Oh noes!!!111 Wolves!!111

hcgalvin · 10-12-2006, 09:13 AM

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Utah Forest Service employees

09:20 AM MDT on Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Associated Press

STANLEY -- The U.S. Forest Service in Idaho used a helicopter to evacuate two out-of-state employees who got scared because they heard wolves howling.

The agency says this all occurred last month in the Sawtooth National Forest, in the Boise River drainage.

The Forest Service researchers from neighboring Utah saw wolves chasing a bull elk across a meadow.

Later, the wolves started howling all around them.

Ed Waldapfel, a National Forest spokesman, says "They admitted they were very scared and wanted out of there."

Waldapfel says they were never threatened, but a chopper swooped in and whisked them away.

Steve Nadeau of Idaho Fish and Game says it sounds like someone's read one too many of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

He says wolves howl all the time. That's how they communicate.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....2a28629e.html

sceep · 10-12-2006, 09:14 AM

lmao...

fullygruntled · 10-12-2006, 09:14 AM

I'll take their job. Seriously.

Numidian · 10-12-2006, 09:14 AM

Bahahahahahah.... They probably tried offering the wolves a welfare check and food stamps....

Kellan · 10-12-2006, 09:15 AM

Fucking hell

I guess I should've been scared shitless when where I used to live, the Rottweilers used to howl at the Coyotes whining in the hills at night.
Double-dose of trouble there

PTSchram · 10-12-2006, 09:16 AM

I think it's cool to hear those critters making noise!

hcgalvin · 10-12-2006, 09:20 AM

Yeah, we camp up in Stanley all the time, and we ALWAYS have critters come through camp. Deer, elk, etc. Where we camp is next to a game trail. We woke up at 3am one morning to a bunch of yipping and look out of the tent to see coyotes bounding through. We do hear wolves howling at night, and it really makes you feel alive.

Kellan · 10-12-2006, 09:24 AM

When I was in Boy Scouts as an adolescent, when we would go camping in the Sierra, there were multiple occassions where I heard a bear behind my tent sniffing around and grunting and shit.
I radioed for the National Guard to come save us

But seriously that shit was scary.
I was the only one who heard it somehow, I guess I was the last one awake.
Thing was RIGHT behind my tent and my friend is just fuckin sawin' logs.

I'm sitting there in the dark with my eyes open, and somehow after a couple hours I fell asleep.
I remember waking up and not having to open my eyes.

Overbear · 10-12-2006, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTSchram

I think it's cool to hear those critters making noise!

No shit!

Can you emagin how cool a job it would be to end up out in the woods, gettign to hear and even see wolves in the wild, and getting PAYED for it no less!

Fawk, the 2 they "whisked away" should be fired, excucuted, and fed to wolves.

LandCroozer · 10-12-2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Overbear

Fawk, the 2 they "whisked away" should be fired, excucuted, and fed to wolves.

Give the coyotes a taste for Forest Service employees? meanie.

-t

ranger · 10-12-2006, 01:28 PM

I hope they charged them for the ride.

DRED · 10-12-2006, 01:31 PM

I wouldn't wanna fuck around with wolves... but I think I'd take my chances before calling in a helicopter...

pkhart · 10-12-2006, 01:54 PM

What sucks are that those are siberian wolves, bigger, faster, more organized, and can take down bull elks. Way to go dfg you really thought that one through.

DavidVanVorous · 10-12-2006, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkhart

What sucks are that those are siberian wolves, bigger, faster, more organized, and can take down bull elks. Way to go dfg you really thought that one through.

Siberian wolves? They're part of the stock that was reintroduced to YNP which is Canadian stock out of Alberta and BC...

D.

Myanarchy · 10-12-2006, 02:12 PM

Good thing the pilot didn't play baseball

tirade coming, wait for it

Overbear · 10-12-2006, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRED

I wouldn't wanna fuck around with wolves... but I think I'd take my chances before calling in a helicopter...

Wolves have this killer rep but its not deserved. I help with a breeding pack here in Norcal, some of the pups have been releaced into packs in the northwest to help repopulate the wolf numbers.

Wolves rock, they are social, realy smart, and once you earn their trust, friends for life.

Myanarchy · 10-12-2006, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Overbear

I help with a breeding pack

so does that peanut butter trick really work

Overbear · 10-12-2006, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myanarchy

so does that peanut butter trick really work

NO, with wolves you have to use meat juice.

I knew I should have worded that better. Asshat

DRED · 10-12-2006, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Overbear

Wolves have this killer rep but its not deserved. I help with a breeding pack here in Norcal, some of the pups have been releaced into packs in the northwest to help repopulate the wolf numbers.

Wolves rock, they are social, realy smart, and once you earn their trust, friends for life.

I understand that... but still... if I'm approached even by a big ass dog that I don't know, I'm not gonna walk up and make friends with it...

Quick & Dirty · 10-12-2006, 04:25 PM

A while back at work somone posted up an 8 month old 1/4 Malamute, 1/4 Artic wolf, 1/2 timber wolf for adoption. Nice looking pup, but not something I wanted to deal with. The new owners live in a trailer and the critter dug a den underneath and would howl at night. That would be kind of cool for a day or 2, but the noise would have to get old pretty quick.

Sully · 10-12-2006, 04:42 PM

I love listening to those fuckers howl when I'm camping.

DavidVanVorous · 10-12-2006, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sully

I love listening to those fuckers howl when I'm camping.

I was under the impression that the coyotes only howled when one skipped on paying them in yer neck o the woods...

D.

Norm · 10-12-2006, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkhart

What sucks are that those are siberian wolves, bigger, faster, more organized, and can take down bull elks. Way to go dfg you really thought that one through.

BWAAAAAAAAHAAAA

Californians

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Kellan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44012 Location: Eureka, CA Posts: 36	Fucking hell I guess I should've been scared shitless when where I used to live, the Rottweilers used to howl at the Coyotes whining in the hills at night. Double-dose of trouble there __________________ I don't own a truck anymore. :(

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Kellan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 44012 Location: Eureka, CA Posts: 36	When I was in Boy Scouts as an adolescent, when we would go camping in the Sierra, there were multiple occassions where I heard a bear behind my tent sniffing around and grunting and shit. I radioed for the National Guard to come save us But seriously that shit was scary. I was the only one who heard it somehow, I guess I was the last one awake. Thing was RIGHT behind my tent and my friend is just fuckin sawin' logs. I'm sitting there in the dark with my eyes open, and somehow after a couple hours I fell asleep. I remember waking up and not having to open my eyes. __________________ I don't own a truck anymore. :(

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Quick & Dirty Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 38200 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 204	A while back at work somone posted up an 8 month old 1/4 Malamute, 1/4 Artic wolf, 1/2 timber wolf for adoption. Nice looking pup, but not something I wanted to deal with. The new owners live in a trailer and the critter dug a den underneath and would howl at night. That would be kind of cool for a day or 2, but the noise would have to get old pretty quick.

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