Idaho Hunters at their finest…. these poor guys cant seem to hunt without using Dogs…… If they dont want their dogs being used for hunting killed…. keep them out of the woods…. Dogs should not be allowed to be used for hunting, and when they are it should not give these mindless morons permission to shoot wolves if they are being used for hunting!!
Six hunting hounds have been killed by wolves in an isolated location in Madison County over the past few weeks.
The hounds were killed in two separate incidents near White Owl Butte east of Rexburg. In both instances, three hounds were killed. According to Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Gregg Losinski, the houndsmen were using the dogs to hunt for black bears in Game Management Unit 62.
The hounds were allowed to run loose and pursue the bears. But when the hunters caught up with their dogs, the hounds were dead.
“The incidents occurred about a week apart, and each location was about four miles apart,” Losinski said. “By wolf measurements, that’s not very far.”
A similar incident involving wolves occurred in the same area in 2014.
There is no open wolf season right now in Unit 62, but the hunters would have been in their legal right to shoot the wolves if they had seen them harm their hounds. It is rare for multiple dogs to be killed by wolves in such a short amount of time in the same area. But Losinski said that’s one of the risks of hunting with hounds in an area that’s populated with at least one wolf pack, as well as black and grizzly bears.
“Wolves consider any other canines as rival wolves, and in their world, it’s kill or be killed,” Losinski said.
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We should not be hunting wolves or bears with dogs, dogs are pets that is animal cruelty
Hi Connie, we agree 100%…. they say they love their dogs…. but then put them in life threatening situations by their own choice… then cry when something happens!! Doesnt show much love if you ask me… 🙁
As much as I feel sorry for those dogs, I really don’t feel sorry for the hunters who lose their dogs. If they want to risk losing them to more powerful wild predators, that’s their problem. In fact, the way I look at it, it’s enough to say to them, “Serves you right!” And that’s the clean version.