Has anyone hunted wolves?

brian roberts said:
a lake in either Canada or Alaska on snowshoes, armed with a rifle. He had the feeling he was being "watched", so he turned around to look(I believe he was mid-point) and counted five wolves coming in his tracks. He hurried up, and when he reached the other side and made the trees and rocks, he looked back.......nothing. Said it was the scariest moments of his life. :eek:
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They have been known to do that. Almost like they are looking for a weakness or a dropping of the guard, perhaps an edible morsel left behind.

Lou Baccino
 
Have any of you guys been to that.............

site: saveelk.com?? Very interesting site, and one of the characteristics mentioned is for them to look for ANY sign of infermity in humans or animals. :eek:
 
Not all wolves are the same...

The wolves I have encounterd in both Alaska and Canada have been very elusive. You rarely saw but a glimpse of them but you knew they were there. They avoided human contact as much as possible. They are true top of the food chain predators. They work on moose, elk and deer populations.

We have had the Red wolf shoved down our throat in North Carolina. Thanks to the remaining population from Washington State. The population put in our mountains has not done well. The population they have put on our coast area have grown slowly. The Red wolves are just a little bigger than coyotes and are often confused for coyotes. The locals who have interacted with them consider them just another predator. A couple have been shot confused with coyotes. Most if not all are wearing radio collars. There was some confusion. The USF&W fist claimed they were an "endangered species". They were reclasified as "experimental species". We had several investigations and a few people charged with shooting them. They have caused a big stink. They have now done some extensive DNA studies to determine if they are really Coyotes.

Nat Lambeth
 
Guys go to this site BLACK BEAR BLOG then go to Idaho hunting news The wolfs in Idaho and Montana are not afraid of humans i have been with in ten yards of them they are easy to call all you have to do is howl them up
 
Exactly Right!

Rustystud said:
The wolves I have encounterd in both Alaska and Canada have been very elusive. You rarely saw but a glimpse of them but you knew they were there. They avoided human contact as much as possible. They are true top of the food chain predators. They work on moose, elk and deer populations.
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"They avoided human contact as much as possible."

I have lived in wolf country in two different states for 40+ years. You are exactly right--wolves avoid humans unless they are fed and lose fear. Why? Because in wolf country, whether it's Minnesota, Canada or Alaska, the bold wolves get shot and trapped, whether or not it's legal. The only way they survive is to be elusive and stick to the back country.
 
Rustystud said:
The wolves I have encounterd in both Alaska and Canada have been very elusive. You rarely saw but a glimpse of them but you knew they were there. They avoided human contact as much as possible. They are true top of the food chain predators. They work on moose, elk and deer populations.

We have had the Red wolf shoved down our throat in North Carolina. Thanks to the remaining population from Washington State. The population put in our mountains has not done well. The population they have put on our coast area have grown slowly. The Red wolves are just a little bigger than coyotes and are often confused for coyotes. The locals who have interacted with them consider them just another predator. A couple have been shot confused with coyotes. Most if not all are wearing radio collars. There was some confusion. The USF&W fist claimed they were an "endangered species". They were reclasified as "experimental species". We had several investigations and a few people charged with shooting them. They have caused a big stink. They have now done some extensive DNA studies to determine if they are really Coyotes.

Nat Lambeth
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Hey, don't blame us!!! We've paid our share to the touchy-feelies regarding these coyotes. Glad to share them with you :D

These "Red Wolves" fall into the same category as the "pygmies" and "little bushmen" that so-called "reporting magazines" like National Geographic have foisted on us over the years. Pure government funded BS. Our colleges have done a fine job of educating our young working class on the wonders of milking our system by inventing "research" and the funding thereof...... The sad root of it all is, I know of a bunch of people whose only means of support is defrauding the public. (legally)

Ohh well, welcome to red phase coyotes....

al
 
Well, just as I feared the wolf that started this topic has been commercialized. Apparently the video will air on Wild TV tomorrow, Sunday the 12 of July 2009 @ 7:30 pm Alberta time or the same as Montana time(mountain time) , so you can figure out what time it will be where you are. I don't get Wild TV and can't be bothered with commercialized bullsh*t hunting television so won't know if this is true, so maybe someone can check it out for me. They are claiming it to be a potential world record:rolleyes:.Anyway there is a clearer picture at this site. For what it's worth I hate this kinda crap.

http://http://www.grimsmonstermix.com/
 
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Marc said:
Well, just as I feared the wolf that started this topic has been commercialized. Apparently the video will air on Wild TV tomorrow, Sunday the 12 of July 2009 @ 7:30 pm Alberta time or the same as Montana time(mountain time) , so you can figure out what time it will be where you are. I don't get Wild TV and can't be bothered with commercialized bullsh*t hunting television so won't know if this is true, so maybe someone can check it out for me. They are claiming it to be a potential world record:rolleyes:.Anyway there is a clearer picture at this site. For what it's worth I hate this kinda crap.

http://http://www.grimsmonstermix.com/
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Ya' gotta take one of the http's of to get this linky to work.

something more like this

http://www.grimsmonstermix.com/

al
 
Photo Gallery, Page Two, Middle Pic...........

That stuff is GREAT!!!! It lured in SASQUATCH!!!! See 'im, right there on the upper left??!! :rolleyes::D:D
 
Wolf rifle

would you consider a 6.5-284 a good round for wolf hunting??
 
Kill them all !

Shoot,shovel,and Shuddup!

That's the motto in western Wyoming where Yellowstone's wolves have spread 100's of miles.
The PETA nuts love them because they kill a ton of deer and other game,leaving little for people to harvest.
Hey,if they love predators so much,why do they hate people.We're the top predator!
The coyotes sure have done a number on Pennsylvania's deer herd.Very few fawns survive more than month.
 
Kill Them All????

Kill all the wolves? Don't stop there--get those hawks and owls that kill squirrels and cottontails. Don't forget those pheasant killing foxes. And the skunks that eat those duck eggs plus the bald eagles and ospreys that take all those fish. Man, if we got rid of ALL the predators the country would be crawling with fish and game.

Here's a story from my experience. I've been lucky to hunt the same places over the years I did as a kid 55 years ago. Back then it was legal to hunt hawks and they were shot on sight--I shot some myself. Everybody said if you didn't shoot them they would clean out the gray squirrels and cottontails. Now, it's not legal to shoot hawks and I see lots of them every fall. But guess what--there's as many squirrels and rabbits as there were years ago. Go figure!

Predators can take a lot of game animals from time to time. But for the most part they live off the surplus.

For me, it would be a sad day indeed if all the wolves were killed in the North Country. Seeing their tracks and hearing them howl added a lot to my hunts. And I shot my share of moose, caribou and sheep in wolf country. You just have to learn to share the game with wolves and bears that belong there every bit as much as people do.
 
And Vic, I go righta long w'ya on that..............

get ridda all th' Kalifornicatin' Konders, take alla PETA poopers an' their kids, an put 'em out there at 9PM 20 miles from town after an 8incher with a flashlight, an' tell 'em there will be storytime before breakfast. I bet that'd settle alot of indecision on their part. I think you ought to go up to Canada and enjoy yourself to your heart's content, I see yer point, have at it, dude. ;);):D
 
vicvanb said:
Kill all the wolves? Don't stop there--get those hawks and owls that kill squirrels and cottontails. Don't forget those pheasant killing foxes. And the skunks that eat those duck eggs plus the bald eagles and ospreys that take all those fish. Man, if we got rid of ALL the predators the country would be crawling with fish and game.

You forgot all of the blue herons that cleaned out all my stocked fish in my farm ponds when there is a drought and the water got low. Now that the drought is over and we have enough rain to fill the ponds back up it will cost me about $3000 to re stock them. :(

You may not know that a blue heron has a heart twice as large as your Thanksgiving turkey. HEE HEE. It cost the taxpayers more than $30,000 to electrify the trout tanks at only "1" of the many hatcheries to keep out between 30 & 40 blue herons every morning that showed up for a feast. :eek: :eek:

gt40
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OOH OOH Add Barn cats to the list. Viscious little buggers drinkin milk all day eatin all those poor mice AND THEN takin a trip along the fence line to eat some more.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
vicvanb why do we need wolfs in Idaho and Montana we got along for years with out them.like i said before they have killed off almost all the moose in are area i finely seen a moose last week. first one this year and i am in the woods at least three times a week. before they put the wolfs in i would see 1or 2 moose a week.
 
I forgot to add that wolves make absolutely beautiful rugs not like bear rugs. :p

gt40
 
vicvanb said:
Kill all the wolves? Don't stop there--get those hawks and owls that kill squirrels and cottontails. Don't forget those pheasant killing foxes. And the skunks that eat those duck eggs plus the bald eagles and ospreys that take all those fish. Man, if we got rid of ALL the predators the country would be crawling with fish and game.

Here's a story from my experience. I've been lucky to hunt the same places over the years I did as a kid 55 years ago. Back then it was legal to hunt hawks and they were shot on sight--I shot some myself. Everybody said if you didn't shoot them they would clean out the gray squirrels and cottontails. Now, it's not legal to shoot hawks and I see lots of them every fall. But guess what--there's as many squirrels and rabbits as there were years ago. Go figure!"

We sure don't have the game we had when killing predators was legal,except in the suburbs and housing projects[/I].

"Predators can take a lot of game animals from time to time. But for the most part they live off the surplus. "

Now,that's BS! Talk to hunters who live in rural Alaska and the western states.Predators kill whatever they can,including new fawns,calves,etc.


For me, it would be a sad day indeed if all the wolves were killed in the North Country. Seeing their tracks and hearing them howl added a lot to my hunts. And I shot my share of moose, caribou and sheep in wolf country. You just have to learn to share the game with wolves and bears that belong there every bit as much as people do.
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I'd say it's impossible to kill all the wolves as they are very smart and elusive.
When I said "kill them all",I meant "kill all you can". Then you might hold the population down to a reasonable size.
 
relodr36 said:
Shoot,shovel,and Shuddup!

That's the motto in western Wyoming where Yellowstone's wolves have spread 100's of miles.
The PETA nuts love them because they kill a ton of deer and other game,leaving little for people to harvest.
Hey,if they love predators so much,why do they hate people.We're the top predator!
The coyotes sure have done a number on Pennsylvania's deer herd.Very few fawns survive more than month.
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If one does some research ......bears, fox and bobcats combined account for more deer predation than coyotes......unless your with the conspiracy crowd which claims the PGC secretly transplanted western coyotes in order to screw the hunter. Fawn mortality rate with-in 1 month has been running around 35% for a good number of years.
 
Hey Smitty, Let me tell you................

the fellow that told us about the Coyote ear, was a reliable witness that saw the ear that the hunter refused to give to WVF&G officers. I spoke to the President of the Pa. Sportsman's Assn., and he related that the Pheasant & Quail population was being decimated by Coyote predation. I can remember when predators were kept at a much more stable population level, and we didn't have the mortality of game animals we have now. Yes, they have a right to live at a level which does not pose a risk to the survival of other species, and at a level which does not pose a risk to humans, either. If you want to look at another killer, one which I have personally witnessed killing prey, then dropping it to kill again, AND again, look no further than the housecat. I'm not speaking of your friendly furry that you keep inside w/a litterbox. I'm talking about the ones let out by their owners so they, "can enjoy the outdoors", the same people who say when told of cats & birds, "...but that's what cats DO...". These are the same people who call up the Chemlawn man because they want their lawn to look like a golf green. When told about the adverse effect on birds that eat the grubs and worms UNDER the lawn, from the junk thats sprayed ON the lawn, on two occasions the response from two acquaintances was, "F''K the birds, I wanna good lookin' LAWN!!" Oh yeah, "house"cats are responsible for about TEN BILLION birds a year. So, there are some times, when Sylvester is late for din-din.
 
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