Posted on 06/14/2007 10:09:10 PM PDT by george76
A Bitterroot Valley, Mont., rancher who lost several calves to wolves spent the night in his car to guard his herd, and shot a wolf as it moved among his cattle.
"There were all these black shapes, cows running everywhere," said Ed Cummings, who was awakened at 4:30 a.m. on June 5 by his dog's growling. "And right in the middle of them, just sort of trotting around, is this wolf."
Cummings lost his shoe while trying to get out of the compact car, keep an eye on the wolf and grab the rifle he'd borrowed.
"I didn't make a very good shot, but I hit it," he said Monday.
Federal officials shot another wolf the next day.
Vivaca Crowser, information officer for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said other cows on Cummings property were killed June 6 and 7. Officials with the federal Wildlife Services agency attributed the deaths to wolves.
Meanwhile, about 30 miles southwest of Dillon, Wildlife Services has confirmed wolves killed six sheep and injured five others last Friday and Saturday.
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Yep, I get a little violent when the Dow closes down, too.
That’s what I was thinking, too.
Wait, I just noticed the headline was written by the AP. That explains everything.
“Cummings lost his shoe while trying to get out of the compact car, keep an eye on the wolf and grab the rifle he’d borrowed.”
He lost stock, lost a shoe, has to drive a compact, and had to borrow a gun?
Damn, sucks to be that guy.
Shoot. Shovel. Shut up. That’s what works around here.
He lost stock, lost a shoe, has to drive a compact, and had to borrow a gun?
8-)
Do you keep your shares in a stockyard like rancher do when you need to medicate or separate them?
Wow.
Shooting a wolf is AP news? A little culture shock on my part. I killed an Eastern Diamondback last week. No news media. Don’t I rate too?!?! /s
These are government work programs.
The federal and state paper work to be filled out and filed must be huge. No one will every read them, but it is job security for the bureacrazis.
Lets send one to my neighborhood.
The damn coastal deer are eating everything this year even California Poppies and green ivy. Nothing repels them re scents and chemicals.
Our mountain lion seems to be AWOL.
We have some really large Coastal Deer this year. The scat from a couple looks more the size of elk than Coastal Deer.
Jeez, that’s like the guy who bought a bunch of waterfront property to develop. An eagle decided to nest on that property so it is now essentially worthless.
Insane.
“”There were all these black shapes, cows running everywhere,””
.........but, it was those BATS......flying overhead in tight formations that REALLY got the fear started....and, then...
the LOATHING.
Why....why.....WHY had I ever decided to take my cattle drive to Las Vegas in August....????
I’m thinkin’ “salt lick and 30.06”.....???
“”There are no known wolf packs in this area,” Liz Bradley, wolf management specialist for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said Monday. “Wildlife Services is trapping right now in an attempt to collar any wolves that are caught and determine whether a pack or individual wolves are responsible.””
A wolf pack can move 300 miles in a WEEK....there’s no “need” of having “known” packs.
Gee, isn’t reintroduction swell....???
grrrr.....
Just to let you know how things get with wolves....a few years ago a wolf pack pulled a mountain lion out of a tree and ate it just outside town.
Naaaahhhh....wouldn’t hurt your kids. Wolves are allergic to nylon.
Naaaahhhh....wouldn’t hurt your kids. Wolves are allergic to nylon.
8-)
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