Like I said, I could be wrong. :-)
I have been, and remain, a staunch and enthusiastic supporter of the effort to
reintroduce the red wolf into the Smokies.
http://www.great.smoky.mountains.national-park.com/info.htm#wolf
I actually saw one about dusk one day in late October in Cade's Cove a few
years ago. I was, as usual, too surprised and too slow to get a shot -- a
photograph, I mean. Anyway, it was far away and I would've needed at least a
500mm lens and ASA 4000 film for it to be distinguisable from somebody's stray
hound.
Your gray wolves are more dangerous perhaps. Anyway, I'm a great admirer of
the wolf, and so I ask, what's the big deal about them scarfing up the
occasional human? If there's one species on this planet that's not endangered,
it's them. And I know several that nobody would miss.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: "James McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
>
> In spite of what wolf proponents claim, wolves do eat people. Their victims
> usually don't tell on them because they are a little bit dead. They recently
> killed a man in Montana. I know people that have been menaced by wolves but
> they did not actually attack. They are creatures of opportunity and will
> kill and eat anything that presents itself. Wolves are the moose's only real
> enemy but they don't usually kill a healthy adult. A calf or a sick or
> winter weakened adult is the usual victim.
>
> The introduction of wolves in Yellowstone has apparently been successful.
> Some think their numbers have been controlled by a disease like Parvo in
> dogs. There were too many elk and bison in the park and some means of
> population control was needed. They used to allow some hunting in
> Yellowstone but that would be politically too incorrect now. The
> introduction of wolves in central Idaho is quite another matter. The target
> number of wolves was about 350 and there are now over 1000. The Clearwater
> elk herd was already in decline and the wolves have about finished them off.
> The anti-hunting movement is the main proponent of the wolf and I don't
> think they care if all the elk are killed just to eliminate the hunting
> experience for people. Idaho and Montana has developed wolf management plans
> that are acceptable to the feds but Wyoming will not produce an acceptable
> plan so the feds will not allow any of the three states to assume control.
> Meanwhile the wolves are becoming a serious problem. The rednecks are about
> ready to take matters into their own hands.
>
> We have always had wolves in southeastern Idaho but during the wolf
> reintroduction debates the Fish and Wildlife people claimed they were
> actually wild dogs. After the reintroduction those assholes now admit they
> were lying and they were wolves. It's unfortunate that there is no
> accountability for that kind of behavior.
>
> /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Walt Wayman
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:12 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Like a bad penny, I am back, OT now BBQ
>
>
> Walt would love to go, but, sorry, not gonna happen. I claim a 500-yard
> limitation only partly from sloth, but primarily due to an increasingly
> annoying hitch in my gitalong. The problem is an iliac artery pretty
> severly damaged in a mishap -- two, actually -- many years ago that has
> steadily worsened and that limits blood flow to my "good" leg. The
> insertion of a couple of stents some years back improved the situation
> considerably, but I still have to saunter along at a moderate pace and pause
> occasionally to let the blood flow catch up and the "burn" to subside. I'm
> afraid I've become a real wuss in my dotage. :-[
>
> So, no Glock, I'm afraid, even though my CCW permit is valid in Michigan.
> Anyway, a 9mm wouldn't do much to a moose except piss him off, and I would
> never shoot a wolf unless he was attacking me or someone I valued more than
> the wolf, which is highly unlikely since, Little Red Riding Hood and other
> fables notwithstanding, I have heard of no verified and credible instance of
> a wolf attacking a human being. I could be wrong. Now, mountain lions are
> a whole different sort of critter, but I don't think you're likely to
> encounter one. And anyhow, from recent accounts, it seems they prefer
> tender California joggers, not grizzled old midwestern phographers.
>
> Y'all have fun, even if you don't have any pork pig barbecue and have only
> that Texas stuff, and bring back lots of pictures.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > Is Walt going? It would be nice to have someone along who is trained in
> the
> > use of a Glock and had one with him. Heck, he could even drive up and we
> > could all see his fancy "pick 'um up." They got any bears or poisonous
> snakes
> > on that Island? . . . I don't want to go 1500 miles for no damn sissy
> outing.
> > <[8^) Bill Barber
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