Hunting wolves

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So this is the one winter since the start of my adult hunting career that I am not working and was looking to kill sometime and keep the boredom at bay by helping the local game population with some predator control. I've hunted coyotes and seen a cat or three, but I've only ever seen wolves for split seconds and I'm not too sure how to go about actually hunting for them. Can I call them? Can I pattern them like whitetail deer? Tips and pointers are greatly appreciated from the more experienced.

Keep your powder dry,
Kid
 
Find out where some game is wintering for starters. Is there any deer wintering around Yard Creek?
Do you read Hank Shelley's reports in the weekly Lakeshore News? If you do, give him a call.
if you call him, tell him Bruce suggested it.
 
My brother and I are looking to do the same this winter. First time will be getting wolves. Locals say a good place in my region is setup on a farm between our local dump and nearest lake. Their coats might be okay, but if their dump scavengers they might be mangy or full of cysts.

Would recommend something similar. Fund out from some farmers about problem areas (if any) and offer to stake out a blind for your mutual benefit.
 
I hope to get some time in the blind this winter myself. A couple real out of the way puddles I like to ice fish had an abundance of wolves last winter.
I didn't get out at all last season tho and gonna make sure I take some time this year.
 
I call them in with mouth calls. Scout out fresh crossings and play the wind. They're smart. Setup covering a natural opening that's upwind and sit on th edge of shadow. Never skyline yourself. By very still and quiet. If you see one there's more. At least in Ontario they're rarely alone. They're tough animals so use a rifle you'd use for deer. If more then one come in take out the furtherest one first if possible if they're on open ice. If it's a wooded area take the biggest male first then bark. The others will stop or come back
 
H4831 said:
Find out where some game is wintering for starters. Is there any deer wintering around Yard Creek?
Do you read Hank Shelley's reports in the weekly Lakeshore News? If you do, give him a call.
if you call him, tell him Bruce suggested it.
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I just moved here in August so still getting familiar with things around here. They're logging Yard Creek pretty good so it's ice going up and down. I've found a couple groups wintering around lower Queest. I didn't know there was a hunting report in the Lakeshore News? I'll have to look into that.
 
Driving around looking for ravens. If you find a flock walk in and see what thy are feeding on. If you get lucky and find a wolf kill that is not all cleaned up set up down wind of the kill sight and just play sniper .yoy may have to sit a while but if thy us still meat thy should be back. You can try a howl to get them to think another group of wolf's found there meal .all ways fun to try ..Dutch
 
My cousin and I hunted wolves here in Ontario for the first time last winter. He ended up filling both his tags. Here's how he did it. 1. Find a spot where deer or moose are wintering. 2. Put out bait. 3. Put out more bait. 4. See step 2 and 3. He used beaver carcasses from a trapper friend. He set up a blind about 150 yards away across a small lake. The first one he shot came into a predator call, the second (different day) came out on the lake while he was waiting. Both were over 200 yard shots, he used a 270 and they both dropped in their tracks. He put in many many hours to bag those wolves.
 
The wolves I have encountered in the wild (when moose and elk hunting) have been only interested in one thing - getting away from me. As soon as they winded me, they have put it in high gear and vacated. I was once surrounded by a pack in the dark at less than 30-40 yards, but once they figured out I was a human, they took off like they were on fire (no, I didn't shoot at them). I don't doubt that they have caused danger to humans at times, but for the most part, I think they avoid people at all costs. Now, I have found dead moose and deer in the bush on more than one occasion that had been hamstrung and killed by wolves, and not a bite was missing from the animal. They killed the animal just for sport. So, I don't buy the line from the bambi lovers that wolves only kill to feed themselves. It is good conservation to shoot every wolf you see where legally allowed to do so.
 
saskcop said:
The wolves I have encountered in the wild (when moose and elk hunting) have been only interested in one thing - getting away from me. As soon as they winded me, they have put it in high gear and vacated. I was once surrounded by a pack in the dark at less than 30-40 yards, but once they figured out I was a human, they took off like they were on fire (no, I didn't shoot at them). I don't doubt that they have caused danger to humans at times, but for the most part, I think they avoid people at all costs. Now, I have found dead moose and deer in the bush on more than one occasion that had been hamstrung and killed by wolves, and not a bite was missing from the animal. They killed the animal just for sport. So, I don't buy the line from the bambi lovers that wolves only kill to feed themselves. It is good conservation to shoot every wolf you see where legally allowed to do so.
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I read a report from the states that echoed this statement. It was to do with wolves and the elk population in Washington state i think. The report claimed to follow a pair of wolves for 2 days, and in that time they killed 22 deer, barely eating any of them. Definitely not just killing for food...

Now as for whether they are dangerous to people, ask 45ACPKING what he thinks. I bet he considers them dangerous to people after having to shoot 3 aggressive wolves in one go...
 
Suther said:
I read a report from the states that echoed this statement. It was to do with wolves and the elk population in Washington state i think. The report claimed to follow a pair of wolves for 2 days, and in that time they killed 22 deer, barely eating any of them. Definitely not just killing for food...

Now as for whether they are dangerous to people, ask 45ACPKING what he thinks. I bet he considers them dangerous to people after having to shoot 3 aggressive wolves in one go...
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You actually think that two wolves killed 22 deer in two days???

Allowing for 16 hours of sleep in two days (dogs actually sleep more) that leaves 32 hours. So they killed one deer every hour and a half. And you believe that? I guess people will believe lots of silly stuff if they want to believe it.

As for 45ACPKING's story, I have read his account a couple of times now (since it keeps coming up), and I think he has confused some wolves running by with a "predatory charge". Anyone who knows wolves will tell you that they do not charge anything with reckless abandon. It seems he is the only human on the planet to whom that has happened, and I just don't think it was what he believes it to be. The "big bad wolf" is a powerful legend.
 
rral22 said:
You actually think that two wolves killed 22 deer in two days???

Allowing for 16 hours of sleep in two days (dogs actually sleep more) that leaves 32 hours. So they killed one deer every hour and a half. And you believe that? I guess people will believe lots of silly stuff if they want to believe it.

As for 45ACPKING's story, I have read his account a couple of times now (since it keeps coming up), and I think he has confused some wolves running by with a "predatory charge". Anyone who knows wolves will tell you that they do not charge anything with reckless abandon. It seems he is the only human on the planet to whom that has happened, and I just don't think it was what he believes it to be. The "big bad wolf" is a powerful legend.
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Literature I got claims a pack killed a bison a week, in Wood Buffalo National park. that's a lot of eating.

Grizz
 
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