Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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09/29/20 04:57 PM
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wissmiss
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I read earlier in the year on a Boise news station website that 5 trappers harvested over 10 wolves each. I am not sure I believe that but I guess it is possible. That is possible. In fact, I think I know who one of those trappers is. Taking 10 wolves isn’t easy but doable. You have to be deducted, full time, sort of off the beaten path to do it. A weekend trapper setting 5 traps is going to be lucky to get 1 wolf. I think folks from Pennsylvania and other places back east that have never been to Idaho, don’t realize what Wolf country in Idaho is like.
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: wissmiss]
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09/29/20 06:19 PM
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Providence Farm
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I read earlier in the year on a Boise news station website that 5 trappers harvested over 10 wolves each. I am not sure I believe that but I guess it is possible. That is possible. In fact, I think I know who one of those trappers is. Taking 10 wolves isn’t easy but doable. You have to be deducted, full time, sort of off the beaten path to do it. A weekend trapper setting 5 traps is going to be lucky to get 1 wolf. I think folks from Pennsylvania and other places back east that have never been to Idaho, don’t realize what Wolf country in Idaho is like. I have no idea but imagine it extremely steep and rugged. Someday I hope I get the chance to find out.
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: Taximan]
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09/29/20 06:39 PM
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GROUSEWIT
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The current limit,I see now,is 15 wolves. Is that hunting or trapping or combined?
NRALIFER,PRPA LIFER,HUNTER,FURTAKER
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/29/20 06:44 PM
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Machias
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30 total wolves, 15 hunting and 15 trapping. VERY few guys will come close to limiting out.
When things are Grim, become the Grim Reaper! Fred Moyer
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/29/20 06:47 PM
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Dirt
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I caught ten wolves one year. I must have been dedicated and didn't know it. IMHO you will harvest more wolves having a few knowledgeable dedicated trappers. You throw a bunch of chechakos out there and you just educate wolves. Not harvest them.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/29/20 08:56 PM
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SundanceMtnMan
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You better have a 4 wheel drive, a snowmachine and a lot of time. I have lived in northern Idaho for 64 years and never seen a wolf and I spend a ton of time in the woods.
"They Say Nothing is Impossible, But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: Dirt]
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09/29/20 09:09 PM
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white17
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I caught ten wolves one year. I must have been dedicated and didn't know it. IMHO you will harvest more wolves having a few knowledgeable dedicated trappers. You throw a bunch of chechakos out there and you just educate wolves. Not harvest them. X2 My best year I harvested 17 wolves. On the other hand I have seen periods of 4-5years go by without ever seeing a track. Back in the "old days" when ADF&G was using aerial wolf control widely, the average flying time was 6.5 hours in a Super-Cub for each wolf harvested. At today's costs that's over $2000 per wolf without figuring the salaries of the people involved
Mean As Nails
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/30/20 01:14 AM
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This is a real program. I am on the board of directors. This group has been working with the Idaho Trappers Association to expand wolf hunting and trapping. All of Idaho is Now 11 or 12 month hunting season and most of Idaho is 6 month trapping. If you complete wolf trapping class you can harvest up to 30 wolves and yes two guys hit 20 last year. I only trap 1 or 2 each year but had a reimbursement check in my hand in less than two weeks. Great program
Life member of ITA, NTA, and NRA. President for Idaho Trappers Association.
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/30/20 07:29 AM
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Would the reimbursment include all the extra equipment and new traps a person might have to purchase to trap wolves?
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/30/20 10:48 AM
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New traps, lure, boots, 4 wheeler, camper, truck payment, gas for scouting, new rifle, ect. Anything needed to catch or shoot wolves
Life member of ITA, NTA, and NRA. President for Idaho Trappers Association.
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: Idahotrapguy]
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09/30/20 11:12 AM
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white17
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New traps, lure, boots, 4 wheeler, camper, truck payment, gas for scouting, new rifle, ect. Anything needed to catch or shoot wolves UP TO but NOT exceeding $1000. Correct ????
Mean As Nails
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: white17]
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09/30/20 11:21 AM
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yotetrapper30
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New traps, lure, boots, 4 wheeler, camper, truck payment, gas for scouting, new rifle, ect. Anything needed to catch or shoot wolves UP TO but NOT exceeding $1000. Correct ???? So lets say you spent $5000 on a 4 wheeler. Could you send that same receipt in for 5 different wolves?
~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: PAskinner]
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09/30/20 12:12 PM
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Pete in Frbks
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Thanks for keeping the negativity low. I was expecting a few more: "Ain't no eastern dude gonna catch our wolves." Comments. OK, PAskinner.... I'll play along. How many wolves do you picture you yourself catching? How many wolves have you caught so far in your trapping career? And I say that as a "recovering Eastern guy" myself.....! Pete
Last edited by Pete in Frbks; 09/30/20 12:13 PM.
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Re: Are they really paying $1000 a wolf?
[Re: Pete in Frbks]
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09/30/20 01:54 PM
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Thanks for keeping the negativity low. I was expecting a few more: "Ain't no eastern dude gonna catch our wolves." Comments. OK, PAskinner.... I'll play along. How many wolves do you picture you yourself catching? How many wolves have you caught so far in your trapping career? And I say that as a "recovering Eastern guy" myself.....! Pete One would be a good start. Obviously I haven't caught any. Can't do anything if you never try.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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