Interesting Wolf Episode

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Last November, our group went to our hunting camp for our usual moose/elk/and deer late season hunt.

One of the guys went to his usual spot, which is a small field adjacent to a meandering creek. At around 0830hrs, he shot a nice fat muley doe at the edge of the creek bank, gutted and tagged it. He walked back to his quad, and drove to camp to get one of the guys to help him.

Both returned about one hour later...and the deer was gone. They could see drag marks on the snow...and wolf tracks ( at least 2 of them). They walked to the creek bottom to find the head/neck, with 3 ribs attached to it. Everything else was gone, and due to the many wolf tracks present, weren't sure where to start looking for the leg that had the tag attached to it. He again went to camp to get his camera and when he returned to the scene, the head/neck disappeared...

It is interesting how quickly they moved in after the kill....in the open and broad daylight. They were probably close by watching his every moves.

I have hunted moose in the Manning area in Northern Alberta, and heard stories on rifle shots being "dinner bells" for grizzllies, but this episode was a first for us in regards to wolves.

I have experienced them coming in to scavenge a gut pile at night, and the odd time, scared them off a moose pile the day following the kill.

Interesting animals. Anyone had similar episodes?
 
I have somewhat of a similar story, sorta lol. I noticed your out in AB, well i live in the Ottawa valley (1an bit hour west of Ottawa) on a 100 acres. As long as i can remember growing up on the farm, hunting, skiddooing...so on. The wolves never ever bothered with us, nor we bother them. But until the last few, maybe three years we now have a real problem around here with them.

The wolves are all now mostly hybrids, breading with the coyotes. So we have these hybrids that have the wolves strength an endurance, with the coyotes no fear attitude. I have had several different encounters with them. So have fellow outdoor enthusiasts an farmers i know.

1 During this open deer season using R/SG/ML i took down a gorgeous mature 8point buck in the A.M. Within 15 minutes of the kill. i had a pack coming in to investigate.

2 During the beginning of the opening of small game season this September. Me an 2 other buddies were pheasant hunting, when the sun was starting to go down we circled by roughly 3 packs of these wolf/coyotes. We estimated at least 25 of them.

3 This summer i was BBQ-ing outside of my garage for a few of us. Cooking beef and some wild game. Guess what goes to attack my BBQ this wolf!! Me and a buddy sitting there in the garage chatting, here comes this low lying wolf stalking my BBQ!! I run to grab the gun and well apparently my buddy watches this wolf come at the BBQ. Last second before he was right on top it, he turned an ran back to the bush. Just as i got back outside!!

4 I was ploughing our bush road last winter with an open cab compact series tractor, to bring more wood up to the house. I was about half way to the pile in the bush. I look up an here's a hybrid running straight at me 20 yards out, it had been waiting 4 me. Well he wasnt alone 3 others circled behind me. These things were bonkers enough to go after a tractor!!

I have several other stories of dogs, sheep, cows, even a full grown Clydesdale getting mauled by 3 of these hybrids. There have been so many encounters!

They circle my house in a piss war with my dogs who's territory it is. Needless to say you cant go out around here without a gun. Even to walk your dog! There are just so many of these hybrids its outrageous.

The MNR has said that pretty much all the wolves except for the ones in the Algonquin park are all hybrids in eastern Ont an lower northern Ont.

I actually watched a small clip on discovery channel this afternoon on the hybrids. Theres a full documentary coming out soon on Ontarios wolves. They have been studying them for 3 years and are trying to understand if the hybrid will be Ontarios new an predominate wolf?

So many people around here are shooting them for self defense around there home or to protect there live stock.
 
I forgot to mention we believe these wolf and coyote and hybrids are so plentiful cuz. The last 8 years our deer numbers have been through the roof! until 2 years ago, 1 hunter could up to 4-6 deer tags for himself. Also the reintroduction of elk here an moose populations getting stronger the last 5-15 years. There has been plenty of food to help the predators to flourish. But the last 2 years the MNR has gotten our deer numbers down so it will be easier for elk to move in all over eastern Ontario. Well we have so many predators, which had lots of meals that are not so plentiful an easy to get anymore. So now we have a lot of human contact. Maybe i m wrong? Its strange that deer population gets cut. Now we have wolf coyote human encounters constantly.
 
Those are the reasons why I have a jack knife handy. We all know we cant have an un cased, loaded firearm handy till legal light in Ontario.

The knife is in the sheath case untill legal stabbing time, unless the wolf is on my back side trying to rip off my arm... I still wont pull out the knife, or the rifle just in case theres a CO around to help me, or charge me with having a weapon uncased before legal light lol...:)
It seems vermin have more rights than the tax payer who feeds them.
Hm.. vermin, politician, I get it... Liberals.:D
 
Always have your gun loaded and ready when gutting your animal. Bears are the worst, but wolves are cunning and hungry. Lock n Load Baby!
 
Dinner bell for the new school fur for sure.
Years ago we were hunting at Buckley Lake.
Bull moose down and we used a canoe to move it up the creek to
the lake.
Next morning I was curious to see what was left.
A bit of blood, some hair and that's it.
Not sure if it was a combo of grizzly and wolf, but the hair on
my neck sure stood up.
 
fiddler said:
Always have your gun loaded and ready when gutting your animal. Bears are the worst, but wolves are cunning and hungry. Lock n Load Baby!
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Plus i always have a sheathed knife strapped on my leg.

I ve never had a bear come up while gutting . Ive had everything else show, i heard many stories of others having bear encounters while gutting though.
 
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