In Wawa we have all three together. My game cam shows yotes, wolves, foxes, and a fisher all on the same night, with in a few hours
Blew It On A Wolf - Season 8
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Aaaarg.... Frac
I havent baited my blind up on the beaver flood we like to hunt as I wasnt confident that the ice was safe enough. So late last week I went up and put up a couple of bait buckets and knocked the snow off the tarp roof. My wife and I drove by the next day and there were a couple of tracks off the highway nearby. We came back on Monday and there were moose tracks right up my snowshoe trail and we could see ravens on the buckets. The trail going into the site was growing up with alder and small tamarack so I figured I would clear the trail out.
Yesterday I met up with My72Jeep late in the afternoon as he was coming off work and headed up the highway. We pulled up at the site and were not particularly quiet as we got the snowshoes and gear out of the truck . I brought the .22-250 with me and as we were making so much noise cutting and talking I didnt load (insert dumb ass here
). As we got to the corner of the treeline, I was leaning forward cutting brush when I hear My72Jeep say " Charlie.......... Charlie......... LOOK UP! I look up and there is the biggest black wolf just galloping across the ice about 75 yards in front of us. Its not moving particularly fast and is just loping away from us. I got the gun off my shoulder and loaded a round and now the wolf is heading away from us - with a screen of small tamarack trees in front of me. I could see it in the scope but had all of these branches in the way. Finally I got what I thought was a clear shot and touched one off, and it kept loping away.
We went out and checked - it never increased its stride and there was no blood. I went back and pulled the trail camera - in the 4 days the boat was out there are three wolves on the camera.
Here is the black one we saw:
Here is looking back where our blind is - on the left side of the raven against the trees. I was standing in the clearing between the two treelines (over the raven) when I shot.
So 4 of us headed up there this AM but north of town we hit high winds and blowing snow, and cold to boot. We saw a mature bald eagle but that was it. We dumped out some really nasty moose scraps that My72Jeep has been saving since the fall for bait. As a buddy would say. the smell would drive a raven off a gut wagon.
So the new year didnt start off on the best foot but we still have three months to go.......
I havent baited my blind up on the beaver flood we like to hunt as I wasnt confident that the ice was safe enough. So late last week I went up and put up a couple of bait buckets and knocked the snow off the tarp roof. My wife and I drove by the next day and there were a couple of tracks off the highway nearby. We came back on Monday and there were moose tracks right up my snowshoe trail and we could see ravens on the buckets. The trail going into the site was growing up with alder and small tamarack so I figured I would clear the trail out.
Yesterday I met up with My72Jeep late in the afternoon as he was coming off work and headed up the highway. We pulled up at the site and were not particularly quiet as we got the snowshoes and gear out of the truck . I brought the .22-250 with me and as we were making so much noise cutting and talking I didnt load (insert dumb ass here
). As we got to the corner of the treeline, I was leaning forward cutting brush when I hear My72Jeep say " Charlie.......... Charlie......... LOOK UP! I look up and there is the biggest black wolf just galloping across the ice about 75 yards in front of us. Its not moving particularly fast and is just loping away from us. I got the gun off my shoulder and loaded a round and now the wolf is heading away from us - with a screen of small tamarack trees in front of me. I could see it in the scope but had all of these branches in the way. Finally I got what I thought was a clear shot and touched one off, and it kept loping away.We went out and checked - it never increased its stride and there was no blood. I went back and pulled the trail camera - in the 4 days the boat was out there are three wolves on the camera.
Here is the black one we saw:
Here is looking back where our blind is - on the left side of the raven against the trees. I was standing in the clearing between the two treelines (over the raven) when I shot.
So 4 of us headed up there this AM but north of town we hit high winds and blowing snow, and cold to boot. We saw a mature bald eagle but that was it. We dumped out some really nasty moose scraps that My72Jeep has been saving since the fall for bait. As a buddy would say. the smell would drive a raven off a gut wagon.
So the new year didnt start off on the best foot but we still have three months to go.......
Lmao...... it happens.......
That's a beautiful big black........ I don't live in wolf country, but have a mix at my camp and have done quite a few hunts at kap river.... would love to shoot a black wolf.......
Yes I did - thanks Buddy! Almost straightened the trigger out pulling on it!
Yes I pulled a Chas.....
4:30 this afternoon on my way home I decide to check my bait and down load my game cam. When hunting we park 300-400 yards away from the power line we hunt on, but as I was only going for a look I drove up to the line, as I was about 100 feet from the power line when I look up and there is a wolf on the road. This wolf let me stop the truck get out open the back door un case the .243 load 2 rds fight with the scope cap step off the road ( can't shoot from the road) draw a bead on it. Then it decided to move as I pulled the trigger, and thus the Chas moment safety was on. Buy the time I had the safety off it had walked the 4 feet into the trees.
4:30 this afternoon on my way home I decide to check my bait and down load my game cam. When hunting we park 300-400 yards away from the power line we hunt on, but as I was only going for a look I drove up to the line, as I was about 100 feet from the power line when I look up and there is a wolf on the road. This wolf let me stop the truck get out open the back door un case the .243 load 2 rds fight with the scope cap step off the road ( can't shoot from the road) draw a bead on it. Then it decided to move as I pulled the trigger, and thus the Chas moment safety was on. Buy the time I had the safety off it had walked the 4 feet into the trees.
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We can't any more either I was just informed.
We used to be allowed to shoot from a grid road when I first moved here. Glad I found out as I would still be doing it otherwise!
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My dog will not go outside when this guy is around.
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Is it making repeat visits? You haven't made a rug of it?
Don't get me wrong ,but I have no interest in shooting wolves anymore I don't need the money from the hide like I used to ( unless they become a threat to my dog ). There are some up here that think the only good wolf in a dead one. They are a part of living here and very cool just to watch him. He comes around a few times a week pees on my driveway cone,then I go out and pee on the cone,got to let him this is my yard. I don't think he cares' ( that cone is 27" tall ).
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Wolf Down
Its been an interesting week. On Tuesday, the municipal council approved a bylaw amendment allowing 6 of us to hunt wolves and coyotes in two locations in the municipality where it would safe to discharge firearms. There have been numerous issues with particularly coyotes wandering the streets of town at all hours, and many complaints about them. We will be starting this weekend.
The day after the amendment, we were hit with a blizzard that lasted all day and dropped more than a foot of snow with much deeper drifts. My wife and I went out the following day on snowshoes to break a trail across the golf course in order to get some set locations. Even with snowshoes I was sinking past my knees in the deep snow.
Gunner 410 and My72Jeep were working today and other hunting partner was out of town. This morning it was -30C so I didn’t go out until noon. I stopped at Timmies and got a coffee to go and the lady serving wished me well and maybe I would get a wolf. I drove out and checked a few spots to see if there were any tracks. Nothing had moved so I headed to the powerline where we normally hunt. I decided to drive in and see if anything had crossed the road. As I got to the powerline I looked down where My72Jeep has a bait and a trail camera and there was a wolf standing in the centre of the line. It slowly walked into the treeline.
I drove past the opposite tree line and parked. I grabbed my gear and hustled back to the treeline. I stepped into the snowbank and promptly went to my waist. I didn’t have my snowshoes on and it took me close to 20 minutes to wade about 30 yards through snow that was between my knees and my thighs. At one point I stepped into a hole and was well above my waist.
I pounded out a spot in the snow and set up a folding step stool and sat down. I was pretty winded and it took me a minute or so to catch my breath. My side of the power line was in the shade and the side of the line the wolf walked into was in the bright sunshine. I didn’t bother to pull out the FoxPro electronic caller but pulled out my hand calls. I started calling with the Primos double reed jack rabbit call for about 30 seconds and stopped. I waited a couple of minutes and called again, and then repeated.
I kept scanning the far treeline and sure enough there was something diagonally across the line about 75 yards away that wasn’t there a few seconds before. I got the scope up and there was the wolf looking across in my direction. I put the scope on it and pulled the trigger. As soon as I shot, it did a couple of “twirlies” and ran into the trees. The trees are loaded with snow and I knew that going in after it was going to ugly and useless with the rifle. So I called my wife and asked her to bring me out my short barrelled shotgun.
I texted My72Jeep and after he swore at me he said he was on his way to give me a hand. We suited up with snowshoes and the sleigh and my wife showed up with the shotgun. We headed onto the line and started across. My wife snowshoed in the same trail I walked in and hit the same hole I did – she put her ski pole down and it sank right to the handle.
We found where it went into the trees and followed the tracks in the snow. There was no blood at first but after a few yards we found some. It only went about 15 yards and fell dead between two trees. We pulled it out to the line and took a few pictures. It is a medium sized male, probably about 60 lbs. For the first time I had a substantial exit wound with the 55 grain Nosler ballistic tip. There was a clementine sized exit wound on the opposite shoulder.
So back to town to buy another wolf / coyote tag, slide by Gunner410's place of employment to show him and his boss and then get it hung in the garage for skinning this weekend.
Its been an interesting week. On Tuesday, the municipal council approved a bylaw amendment allowing 6 of us to hunt wolves and coyotes in two locations in the municipality where it would safe to discharge firearms. There have been numerous issues with particularly coyotes wandering the streets of town at all hours, and many complaints about them. We will be starting this weekend.
The day after the amendment, we were hit with a blizzard that lasted all day and dropped more than a foot of snow with much deeper drifts. My wife and I went out the following day on snowshoes to break a trail across the golf course in order to get some set locations. Even with snowshoes I was sinking past my knees in the deep snow.
Gunner 410 and My72Jeep were working today and other hunting partner was out of town. This morning it was -30C so I didn’t go out until noon. I stopped at Timmies and got a coffee to go and the lady serving wished me well and maybe I would get a wolf. I drove out and checked a few spots to see if there were any tracks. Nothing had moved so I headed to the powerline where we normally hunt. I decided to drive in and see if anything had crossed the road. As I got to the powerline I looked down where My72Jeep has a bait and a trail camera and there was a wolf standing in the centre of the line. It slowly walked into the treeline.
I drove past the opposite tree line and parked. I grabbed my gear and hustled back to the treeline. I stepped into the snowbank and promptly went to my waist. I didn’t have my snowshoes on and it took me close to 20 minutes to wade about 30 yards through snow that was between my knees and my thighs. At one point I stepped into a hole and was well above my waist.
I pounded out a spot in the snow and set up a folding step stool and sat down. I was pretty winded and it took me a minute or so to catch my breath. My side of the power line was in the shade and the side of the line the wolf walked into was in the bright sunshine. I didn’t bother to pull out the FoxPro electronic caller but pulled out my hand calls. I started calling with the Primos double reed jack rabbit call for about 30 seconds and stopped. I waited a couple of minutes and called again, and then repeated.
I kept scanning the far treeline and sure enough there was something diagonally across the line about 75 yards away that wasn’t there a few seconds before. I got the scope up and there was the wolf looking across in my direction. I put the scope on it and pulled the trigger. As soon as I shot, it did a couple of “twirlies” and ran into the trees. The trees are loaded with snow and I knew that going in after it was going to ugly and useless with the rifle. So I called my wife and asked her to bring me out my short barrelled shotgun.
I texted My72Jeep and after he swore at me he said he was on his way to give me a hand. We suited up with snowshoes and the sleigh and my wife showed up with the shotgun. We headed onto the line and started across. My wife snowshoed in the same trail I walked in and hit the same hole I did – she put her ski pole down and it sank right to the handle.
We found where it went into the trees and followed the tracks in the snow. There was no blood at first but after a few yards we found some. It only went about 15 yards and fell dead between two trees. We pulled it out to the line and took a few pictures. It is a medium sized male, probably about 60 lbs. For the first time I had a substantial exit wound with the 55 grain Nosler ballistic tip. There was a clementine sized exit wound on the opposite shoulder.
So back to town to buy another wolf / coyote tag, slide by Gunner410's place of employment to show him and his boss and then get it hung in the garage for skinning this weekend.
Forgot to say I stop at My72Jeeps place of employment to show her as well - she wanted to swear at me for shooting "her" wolf but her boss was there....
Hopefully you will find her another one.
Congrats on the wolf. Your group puts a lot of effort in and it is nice to see you get results.
We tried our first coyote predator control hunt in town this weekend. Yesterday. Gunner410, My72Jeep, his wife and me set up on the top of a bluff the municipality uses as a snow removal dump. It was a poor day with extremely high winds and we saw nothing - we are only permitted to hunt until 9:30 AM on the two sites we have permission for.
This AM, Gunner410, another hunting partner and me headed back there. Much better day with no wind and mild for this time of year. I was using my Primos Alpha Dogg as it has a couple of better coyote challenge calls on it than my FoxPro Fusion. Lots of crows and ravens responding to the calls and I kept watching in the direction that they were coming from, As I filled one of my 2 tags on a wolf on Friday, I am more interested in the others getting a shot right now so that I dont tag out till next January. I had Gunner set up on a treeline corner and I hung back on the long driveway into the snow dump running the caller.
At 910 Gunner410 chirped "hey" at me and pointed behind me. I turned and there was a coyote in the driveway behind me. I couldnt shoot in that direction, especially with Gunners car at the end of the driveway
,and it started to cross the driveway in behind us. I hit the pup in distress hot button to see if it would come our way. It didnt and crossed into the timber behind us and I thought it may circle around to where the third hunter was sitting. It didnt show up by the time we had to pack up.
What is neat about this hunt is it is at the end of the street I live on. Coming home tonight from skinning My72Jeep's wolf (more on that later), I saw a coyote go over the snow bank between the snow dump driveway and my street.
We were very fortunate in that our municipal council was very supportive in passing a bylaw amendment allowing us to hunt in town as a result of coyotes running over the community. It is also a new adventure for us as we are new to hunting coyotes as we have been focusing our efforts on wolves.
This AM, Gunner410, another hunting partner and me headed back there. Much better day with no wind and mild for this time of year. I was using my Primos Alpha Dogg as it has a couple of better coyote challenge calls on it than my FoxPro Fusion. Lots of crows and ravens responding to the calls and I kept watching in the direction that they were coming from, As I filled one of my 2 tags on a wolf on Friday, I am more interested in the others getting a shot right now so that I dont tag out till next January. I had Gunner set up on a treeline corner and I hung back on the long driveway into the snow dump running the caller.
At 910 Gunner410 chirped "hey" at me and pointed behind me. I turned and there was a coyote in the driveway behind me. I couldnt shoot in that direction, especially with Gunners car at the end of the driveway
,and it started to cross the driveway in behind us. I hit the pup in distress hot button to see if it would come our way. It didnt and crossed into the timber behind us and I thought it may circle around to where the third hunter was sitting. It didnt show up by the time we had to pack up.What is neat about this hunt is it is at the end of the street I live on. Coming home tonight from skinning My72Jeep's wolf (more on that later), I saw a coyote go over the snow bank between the snow dump driveway and my street.
We were very fortunate in that our municipal council was very supportive in passing a bylaw amendment allowing us to hunt in town as a result of coyotes running over the community. It is also a new adventure for us as we are new to hunting coyotes as we have been focusing our efforts on wolves.
Not Again Gunner410
On Wednesday Gunner410, myself and another hunter headed out to the snow dump with the shotguns to try some coyote predator control in town. We were just getting set up when the township dump trucks showed up and started dumping snow! We moved onto some trails and toughed it out till 930 but with the trucks arriving every 8 - 10 minutes, it was pretty much a bust.
As the temperatures this week were above freezing, we couldnt go home yet so we headed to Timmies for a take out java and headed out to the hydro line. As we were walking in, Gunner410 wanted to know where we were sitting. As we were approaching the line I whispered to him to check the line towards My72Jeep's bait and camera location. Sure enough, as we peeked around the trees, there was a coyote standing about 100 yards away directly down the line from us. Gunner410 stepped into the snowbank and proceeded to try and straighten out his trigger. Then he took the safety off. Now the yote was starting to move when he fired. It took off heading for the far treeline. I stepped up onto the snow bank and was just getting my scope on it when Gunner410 fired again. It was pretty much at the trees and disappeared before I could take a shot.
As we had his car, I drove back to get my truck, snowshoes and sleigh. His wife came with me and the three of us snowshoed into the bush. There was no blood on the hydro line but I found a small amount once we were n the bush. It was a drop here an a drop there - no real hemorrhaging. After 30 minutes, it was still going and I would find the occaisional small drop in a footprint. I think he nicked a foot or a leg but did no serious damage, as the animal never broke stride.
Out again this morning - only thing we saw was a fisher eyeing the wolf carcass My72Jeep had put out in front of his game camera.
On Wednesday Gunner410, myself and another hunter headed out to the snow dump with the shotguns to try some coyote predator control in town. We were just getting set up when the township dump trucks showed up and started dumping snow! We moved onto some trails and toughed it out till 930 but with the trucks arriving every 8 - 10 minutes, it was pretty much a bust.
As the temperatures this week were above freezing, we couldnt go home yet so we headed to Timmies for a take out java and headed out to the hydro line. As we were walking in, Gunner410 wanted to know where we were sitting. As we were approaching the line I whispered to him to check the line towards My72Jeep's bait and camera location. Sure enough, as we peeked around the trees, there was a coyote standing about 100 yards away directly down the line from us. Gunner410 stepped into the snowbank and proceeded to try and straighten out his trigger. Then he took the safety off. Now the yote was starting to move when he fired. It took off heading for the far treeline. I stepped up onto the snow bank and was just getting my scope on it when Gunner410 fired again. It was pretty much at the trees and disappeared before I could take a shot.
As we had his car, I drove back to get my truck, snowshoes and sleigh. His wife came with me and the three of us snowshoed into the bush. There was no blood on the hydro line but I found a small amount once we were n the bush. It was a drop here an a drop there - no real hemorrhaging. After 30 minutes, it was still going and I would find the occaisional small drop in a footprint. I think he nicked a foot or a leg but did no serious damage, as the animal never broke stride.
Out again this morning - only thing we saw was a fisher eyeing the wolf carcass My72Jeep had put out in front of his game camera.
