SENECA — After two confirmed wolf depredations, eight days apart on his property in recent weeks, Bear Valley cattle rancher Alec Oliver has been awarded the first wolf lethal take permit in the history of Grant County.
Two adult female cows, at four and five years of age, had their rear udders ripped apart on the Oliver Ranch in late October and early November, according to Oliver. One of them was hamstrung, he said.
Oliver’s two confirmed depredations come just weeks prior to the seventh confirmed depredation in Grant County this year, investigated by ODFW on Thursday, Nov. 16, and attributed to a collared disperser wolf called OR131. An injured 9-month-old calf was attacked at Warm Springs Creek, near the Crook County line, according to a report.
The wolf shot to death by an elk hunter in northern Malheur County on Nov. 2 was the ninth wolf killed in Oregon in 2023 and the second allegedly killed in self-defense since the species repopulated the state in the 1990s, wildlife officials say.
The wolf shot to death by an elk hunter in northern Malheur County on Nov. 2 was the ninth wolf killed in Oregon in 2023 and the second allegedly killed in self-defense since the species repopulated the state in the 1990s, wildlife officials say.
SENECA — An Elk Hunter reported the shooting and killing of a wolf in self-defense in the North Malheur Hunt Unit on U.S. Forest Service property, southeast of Seneca, according to a press release from Oregon State Police.
The hunter called the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 2, to report the incident, officials said. An OSP Fish and Wildlife Division Sergeant, Fish and Wildlife Senior Trooper, and the District Biologist from ODFW responded to the scene and met the hunter, according to the OSP release.
The hunter properly followed instructions and left the scene intact, officials said. The hunter then voluntarily led OSP and ODFW to the scene, according to officials with OSP.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released the 2021 annual wolf report this week. Unfortunately, the report shows that 2021 was not a great one for wolves.