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Shots fired in wolf war by Idaho archer
Seattle Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 7 October, 2011 | Dave Workman

Posted on 10/08/2011 5:49:05 AM PDT by marktwain

Environmentalist arguments that wolves do not pose a potential threat to humans took another hit when bowhunter Rene Anderson took what she is convinced was a defensive action and fatally shot a wolf that had moved aggressively to within ten feet of her on a remote ridge near Headquarters, Idaho.

Anderson, speaking to this column Friday morning, said the animal loped toward her while she was elk hunting back on Sept. 25. Her story is just now moving into high gear across the Internet, and she is being supported by friends and co-workers in Pierce, a community about 13 miles south of the old Headquarters logging town that now has only a handful of residents.

Support for Anderson is not universal, though. This story has gotten some attention at the Northwest Hiker’s forum. Contracting views appear on the HuntFishNW forum.

Accounts of the incident have appeared on various forums and in at least one newspaper, but Anderson’s narrative is somewhat chilling. She had blown an elk call about a half hour earlier, after her husband, Denny, had dropped her off on a ridge for a downhill hunt. For whatever reason, he had insisted that she carry her .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver. Both Andersons told this column that there are “a lot of wolves” in the Headquarters area. Rene said wherever she finds wolf sign, she no longer finds any elk sign.

Idaho’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan states wolves molesting or attacking livestock or domestic animals may be disposed of, and one has the right to protect oneself in self-defense.—Clearwater Tribune

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: banglist; id; wolf; wy
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To: org.whodat

While you are correct about tree stands and blinds in Texas, Louisiana, etc,,, out west it’s a different story. Walking and glassing,,then stalking into a shot is how it’s done in the west.
And bow hunting in the west is done with a stalk. My buddy got his 6x6 at 26 yards 2 weeks ago. They are less cautious when they are bugling. Something about being close to getting laid makes them exhibit bad judgement.
muzzleloader and bow seasons are fun out here.

Long ago a USMC ITR instructor was discussing patrolling, he compared it to deer hunting. Then he stopped himself and said,,”well, except in Texas,,,it’s more like an ambush there”.
I think she was telling it the way it was. She was calling up a predator (bear) and got wolf. Not that weird.


61 posted on 10/08/2011 11:25:56 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: eartrumpet
You may be correct, I head no ideal that western elk were deaf and could not hear are smell. You can probably walk upon one and kick it in the ass. But the one that lived behind my house for a year, you had to hide from to get close to. But then she was an illegal that slipped across the kentucky border, I guess having no papers made her nervous .
62 posted on 10/08/2011 11:39:11 AM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
You don't even need to go to the article. From the excerpt above:

For whatever reason, he had insisted that she carry her .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver.

63 posted on 10/08/2011 12:07:34 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: org.whodat
Having spend a few minutes hunting, I can tell you it is almost impossible to still hunt and walk up an elk and get in bow range.

Sounds like you need a few more minutes experience.

64 posted on 10/08/2011 12:12:26 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: SunTzuWu
Sounds like you have been watching to much tv and not doing the actual thing.
65 posted on 10/08/2011 1:20:42 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: org.whodat
My, my....you must be Jim Bridger's re-incarnation.

I have killed over 400 deer, the vast majority with firearms, but around 25 with a bow. And at least six of those were shot while still-hunting, not from a blind.

While bowhunting elk in CO I got within range of elk three times, but no big bulls, so I didn't take one. Stalking/stillhunting deer, either with gun or bow, is simply not that damned hard, it just takes patience and concentration. I have had a herd of over 20 does come thru the woods and bed down literally on all sides of me, closest about 5 yards - damned cool.

I've met many hunters better in the woods and I, and know several who have taken elk with a bow. Visit a local archery club and you will meet some, they are NOT rare, just work hard at what they do.

To me it seemed as though the individual elk was not as sharp as a whitetail, but hunting individuals in a herd, whatever the animal, increases the odds of getting 'busted'.

66 posted on 10/08/2011 1:42:17 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost
Yes, I have been in a blind and had white tails come up and smell the blind. You do not move they do not see you. Period. Have set out against a fence post and had them come up to me also. None of which is stalking, and yes I have watched them and tried to see how close you could get just for fun. Almost had a twelve pointer run over me once, he was dead, but he did not know it, he turned when I jump at him, died about 100 yards past me. I had shot him at a full run in the chest coming toward me, he just stayed on course, big deer, 308 on made him stumble a split second.

Spend many an evening trying to get close to the cow elk, got within twenty yards once, she did not see me she just stayed that distance away. Had intention of killing her, just enjoyed the chase. And I do not need to visit an archery club, have a really nice bow myself, just do not use it anymore. Lost interest in it. I varmint hunt, more fun, less work.

67 posted on 10/08/2011 2:13:21 PM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow democrats.)
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To: umgud

All of the idiots that have introduced predators into the envoirnment/sp should have a small pack first introduced into their back yards...or in the case of big cats, just one in their back yard....


68 posted on 10/08/2011 3:37:15 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: marktwain
It helps to have the right ammunition.
69 posted on 10/08/2011 8:40:27 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Tagline on vacation- please leave your name and number at the sound of the beep.)
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To: Bushbacker1

Me too.


70 posted on 10/08/2011 8:43:04 PM PDT by sport
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To: Texan

that is a huge animal.Hope she stuffs it as a trophy.


71 posted on 10/08/2011 8:47:47 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Tagline on vacation- please leave your name and number at the sound of the beep.)
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To: PLMerite

Funny! Made me laugh. thanks. =)


72 posted on 10/08/2011 8:50:15 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Tagline on vacation- please leave your name and number at the sound of the beep.)
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To: marktwain

I would have used second and third part of the 3S’s. I don’t trust the government.


73 posted on 10/08/2011 8:56:01 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Perry and Cain I can support, but no Romney)
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To: hoosierham

Unfortunately. They invaded suburban and rural New Jersey and brought anti-gun laws, anti-hunting laws, a plague of disease ridden deer that consume all garden plantings and create traffic accidents and a growing threat from an exploding black bear population.

A plague on them.


74 posted on 10/08/2011 9:23:33 PM PDT by ZULU (DUMP Obama in 2012)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

No doubt some are, but I was listening to a group of “wolf enthusiasts” at a MacDonalds. Bunch of middle aged women and a couple of men about 6 or seven total, and they were just gushing over how wonderful wolves are. Now this was in Palm Beach county, and I think maybe two of them had actually seen a wolf, But I would rate them as terminally clueless rather than dedicated leftist.


75 posted on 10/09/2011 2:59:09 PM PDT by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

I have a great idea. Let’s get that group of wolf enthusiasts and put them in the midst of a pack of those wolves. I don’t think they’ll be enthusiasts for long!


76 posted on 10/09/2011 7:24:18 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Works for me, although it’s unlikely to happen. Have you ever noticed how idiots rarely seem to suffer the consequences of their actions?


77 posted on 10/10/2011 4:58:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga (your own government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

That’s because they make sure others will suffer instead!


78 posted on 10/10/2011 2:42:31 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: cowboyway

.....or innocense!


79 posted on 10/10/2011 2:46:33 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter (I ou)
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To: jdsteel
What this lady did was crazy amazing.She is an excellent marksman and has ice in her veins or it was the luckiest day of her life. Do not expect to be able to do the same unless you are over prepared. With a wild animal coming at you, your heart will be beating faster than ever before. You will have no fine motor skills. Do not just put a pistol in a holster and think you are ready to defend yourself.
The biggest threat, by far, when out hunting, is getting shot by another hunter (dress to be visible). The second biggest threat is bear. They will often stomp or false charge, so you may have some time. Cougars are the third biggest risk. The are stealth hunters. You may know they are their when they knock you to the ground.
So: DO NOT HUNT ALONE, dress to be seen, if you carry a weapon for self defense - practice, practice, practice.
80 posted on 10/11/2011 8:19:40 PM PDT by rickk (rickk)
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