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Wolf Hunting... which state is BEST???
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BillLarson
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Yes Wis. did a good job slimming down the wolf population.... I Thank Them for it......
While on a successful moose hunt in Ontario Can. I talked with the outfitter alot...
lots a wolves up there and he trapped a lot of them off a snowmobile....He said they were very hard to trap..... he wouldn't even get off his snow machine as wolves use snow trails as highways when snow gets deep....just lean back set the trap.... making it as scent free and blended in with snow tracks... some would still walk around the trap... We saw a few while hunting...and plenty sign...
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coyote wacker
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I trapped full time in the UP using leg holds and snares January-February for coyotes and fox .....as far as catching wolfs I caught 1-3 every year in leg holds but caught 4-10 in snares and that was not even trying to catch any....
Can say one thing catch and release a wolf they pretty much never come back to that area....only problem a different pack would move into the area....
EXACTLY, a wolf IS NOT a dog... My cousin had a hybrid back in the 70's, it jumped out of her pickup and attacked a little neighbor girl... All UNPROVOKED, obviously it was put down... Been an English Mastiff owner for 38 years so I know large DOGS.... Wolf's aren't pets---PERIOD!!!
When we had millions of buffalo the wolves had something to eat. When the bison were shot out the wolves turned to everything else...
Wait a couple more years and lower Michigan will be prime trapping. Oh wait, they can't swim across Straits of Mackinac nor can they walk across the ice nor are they on game cameras.
how long did you hunt wolves? what rifle did you use? thanks. ron
Argon Glen
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@roninflag, I went to hunt Black Bear and was there a week. It only made sense to buy the Wolf tag for the unlikely event that I had an opportunity; the same with the Mountain Lion tag.
Thank you for the great info. You don't hear, I don't hear anything about wolves in the Bighorn's. Same with grizzlies. I they aren't there will be soon but I think G&F would remove or kill them . They won't bother with wolves. Grizzlies here are way too overpopulated and no fear of humans. It takes some of the fun out of hunting here.
Good to meet you neighbor. Been 2 years since I've been to your fine town
They are there. It's more of a "local knowledge" thing that G&F doesn't acknowledge because it's not a "problem" yet.
Summer before last and last summer elk herds were pushed down into the Bighorn Canyon National Rec area and upstream along the river. During that period there was several conversations about wolves roaming up high around Porcupine and the Medicine Wheel.
The Grizz aren't far off either. Last I knew there had been a sow(s) and cub(s) spotted in the Pryors.
We're to the point where we'll look back on the current condition of that mountain range as the good old days.
Please come and remove as many as you like. The wolves have ruin my elk hunting.
Used to be able to go bow hunting in north idaho for elk and pretty much count on at least hearing some elk and if you did your part see them as well. Well now you don't hear them or see them unless you flat out get lucky.
Used to be able to go bow hunting in north idaho for elk and pretty much count on at least hearing some elk and if you did your part see them as well. Well now you don't hear them or see them unless you flat out get lucky.
Yotegtr
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I along with 3 buddies have hunted Idaho 4 years in a row now strictly for wolves. First year we struck out, next year a buddy got one. The third year I was able to get one and this last winter 3 of us snuck in on 5 sleeping and got 4 of them, I shot 2. It's the hardest hunt physically and mentally I have ever done! But it is not impossible, do your research, gear up really well and go find wolf tracks!
Tell a more detailed account please of the 5 sleeping ones sounds very interesting and a heck of a blast.
Wow four coils!
Yotegtr
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Long long long story. Cut their super fresh tracks and followed them (jumped them off their elk kill, not knowing this at the time). Fast forward a few hours and I was following their tracks across the mountain in my binos when I spotted one standing then instantly lay down. Turns out there were 4 there and a 5th a little ways away. One guy stayed at the spotter and the other 3 of us took off on sleds, went as far as the trail allowed then snowshoed in on them. Peeked over the point we got to and there they were at 388yds. I let the other two shoot first. I howled and they lifted their heads and my buddies shot two at the same time. The other 3 scattered and I started howling and two came back and I was able to get both of them! Epic trip! Took us 6hrs to get back to the pickup! That's the short version lol!
