[Rockhounds] OFF TOPIC Grizzes meese and wolfies oh my

[Tim Fisher]

I found this whilst looking for fish hatchery data on the IDFG website.
Strange how things are connected sometimes :) I saw a wolf at the Kelly
Creek CG on July 4th, 1988 (after a 3 inch surprise snowstorm!) I told
the IDFG office in Lewiston when I returned their electroshocker the
following week. I was shown a nice blown up photo of a wolf on the Kelly
Creek trail taken by a biologist in the late 70s. I was told in no
uncertain terms to keep my mouth shut as they were fully aware of a a few
stray males up there that came from BC but didn't want the anti-wolf
folks to get wind of it. Now there are hundreds. Seems the Kelly Creek
area is a hotspot for new arrivals from Canada. Dollars to donuts the
griz didn't respect the international boundary :) 


P.S. Do you have to be an OUT OF STATE hunter to screw up in Idaho?
Inquiring minds want to know! Seems to be a common theme...


IDAHO FISH AND GAME

HEADQUARTERS NEWS RELEASE

Boise, ID




Date: October 2, 2007 

Contact: Ed Mitchell

(208) 334-3700 





grizzly killed in bitterroots, came from selkirks


Genetic test results on the grizzly bear killed in the Kelly
Creek area of the Bitterroot ecosystem last month show it was from the
Selkirks in north Idaho.


A hunter from Tennessee on an outfitted bear hunt in Idaho's North Fork
Clearwater River drainage killed a grizzly bear on Labor Day, September
3. It is the first grizzly bear verified since 1946 on the Idaho side of
the 5,700-square-mile Selway-Bitteroot ecosystem in central Idaho and
western Montana.


The 4- to 6-year-old male, about 400 pounds, with a silvery back and in
good physical condition, was killed three miles from the Montana border.



At 03:54 PM 10/11/2007, you wrote:

{quot}Pretty unusual in
Idaho!"


Hardly.


Idaho has always had a fairly healthy moose count (5,000 in the 1960s),
now it is practically scary. There are around 20,000 in the state, and up
around 12,000 of them are in the northern part, according to recent
counts.


Along with the elk, moose are reportedly excellent wolf food. The wolf
population is now around 600. Shall we talk about the grizzly bear count
and where they are finding them now?


Still no data on the sasquatch population though.


Regards,


Lanny



Tim Fisher 

Ore-ROCK-On! 

Email address at
http://OreRockOn.com




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