Posted on 08/20/2013 6:12:17 PM PDT by Rebelbase
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- A southeastern Idaho ranch lost 176 sheep as the animals ran in fear from two wolves that chased through a herd of about 2,400 animals south of Victor....
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The scene described is more like what a pack of domestic dogs would do.
A pack of Wolves would have consumed all of one sheep to regurgitate to the pups back at the den.
I would love to see a water color of the shepherd in the 2nd pic. I think that would make a beautiful subject, wish I could find a bigger picture of that dog.
The first picture, however, is the stuff of nightmares, though for some reason I find myself wanting to see that in water color too :D
One wolf decided he needed a snack after having so much fun.
*There* castle.
Suit yourself... ;)
The antidote to a save-the-wolf movie is “The Gray” starring Liam Leeson. According to wikipedia:
“groups including PETA and WildEarth Guardians started drives to boycott the film”
This survival story takes place in Alaska but is shot in BC Canada.
My advice to anybody having that sort of problems...
Kill a cow or a couple of sheep, haul the carcase(s) to some isolated and open area, chop same up with an axe enough so any wolf within ten miles will smell it, and sit back about 500 meters with something with a good scope and a very flat trajectory....
Don’t bait predators to your property with easy pickins... offer a deterrent. I am seeming to recall that farmers would introduce a donkey to the pasture with the goats... that when coyotes were about that donkeys turned into aggressive protectors.
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True. In TX you see donkeys guarding just about everything. It’s about the kick.. carnivores ‘know’ broken bones = death and avoid things that kick or hammer down hoof blows.
LOL... My chickens, ducks and geese already provide many a good meal for the predators around here. I can afford to lose an occasional bird, but at the price of those goats, I could be done in no time.
I am amazed at what meat goats are going for right now. However, I haven’t priced those dogs yet and I’d bet they eat a ton.
Grrrr....every time I see one of your posts I miss my wonderful boy and best friend for 14 years. You make me want another Dobermann.
nonsense...the reason that you make that ststement is that you only consider defending yourself against a 67 pound adversary. What if it were a 67 pound fourth grade boy.....or a 67 pound .....anything?? Always, when confronted with an animal, be on the offensive. I am 6' and weigh about 210 pounds.....your dog might inflict some painful wounds on me, but would soon meet his demise....It is the fear of the painful wounds that give the animan its' advantage....you don't want to get bit so you go into a defensive mode...WRONG...I caan tear the leg off of any animal that weighs 67 pounds...I can certainly inflict enough pain on it that it will reconsider coming back for more.....been there, done that......killed a very large dog that was attacking a child Suring Wisconsin, many years ago...I have NO FEAR (respect, yes) of any animal.
It's interesting that sheep and wolves are used as an allegory so frequently in the Gospels to describe the human race and the minions of Satan. It's not because the wolves kill sheep routinely, but because wolves come upon a flock and scatter them.
The tracks of wolves are easily differentiated from dogs as are the bites. This is also on the edge of the Yellowstone basin where wolves are plentiful these days.
67 pounds of -what- is the key though.
A 67 pound boy? No problem. A 67 pound cat? Problem.
67 pound dog? Problem.
Something does not need to way many pounds in order to be an effective killer. Animals are faster and stronger than humans.
Could a man potentially kill a 67 pound dog in a real fight with his hands and feet? Yes.
Is it possible for that 67 pound dog to kill that man? Yes.
It really only takes one bite to the inner thigh, and it’s goodbye life. if you lose your footing or get taken down and the dog gets at your neck or groin...it’s going to be GG.
It really depends on how much the animal wants to hurt you and how ferociously it attacks and where. I have seen a couple videos of shepherds fighting for real, and I would not want to be anywhere near that.
I had a 15 pound dog hospitalize me by biting my hand faster than I could even see it coming. Next thing I knew, I felt his teeth scraping my bones. That sucked.
He was put down the next day. Chows are out as pets as a result.
There was another really good movie called “Frozen” about some teens who got stuck on a lift car while snowboarding. They spent the weekend in that car freezing to death and being stalked by a pack of extremely ferocious non computer generated wolves.
Having raised many sheep, I can tell you that it’s because people are very like sheep, stupid, stubborn, herd following, easy to lead astray and always looking for a hole in the fence because the grass is greener on the other side.
And wolves DO kill sheep routinely, every chance they get. Sheep are like catnip to canines.
We had lamb for dinner.
Can we introduce them to the Capitol rotunda?
“She said they are very dumb and if afraid will crowd a fence until a bunch of them die of asphyxiation.”
Thank you. Just like “sheeple” I guess. I have a book that I need to re-read. Called something like “A Shepherd looks at the 23rd Psalm”. It was very interesting on how much the sheep depend on the shepherd.
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