service and renting of the hunting lodge to help you get food is pretty costly. They are out there for the experience.
It's mega ironic when a cattle rancher tries to portray wolves as viscous killers when they make their livelihood from a killing industry.
Wolves can't operate guns or pop into Micky D's, so I guess that makes them vicious. Man is the top PREDATOR.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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You ever watch any of those old movies, where some guy gets "released" into the jungle, mountains, on some island and then the jungle-master, mountain-man, island-jammer hunts him down and kills him?
I never have been able to catch the look on the boss's face to see if he was having fun or not.
Course these movies are all just made up stuff.
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Looking at the Idaho Fish and Game website ...if someone buys an elk or deer tag they get a wolf tag also.
I don't hunt.... I wonder when the state will give wolf tags with fishing licenses...
How would "catch-and-release" work with a "cast-and-blast" permit.
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Mountain lions sun themselves on the cabin deck, here, occasionally...
and from time to time there's a peeping tom
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nice peeping Tom cat!
I can deride them for their unrealistic fantasies about the "BENIGN" nature of these PREDATORS Man, I was beginning to think no one would EVER comment on that! Don't take it personally, it's just bait.....
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Wyoming also has unlimited mountain lion tags available; there's a catch, though. A kill must be reported, and the "season" is prone to changing after the "quota" has filled. They're here at my ranch, and I've seen tracks but never an animal.
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crasic
climber
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Paying a guide service and renting of the hunting lodge to help you get food is pretty costly.
And then there are Ted Nugent's "hunting safari's" where the dress the animal up in a tutu for you to make the shot easier. Certainly not for fun AMIRITE!
just to clarify, I have nothing against hunting as I've done it before, I love fishing, and I'm a target archer as well, I just see it for what it is in the first world another recreational activity. Just like climbing/hiking/backpacking. And in the same vein "gun nuts" and "gun collectors" aren't the epitome of american patriotism and reeking of hardman that they think they are, they are hobbyists in the same way that a kid collecting yu-gi-oh cards is.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Nov 14, 2012 - 01:23pm PT
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associated press
SPOKANE, Wash. — The state Fish and Wildlife Department spent nearly $77,000 to kill seven wolves in a pack that had been preying on cattle in Stevens County in northeast Washington.Only one wolf was killed in a 39-day ground hunt that cost nearly $55,000. The other six wolves were killed in a four-day period in September using a helicopter and a marksman that cost $22,000.The Spokesman-Review reports ( http://is.gd/1UlKN8); the cost was disclosed in a letter the Department of Fish and Wildlife sent to state Sen. Kevin Ranker of Orcas Island, chairman of the legislative committee overseeing the department.Ranker has criticized the decision to kill the Wedge pack and is planning a legislative hearing next year.
Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/11/14/2170402/killing-ne-washington-wolf-pack.html#storylink=cpy
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