Now I do realize that most of the people around here don't live anyplace close to, or have even seen a Wolf.
I've been having problems around here with them over the last few weeks, and they've come up in other threads, as we discuss other subjects....well actually I bring them up, because they are haunting me right now, and they are on my mind.
I love to hear the wolves in the winter, but far off...it's when they come down through the timber, and target my place, and my livestock....that's when I get annoyed with them.
There are a few rules of thumb when your a Rancher, and living in these parts that you can live by.
Don't mess with a mans livestock, family and fence....and you'll get by here just fine.
When in social situations, with mixed company, you never bring up politics, religion ,or Wolves.
I know that they've been persecuted by my kind for a century or more, and they have a place on this earth, but so do I ....they are simply being wolves, just as I am simply being a Rancher.
In the old days, I wouldn't hesitate to protect my livestock, as is my legal, and legislated right, under the protection of livestock act of British Columbia.
I now find myself trying everything to avoid a confrontation with them....something in me has changed.
I'm not sure of I've reached a higher level of respect and understanding....or I empathize with their situation since the fires?
They are bold, they are very hungry......and they are here, and I still hesitate, even though I know a small pack could wipe me out.
What is it in a man, that changes something he always was....and turns it 360 degrees around on him?
Anyone else ever had this happen, no matter the consequences?
I've been having problems around here with them over the last few weeks, and they've come up in other threads, as we discuss other subjects....well actually I bring them up, because they are haunting me right now, and they are on my mind.
I love to hear the wolves in the winter, but far off...it's when they come down through the timber, and target my place, and my livestock....that's when I get annoyed with them.
There are a few rules of thumb when your a Rancher, and living in these parts that you can live by.
Don't mess with a mans livestock, family and fence....and you'll get by here just fine.
When in social situations, with mixed company, you never bring up politics, religion ,or Wolves.
I know that they've been persecuted by my kind for a century or more, and they have a place on this earth, but so do I ....they are simply being wolves, just as I am simply being a Rancher.
In the old days, I wouldn't hesitate to protect my livestock, as is my legal, and legislated right, under the protection of livestock act of British Columbia.
I now find myself trying everything to avoid a confrontation with them....something in me has changed.
I'm not sure of I've reached a higher level of respect and understanding....or I empathize with their situation since the fires?
They are bold, they are very hungry......and they are here, and I still hesitate, even though I know a small pack could wipe me out.
What is it in a man, that changes something he always was....and turns it 360 degrees around on him?
Anyone else ever had this happen, no matter the consequences?