Well here I am into the end of my fourth year of hunting wolves and with only one big boy under my belt. Today started off with an early morning alarm for hunt time - well too many early mornings between work and hunting myself and my72jeep decided to sleep in. As luck had it, at least we were home for the so called planned power outage that we didn’t get a call for. Chas, Wayne and Paddle2DaC were out early this morning with no luck. After getting our morning chores done we thought we would go for a spin out to check on our baits but opted to walk in from another direction that my72jeep packed down with the sled yesterday. Saw lots of tracks through the snow but nothing too fresh, other than the set or two that ran up and down the sled track. We quietly walked our way in until my72jeep’s cell went off so he hung back as I continued on. By the time I reached our bait he had caught up and I continued around the bend towards the river bank, when I caught movement through the trees. I immediately went to my knee to get ready for the shot as the trail came around another bend in my direction. As soon as I got down and my firearm came up, my72jeep sat down and waited. I had a couple seconds to realize that I was trying to see through too many branches, so moved over a couple more feet. The wolf came around that bend and stopped dead looking at me. Well, as my luck and adrenaline have it, my first shot was a dud as I still had the safety on and heart beating in my ears. Well I got the safety off as quick as a heart beat and took aim. Being that it was a front on shot, I got her through the front shoulder and out behind her leg. As she stumbled into the tree line beelining it back to where we think some dens are, I yelled to my72jeep “let’s go” and gave chase to catch her. A couple times she looked back and we realized I had broken her shoulder which is why we were still following her 100 yards later. After finally getting another shot into her, she did what we were trying are hardest to avoid - she tumbled off the bank edge, the 60 degree bank that went straight to the river. After tumbling down about 75 feet she came to rest against a tree just before the final drop to the river. My72jeep went down after her and almost went head over heels but stopped about 73 feet down. His first action after making sure he and the wolf weren’t going any further, was to call Chas and said “wolf down, wolf down - I can send a pic”. Not to get too far off subject, but this comment was as a result of Chas and Paddle2DaC trying to fool us with the “ya we got two this morning, they just popped over the hill when we were finishing...um no pic”. He then asked Chas if he could bring ropes to haul him and the wolf up the hill. I then left him to go back the way we came in to bring our truck closer and grab the toboggan. By the time I got back, my72jeep had the wolf half way back up the hill, and by the time Chas arrived, we had pics and put her in the toboggan. After congratulating me, Chas commented about this thing myself and my72jeep seem to have with that river ( see last year’s escapades ). After weighing her - a 50 pound female - and doing the town tour, we headed for home but of course decided to go have one more look at the baits. We met a friend out on his jog and he told us about a large black and grey wolf hanging out farther down past where we hunt, so we went for a tour. Not seeing anything else, we headed back and check our two baits on the power lines. Just birds. We were about to call it a day when we spotted another wolf run across the road 300 yards down headed for our back bait where I got my wolf earlier that day. We decided to quickly run back in there to see if we could catch it coming out again. If it wasn’t for the fact that after 10 minutes we now only had another 10 to get our firearms home, it surely would have come out on the one trail. A full day for sure. To be fair to myself and fellow women hunters - I was the first female to join our little group, getting the largest wolf between us in the last little while, I would have LOVED to have been the first to have tagged out in the same day!! Looking at the pics Chas and my72jeep Jeep posted above, she’s the one I their pics with the lighter fur around her eyes.
Blew it on a wolf - Season 11
- Thread starter Chas
- Start date
Dec 30 2019 Qhpenny and myself were out checking our back bait lots of new tracks but no K9’s. So I decided to down load my 2 cam’s at this location. As I was looking at the photos I had a few shots of two wolves. As we turned to leave about 120 yards away I saw a wolf sauntering on a course through the cut over that would bring it to the cut finger my wife was standing on. Took about 5 minutes to show up. From where I went to ground I had a great shot at it but as I’m tagged out till Jan1 2020 it was up to my wife, she was 10 feet away but all she was seeing in the scope was tag alders and fur. No clear shot, as it disappeared into the trees Qhpenny ran to the spot that she shot her wolf 7 days before. ( we have the wolves trails just about figured out in this area) as she waited she took one brief look away turned back and there was the wolf looking at her and in a flash it was gone. Wolf one Qhpenny 0.
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No 2.Do you still only get one tag a year each
That snowshoe in distress interests me! Seams strange playing cottontail and jackrabbit in a province that has none of either. Have not found snowshoe as of yet.
Well rain and ice pellet storms wiped out a couple of days of hunting. M72J, QHP and me went out yesterday AM in an attempt to fill out our remaining 2019 tags. Fresh snow and we had a pack of at least 4 go through on the hydro line, plus a smoking hot single track heading for my bait site, so we set up there. I tried out the "Norwegian Wolf Howl" (see Kamlooky's coyote callers post) which I had just downloaded on my FoxPro. As soon as I hit it, ravens and crows started calling and flew up to the hydro line. Then we had red squirrels chattering behind M72J and QHP, but nothing came out. After a while, QHP left to check out their other bait site, and found a very fresh track crossing the road heading towards where they were sitting. We figure it came in behind them but wouldnt come out of the treeline.
After an hour or so, M7J and I got up and were talking. We had a couple of ravens that had kept flying out and pecking at something in the snow about 700 yards the entire time we were hunting. I started playing some new coyote calls I had loaded at a high volume to hear how they sounded (wife objects when I do this in the house ). We are standing there when a coyote runs out to the ravens 700 yards away, stops, and then runs back to the treeline. We didnt have a howitzer, so it was safe.
Just did up my year end stats for the mandatory report I have to file - hunted 22 days, saw 6 wolves and 3 coyotes, and shot 1 wolf in 2019.
Some trail camera pictures to end up the year:
Got you covered chum - one of the best ones I ever found was in all places, a National Geographic website!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS!
After an hour or so, M7J and I got up and were talking. We had a couple of ravens that had kept flying out and pecking at something in the snow about 700 yards the entire time we were hunting. I started playing some new coyote calls I had loaded at a high volume to hear how they sounded (wife objects when I do this in the house
). We are standing there when a coyote runs out to the ravens 700 yards away, stops, and then runs back to the treeline. We didnt have a howitzer, so it was safe.Just did up my year end stats for the mandatory report I have to file - hunted 22 days, saw 6 wolves and 3 coyotes, and shot 1 wolf in 2019.
Some trail camera pictures to end up the year:
Got you covered chum - one of the best ones I ever found was in all places, a National Geographic website!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS!
Well this thread is named the way it is for a reason 
My72Jeep and I headed out this morning to the hydro line. We were a bit later than usual because I had to drop a truck off at the dealers for some work and he had to feed the livestock. We walk in and there are tracks everywhere, and Paddle2DaC had been out yesterday and said the same thing.
It is unseasonable warm with a snow / rain mix falling and no wind. Snow is super quiet as long as you dont step off a trail and start breaking through the crust. I walk up to the ridge we sit on. I looked over the crest and there are ravens all over the bait. I stand there watching them for about 20 seconds and then they all fly away. Nothing at the bait, so I cross over the snowmobile trail to climb up and put the caller on a hydro pole we use for that purpose. I was shrugging out of my pack to get the FoxPro when I looked on the other side of the line and there was a wolf standing there 100 yards away from me, broadside, watching where the ravens had taken off.
First thought was to drop and get the bipod down but I thought it wouldnt stand there very long. So I decided to take an offhand shot and ... wiffed it. Wolf sauntered away not particularly concerned and got into the treeline before I could get a second shot.
We had a quick chat and set up as we thought it may circle back down where M72J usually sits, but no joy. Pulled a trail camera and had a number of pictures of the wolf at the bait site just before we got there.
Tomorrows another day..
PS - I laughed at QHP as she had to work today. Then she sent a message laughing at me when she heard about the miss...
My72Jeep and I headed out this morning to the hydro line. We were a bit later than usual because I had to drop a truck off at the dealers for some work and he had to feed the livestock. We walk in and there are tracks everywhere, and Paddle2DaC had been out yesterday and said the same thing.
It is unseasonable warm with a snow / rain mix falling and no wind. Snow is super quiet as long as you dont step off a trail and start breaking through the crust. I walk up to the ridge we sit on. I looked over the crest and there are ravens all over the bait. I stand there watching them for about 20 seconds and then they all fly away. Nothing at the bait, so I cross over the snowmobile trail to climb up and put the caller on a hydro pole we use for that purpose. I was shrugging out of my pack to get the FoxPro when I looked on the other side of the line and there was a wolf standing there 100 yards away from me, broadside, watching where the ravens had taken off.
First thought was to drop and get the bipod down but I thought it wouldnt stand there very long. So I decided to take an offhand shot and ... wiffed it. Wolf sauntered away not particularly concerned and got into the treeline before I could get a second shot.
We had a quick chat and set up as we thought it may circle back down where M72J usually sits, but no joy. Pulled a trail camera and had a number of pictures of the wolf at the bait site just before we got there.
Tomorrows another day..
PS - I laughed at QHP as she had to work today. Then she sent a message laughing at me when she heard about the miss...
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Fore!! Par 1 Coyote Course
So 8 of us (5 who are on this site) are on a bylaw exemption list to allow us to hunt coyotes / wolves in two locations in the municipality for the purposes of predator control. Yesterday I broke a trail into the golf course on snowshoes to do a hunt today as I have been getting the odd complaint about coyotes on our street. Now the golf course is on a river flat about 120' down from the bluff our street is on. The coyotes range all over the bluff, including behind the fence in my backyard where I have a couple of trail cameras set up. When I was bar b queing on new years eve on the back deck, the coyotes were howling and yipping back and forth to each other on the course - sounded like 5 or 6 animals
Gunner410 had to work, My72Jeep woke up sick, QHPenny doesnt like hunting the golf course, and Paddle2DaC was going to be out of town, and none of the other hunters were available. So I went in by myself and walked to the furthest fairway that faces the bluff. I set out a coyote decoy about 50 yards up wind from me and settled in against a poplar tree where I could watch the treeline.
I played a female coyote invitation howl and bark which takes 2 minutes on the call sequence. Before 1 minute was done, a coyote loped into a clearing directly across from me and locked up looking at the decoy. I was about 100 yard shot and I put the crosshairs on its chest as it was head on to me. Shot it with a .22-250 55 grain ballistic silvertip handload and it stiffened up and fell over backwards. Waited for about 15 minutes after I shot to see if anything else would show up as the Foxbang feature had kicked in and played canine pup in distress.
Wasnt a big one, definitely well fed, and nicely furred.
Now some Fratri style pictures:
Setup - decoy placed 50 yards upwind with Foxpro caller hanging in jackpine tree behind it:
The Shot - coyote walked out in gap between the trees (its lying there):
Closer look - walking up to it:
View it had - where it was standing looking at decoy:
No - I did not shoot someones dog on a leash!
So some redemption for missing a wolf a couple of days ago, but have to be careful now as only have 1 tag left for the rest of the year. Wife says we cant afford therapy if I tag out in January!
So 8 of us (5 who are on this site) are on a bylaw exemption list to allow us to hunt coyotes / wolves in two locations in the municipality for the purposes of predator control. Yesterday I broke a trail into the golf course on snowshoes to do a hunt today as I have been getting the odd complaint about coyotes on our street. Now the golf course is on a river flat about 120' down from the bluff our street is on. The coyotes range all over the bluff, including behind the fence in my backyard where I have a couple of trail cameras set up. When I was bar b queing on new years eve on the back deck, the coyotes were howling and yipping back and forth to each other on the course - sounded like 5 or 6 animals
Gunner410 had to work, My72Jeep woke up sick, QHPenny doesnt like hunting the golf course, and Paddle2DaC was going to be out of town, and none of the other hunters were available. So I went in by myself and walked to the furthest fairway that faces the bluff. I set out a coyote decoy about 50 yards up wind from me and settled in against a poplar tree where I could watch the treeline.
I played a female coyote invitation howl and bark which takes 2 minutes on the call sequence. Before 1 minute was done, a coyote loped into a clearing directly across from me and locked up looking at the decoy. I was about 100 yard shot and I put the crosshairs on its chest as it was head on to me. Shot it with a .22-250 55 grain ballistic silvertip handload and it stiffened up and fell over backwards. Waited for about 15 minutes after I shot to see if anything else would show up as the Foxbang feature had kicked in and played canine pup in distress.
Wasnt a big one, definitely well fed, and nicely furred.
Now some Fratri style pictures:
Setup - decoy placed 50 yards upwind with Foxpro caller hanging in jackpine tree behind it:
The Shot - coyote walked out in gap between the trees (its lying there):
Closer look - walking up to it:
View it had - where it was standing looking at decoy:
No - I did not shoot someones dog on a leash!
So some redemption for missing a wolf a couple of days ago, but have to be careful now as only have 1 tag left for the rest of the year. Wife says we cant afford therapy if I tag out in January!
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elimsprint
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Kelowna, BC
You have to have tags for coyotes in ON? What a rip! Out here it's open season 10 months of the year and NBL for coyotes and 9.5 months and 3 bag limit on wolves in my management unit.
So 8 of us (5 who are on this site) are on a bylaw exemption list to allow us to hunt coyotes / wolves in two locations in the municipality for the purposes of predator control. Yesterday I broke a trail into the golf course on snowshoes to do a hunt today as I have been getting the odd complaint about coyotes on our street. Now the golf course is on a river flat about 120' down from the bluff our street is on. The coyotes range all over the bluff, including behind the fence in my backyard where I have a couple of trail cameras set up. When I was bar b queing on new years eve on the back deck, the coyotes were howling and yipping back and forth to each other on the course - sounded like 5 or 6 animals
Gunner410 had to work, My72Jeep woke up sick, QHPenny doesnt like hunting the golf course, and Paddle2DaC was going to be out of town, and none of the other hunters were available. So I went in by myself and walked to the furthest fairway that faces the bluff. I set out a coyote decoy about 50 yards up wind from me and settled in against a poplar tree where I could watch the treeline.
I played a female coyote invitation howl and bark which takes 2 minutes on the call sequence. Before 1 minute was done, a coyote loped into a clearing directly across from me and locked up looking at the decoy. I was about 100 yard shot and I put the crosshairs on its chest as it was head on to me. Shot it with a .22-250 55 grain ballistic silvertip handload and it stiffened up and fell over backwards. Waited for about 15 minutes after I shot to see if anything else would show up as the Foxbang feature had kicked in and played canine pup in distress.
Wasnt a big one, definitely well fed, and nicely furred.
Now some Fratri style pictures:
Setup - decoy placed 50 yards upwind with Foxpro caller hanging in jackpine tree behind it:
The Shot - coyote walked out in gap between the trees (its lying there):
Closer look - walking up to it:
View it had - where it was standing looking at decoy:
No - I did not shoot someones dog on a leash!
So some redemption for missing a wolf a couple of days ago, but have to be careful now as only have 1 tag left for the rest of the year. Wife says we cant afford therapy if I tag out in January!
Nice going and enjoy the pics
Curious.... Can you party hunt wolf in that area or is it not allowed? 2 tags per year has to suck...
Congrats on the success (save the other for a wolf
)So today started with a 8:am trip to the golf course to hunt yotes, it was a beautiful morning to sit but no luck. I did come to the realization that golf courses are a waste of a good firing range. As I had some work to do to prep for first day back to school tomorrow, Chas took QHPenny to set out some bait on the hydro line, as she was walking in a wolf ran across the trail 15 feet in front of her. It was such a surprise it was 35/40 feet into the trees befor she could get a shot at it. No joy. About 1:45 I was finished work and decided to check out the area where she saw it. I walked into the area looked around then settled into a cluster of trees and pulled out my Cotton tail hand call and started some calls. It took about 5 minutes and I saw some movement behind me. I carefully spun around and brought up my Remington 700 in .243 I lost it in the snow and scrap wood of a two year old cutover, now this is the same spot I missed a shot 3 days ago. I call once more with the cotton tail call, and it’s head popped up. One shot and down, first time I had one not run away. In the end it was a 95 lb male. Now I need to be careful I only have one tag left till 2021.
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No that’s big for our areaOh, it`s a blondie, very nice
Congrats
95lbs.... is that normal size....
elimsprint
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Kelowna, BC
Well done, nice looking wolf.
You have heard cats have 9 lives....
Well we all had a crack at him this week. When we weighed him at the end of my driveway this afternoon, he was definitely a struggle for us to lift him up far enough to get the scale to read. M72J and I were standing in the bed of his F250 and we are each 6' 4" and it stretched out enough we had a hard time keeping the head off the ground.
Biggest wolf we have ever shot as a group.
Well we all had a crack at him this week. When we weighed him at the end of my driveway this afternoon, he was definitely a struggle for us to lift him up far enough to get the scale to read. M72J and I were standing in the bed of his F250 and we are each 6' 4" and it stretched out enough we had a hard time keeping the head off the ground.
Biggest wolf we have ever shot as a group.
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Little off topic but still about wolf hunting. Last week I was doing a bus run and noticed three sets of fresh wolf tracks on a lake very close to our blind. I was away for a few days and earlier this week Wayne and I went to pull the camera card on the bait. When I got thee, I wasnt impressed in that the camera was dead so I swapped the cards and put in new batteries. When I got home, changed my opinion as there were 3800+ pictures on the camera of lynx, fox, bald eagles and a wolf, and thousands of pictures of ravens munching down on the beaver carcasses I put out.
That being said, it took some really nice pictures for a $50 Amazon camera. When I saw these cameras I was intrigued based on their size, pricepoint , accessories and reviews.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07Y48W18L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
After using it for a couple of weeks, including temperatures that dropped to -32C, I offer the following observations:
1) Daylight pictures are crisp and clear. Night time pictures are pretty much what you expect and a little grainy.
2) Trigger speed seems to be slow. I had the PIR set to medium, and now set it to high, seems to be a bit better but I still think you may miss the odd high movement shot.
3) It survived -32 C temperatures with 4 AA batteries! I was worried it may not have enough juice to withstand cold temperatures with 4 (vs 8) AA batteries, but it kept taking pictures in temperatures that fluctuated from that low to above freezing.
4) The included camera stand is cheap - but hey - no other camera I have ever bought came with one. The plastic parts may break if you torque the wing screws too much.
If you are looking for a small and inexpensive camera, this one may fit the bill.
Some pictures:
And he really hates ravens on the bait, probably have 30 pictures of him running them off
That being said, it took some really nice pictures for a $50 Amazon camera. When I saw these cameras I was intrigued based on their size, pricepoint , accessories and reviews.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07Y48W18L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
After using it for a couple of weeks, including temperatures that dropped to -32C, I offer the following observations:
1) Daylight pictures are crisp and clear. Night time pictures are pretty much what you expect and a little grainy.
2) Trigger speed seems to be slow. I had the PIR set to medium, and now set it to high, seems to be a bit better but I still think you may miss the odd high movement shot.
3) It survived -32 C temperatures with 4 AA batteries! I was worried it may not have enough juice to withstand cold temperatures with 4 (vs 8) AA batteries, but it kept taking pictures in temperatures that fluctuated from that low to above freezing.
4) The included camera stand is cheap - but hey - no other camera I have ever bought came with one. The plastic parts may break if you torque the wing screws too much.
If you are looking for a small and inexpensive camera, this one may fit the bill.
Some pictures:
And he really hates ravens on the bait, probably have 30 pictures of him running them off
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