The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have just confirmed the ninth and tenth wolf depredations in Grant County for this year.
The ninth confirmed depredation, investigated on Dec. 15. on an injured cow on private land in the upper John Day valley, was attributed by ODFW to the Logan Valley wolves. The tenth confirmed depredation, investigated on Dec. 19 on private land in Bear Valley, involved an injured eight-month old calf and was attributed to the Murderers Creek Wolves.
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.