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Post by hoosier on Nov 2, 2010 20:03:18 GMT -5
I seen it on the Eville. Courier and Press web site. I think that is great that we are getting these wonderful creatures back into this area. I hope we can start to get the Timber Wolf back into Indiana if he is not already lurking out there. I believe this makes for a more authentic outdoor experience lets all help these animals get reestablished in Indiana !!! Meds please. ;D
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Post by danf on Nov 2, 2010 20:12:43 GMT -5
only serves to turn people against the hunting and trapping community Your ability to contradict yourself in multiple threads never ceases to amaze me.
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Post by dadfsr on Nov 2, 2010 20:27:05 GMT -5
only serves to turn people against the hunting and trapping community Your ability to contradict yourself in multiple threads never ceases to amaze me. ...on the third name in less than a week-what do you expect??
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Post by woodswalker on Nov 2, 2010 22:31:41 GMT -5
Large predators (cougars,bears,and wolves) don't belong here (Indiana) anymore than large prey (elk, bison). That decision was made a long time ago when we cleared the land and overpopulated it with civilzation. I wish we could have them here, but it just doesn't fit anymore.
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Post by 36fan on Nov 3, 2010 12:25:48 GMT -5
But wolves from the deep north have been found in Indiana. Not too long ago one was found dead with a tracking implant on it. It was origally captured on the Wis./Canada border and migrated here. Its dead carcass was found near Winchester. It was a young male that was believed to have traveled south around Lake Michigan to establish its own pack. It was dead because the habitat in Indiana would not support it. timberwolfinformation.org/info/archieve/newspapers/viewnews.cfm?ID=920Other than isolated incidents like this one, wolves have not survived in Indiana since ~1850 ... which is also in the same time frame of when bears last inhabited Indiana. An interesting bit of info - coyotes were not indigenous east of the Mississippi River until the European settlers destroyed the wolf population. In the wolves absence, coyotes crossed the river and have flourished ever since.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Nov 3, 2010 17:43:20 GMT -5
I'll have to keep a closer eye one things around here.The one the police seen was a 2 or 3 miles from here.
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Post by 36fan on Nov 4, 2010 15:04:55 GMT -5
Bring the TimberWolf back to Indiana ! and Bears too..... ;D I have talk that some biologists believe black bears will re-inhabit southern Indiana within the next 10-20 years. Bears are working their way north through KY. Earlier this year a hiker was mauled in Red River Gorge Geological Area, KY.
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Post by shellybaby87 on Jan 12, 2011 17:26:41 GMT -5
Theres one that comes to my house every other night or so. Massive foot prints in the snow and it comes onto my porch. I think maybe its stalking my dog. Who knows.
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Post by freedomhunter on Jan 12, 2011 17:33:46 GMT -5
Theres one that comes to my house every other night or so. Massive foot prints in the snow and it comes onto my porch. I think maybe its stalking my dog. Who knows. take a pic of it's track with your hand next to it and post it, I hike alot out west and know just what one looks like
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Post by huxbux on Jan 12, 2011 18:17:14 GMT -5
This is getting interesting.
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Post by shellybaby87 on Jan 12, 2011 18:30:39 GMT -5
Ok I will. From what I know of them it is big cat style... Round pads(not more oval like dogs), and an M shaped back pad. But I will take more pics tom and post one.
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Post by tenring on Jan 12, 2011 18:46:54 GMT -5
Had a conversation with an employee of Crane this weekend who worked on the deer hunt there this year. I was more concerned with finding out how the hunt went than anything else, and found out the take was down quite a bit compared to last year, but there are still plenty of deer behind the wire. I mentioned that the supposed mountain lion residing on Crane would help take care of any deer that hunters didn't take home when he said, " there's more than one out there." Hmmmmm, Sticks might get his wish, unfortunately.
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Post by gundude on Jan 12, 2011 19:17:55 GMT -5
Cougers in bedfordtucky have been around for awhile. Hogs as too.
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Post by huntingman on Jan 12, 2011 19:20:56 GMT -5
You dont want cougars bear or wolves here. In Idaho they have completely ruined deer/elk hunting. Humans/hunters have taken the place of these natural predators. Yellow stones elk herd has gona from 40,000 to 10,000 since wolves were reintroduced. Indiana doesnt have enough habiat to support them. ASk any hunter out west how they feel about wolves, bears , and cougars.
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Post by gundude on Jan 12, 2011 19:21:05 GMT -5
Stupod cell phone. Long day
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Post by huxbux on Jan 12, 2011 20:02:24 GMT -5
Stupod cell phone. Long day We're all pulling for your wife gundude, hang in there .
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Post by raporter on Jan 13, 2011 9:56:18 GMT -5
Stupod cell phone. Long day We're all pulling for your wife gundude, hang in there . Yes we are. We may not always agree but will still be in your corner when it comes to family matters.
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Jan 13, 2011 15:56:20 GMT -5
I don't want them back here. Not wolves and not cougars. Shoot Shovel Shut up Jabba Ah yes, the ol' SSS rule
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Jan 13, 2011 16:09:38 GMT -5
LIONS and WOLVES and BEARS! OH MY! I make a trip down to Bloomfield (Greene Co) each year to hunt turkey. Can't say that I'm that excited about the chance of coming nose to nose with a "big cat". However, I wouldn't mind hiring a couple of them to thin out some of my coyotes here in Jasper Co.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 13, 2011 18:17:49 GMT -5
I mentioned that the supposed mountain lion residing on Crane would help take care of any deer that hunters didn't take home when he said, " there's more than one out there.". One of the landowners I hunt on works at Crane and he told me that at least three were seen together there. I live about 5 miles from the location that the county officer saw the cougar feeding on the road-killed deer.
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