Wolves

Managing Wolves for Durable Delisting

By Charlie BooherWolves are perhaps the most controversial species of wildlife in North America. Hundreds of people from Boise to Washington, D.C. work on the policies that govern the management and ...

Boone and Crockett Club Celebrates Overdue Delisting of Gray Wolf

The Boone and Crockett Club welcomes today’s announcement by Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Aurelia Skipwith to return gray wolf management to state conservation authority. Wolves are a wildlife restoration success story, akin to the recovery and delisting of bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and numerous other species. The ultimate goal of the Endangered Species Act is to bring species back from the brink of extinction and stabilize populations so that management can move back to the states.

Wolves, Cougars, Elk, and Deer in Oregon

SCIENCE BLASTS By John F. Organ, B&C Professional Member Graduate student Elizabeth Orning collared cougars in 2013 in northeast Oregon as part of the ODFW wolf monitoring program. ...

Density of Dall's Sheep in Alaska - Effects of Predator Harvest, Weather, and Carrying Capacity

By Carl D. Mitchell (Wildlife Biologist, retired) and R. Terry Bowyer (Professional Member, Boone and Crockett Club) Managing game populations subject to predation has long been a topic of ...

Beyond Wolf Advocacy, Toward Realistic Policies for Carnivore Conservation

An Essay by Dr. Valerius Geist From Winter 2008 Fair Chase (Part 3 of a 3 part series) Investigations into the death of Kenton Carnegie unearthed matters that are deeply troubling (s...

Death by Wolves and Misleading Advocacy - The Kenton Carnegie Tragedy

On November 8th, 2005, a 22-year-old honors and scholarship student in Geological Engineering, Kenton Joel Carnegie, from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, was killed in northern Saskatchewan by a pack of wolves.

Large Predators: Them and Us!

An Essay by Dr. Valerius Geist From Fall 2008 Fair Chase (Part 1 of a 3 part series) We pay close attention to large predators. We do so because we evolved as prey. It was our ancient...

B&C Supports Bill Restoring State Management for Wolves

A new bill introduced in Congress today would once and for all transfer management of recovered gray wolf populations back to state wildlife agencies in Wyoming and the Great Lakes region.

Club Applauds Wolf Delisting, Management in Wyoming

The Boone and Crockett Club applauds the Aug. 31, 2012, decision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for returning management authority for the gray wolf to the State of Wyoming.

Calling for Order in Wolf Debate

Many hunters are rightfully angry that a federal judge has put the gray wolf back under federal protection based on legal technicalities. Taking management away from state authorities allows wolves to multiply and spread. Wolves are already so plentiful they are cutting down herds of elk, moose, and deer, and are also killing livestock and pets.