Wyoming Wolf Hunt

WileyWapiti · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject: Wyoming Wolf Hunt

Got this in an e-mail - so I will paste it per-badum - it is an interesting photo to say the least - enjoy.

Lee

"First two wolves of the first five wolves (shot legally) near Pinedale and Big Piney, Wyoming after the season for wolves was opened up. I would venture to say they are 'just a little bit bigger' than the local coyotes! These were caught, with two others, in a calving pen, killing livestock.....not eating the livestock, just killing it. I'm thinkin' my 340 Weatherby isn't too much gun for one of these critters..... fortunately the wolves I saw on Wanda's place weren't near this size...... they were 3x the size of our coyotes, though.....these guys have been eating really well! Acutally, eating TOO WELL! It's no wonder the elk and moose calves only have a 20% chance of making it to 6 months old in the Yellowstone area with these big boys around! Amazingly, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has requested anyone catching a wolf or wolverine in a leg hold trap to "please try to release it alive"....... that could be a pretty good trick! I was expecting much smaller wolves to be in the 'not safe for wolves zone' ...... wonder how big the wolves are that ran these two out of the 'safe zone'?

Dont think I want to snowshoe or cross country ski in Wyoming anymore........ expect to see these critters in Colorado pretty soon.....coming to a favorite deer or elk haunt near you!"

robfromaz1977 · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: Wyoming Wolf Hunt

Those things are huge!

WileyWapiti · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:45 am Post subject: Re: Wyoming Wolf Hunt

I had not realized how big they were either, I have never seen one, but between what they have been eating and their Winter coats, the critters seem to bulk up a bit.

moose2 · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: Wyoming Wolf Hunt

They look almost unreal. I sure hope that we don't get any of them around here.

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946

I saw a wolf about that size while deer hunting once. Walking across a farmers field about 300 yards out and plenty visible even though the field still had crop on it! I had to squint my eyes, readjust my binoculars and look again I couldn't believe it. My hunting buddy "Hairy" (his nick name) thought it was the reflection of the sun on a deer's skin till he realized it was a wolf too.

About a hour East of Toronto to boot, not all that far from a big city in the "South" verses Northern Ontario where the wolves are much more common.

Dimitri

glockman55 · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Wyoming Wolf Hunt

I've seen two in Upper Michigan, crossing the road. Big animals. The Uppers have no use for them.

scoie27 · Rookie Member Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Posts: 1

Sorry to ruin the story fellas

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