So, minutes before I saw the initial movment up top, my buddy, some 50 yards away had done the "I'm gonna approach" whistle, which I had replied to confirm. So as he was slowly making his way thru the bush towards me, now in sight, I see movement on the ridge. I stand and get my buddies attention, pointing to the ridge line trail. He crouched and I remained standing, motionless on my rock.
So as the first animal comes into view at 80 yards.... It's no deer and at first it took a moment to realize that a pack of wolves was emerging at the top of the ridge. I raised my rifle and in doing this, the wolves spotted me and fanned out. In a split second 3 very large dogs were in full down hill run straight at me. My first shot unmistakeably hit the lead animal in the chest shoulder at about 30 yards as the wolf was now on ground sloping up at me. He blew past me between me an a big douglas fir that was only 10 feet from me. The second animal veered and went right past on the other side of that tree but still mere feet away. I had sights on him a squeezed the trigger as he flew past, hitting him in the haunches. His backend slid out but he too blasted right on by and into the thick brush and steep downhill terrain.
The third wolf , I don't even know it all happened so fast but as I turned back to see , my buddy was kneeling letting her rip with his 30-06. The pack disappeared and we high tailed it in fading light back to the jeep and the short ride back to camp.
We put coffee on, threw some venison burgers on the grill from last weeks 4ptmulie and as we started to discuss what just happened, a sickening wounded wolf howl kind noise was coming from back near our spot. Minutes later answered by the pack that sounded a 100 yards or so away.
Rifles where left at the ready that night. The wounded wolf down below was silent after maybe 1/2 hour... Then a while later, the sad mournful slow howl of one wolf up the ridge calling to the two we hit down below.
Hiking in the next morning, despite rain, we found enough evidence in blood bone chips and wolf fur to know we terminally hit one as it went back up the hill, and the two that blew by me as they were hit.
at 11;00 am yesterday we could again here the wolves howling.
There's no pics, sorry.
Have been playing phone tag with the pemberton C.0.
I generally solo hunt that area this time of year but will be thinkin twice hehehe
Also down on the valley floor a km or 2 away are camps with edible mushroom pickers and they ain't armed.
Anyhow, if you know the area I am referring to and would like more details before your hunt, shoot me a message.
These wolves would be very easy pickings for a skilled ambush type predator hunter right now.
Anyhow, that's the story. If yer one of the jackasses that posts the pics or it didn't happen crap and you had to pay a guide to find a wolf for you and blah blah blah.... Piss off. I had an extremly hair raising self defense situation play out and don't wanna hear from the peanut gallery
And I've never paid a guide to find my animals for me
