My First Wolf! :)

hahaha so the scale was off a bit....:redface: hahaha I stepped on my dads new scale and I'm only 183 not 204 lbs hahaha Ok so you can do the math... its 20 lbs lighter so around 134 or something, still a big animal none the less. Oh and up north around the Dease lake area i know of lots of wolfs shot in the 150 lb+ range.

I plan to make a Rug out of him :D He is a very nice healthy male with a really thick winter coat already

AlderTK said:
it's out of the contest dates but check out preditor hunt canada

congrats it is a vary nice animal indeed and the pelt damage doesn't look to bad
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This is the first animal that i have ever skinned to make a rug and there really is very little pelt damage one small exit hole and the entrance hole where it is you cant even notice when we skinned it.
 
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Well, I can agree with you to some extent. But wolves and black bears are eating the moose calves here. So IMHO, shoot them bastards.

I'd like to have a wolf mounted, and a black bear. But the costs involved.. oh my.

I need to meet someone that can teach me hands on :)

PS
My buddy personally witnessed a black bear flying through the bush chasing a moose calf on opening day. Why? because our blue berry crop failed this year, no blue berries "black bears main source of yum yumz"

What are you going to do with the hide DJ? dide you manage to keep the head attached?

Good luck with it.



rlg said:
This is written without prejudice, since I also am a hunter.

I know I am about to go against the tide here, and I will probably feel the wrath of many a-CGNers, but I can not agree.

I am also of the opinion that if it is not eating your chickens, attacking your sheep or threatening your life, why kill something you can not eat.

As it has been mentioned, taking a wolf fair chase is a difficult task and we all enjoy the adrenaline rush that comes at the end of a well done stalk and track while hunting. Mind you, once there, at the end of the stalk, a camera shoots just as well as a rifle.

Anyway, that is just me.
Regards
Robert
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sjemac said:
Any and all of the above or sell the pelt for a couple hundred bucks. Near Sundre here the local fish and game association has been paying a bounty of 2 or 3 hundred bucks for wolves shot near the Ya Ha Tinda area as they are hurting the elk population.
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Damn.... I think I need to hit me up a road trip :eek:
 
Congrats Riley! For both the Wolf & your spelling! I think I only caught two mispelled words in the original post!:D

As for the decision to take a wolf, its a furbearer, it isn't endangered and harvesting it served a useful conservation purpose, otherwise the DNR wouldn't have issued a license/permit for it.

Trapping season is starting in a few days in my neck of the woods. I make no apologies for trapping cute little mink, foxes, coyotes, etc... None of which I eat!

However, trapping serves a useful conservation function and helps maintain a healthy predator population. FYI, most hunting/trapping activities have very little negative impact on an animal population, since you're essentially removing only a very small percentage of the resident population.

Far more animals are lost during the winter than are trapped/shot, so by harvesting them, you're reducing demands on food supplies, territorial demands, etc... and creating an opportunity for the animal's death to bring some net benefit in the form of a new floor covering, in Riley's case, or cash money in your pocket through the sale of the pelt. Best of all, they're a renewable resource!
 
X-man said:
Congrats Riley! For both the Wolf & your spelling! I think I only caught two mispelled words in the original post!:D

As for the decision to take a wolf, its a furbearer, it isn't endangered and harvesting it served a useful conservation purpose, otherwise the DNR wouldn't have issued a license/permit for it.

Trapping season is starting in a few days in my neck of the woods. I make no apologies for trapping cute little mink, foxes, coyotes, etc... None of which I eat!

However, trapping serves a useful conservation function and helps maintain a healthy predator population. FYI, most hunting/trapping activities have very little negative impact on an animal population, since you're essentially removing only a very small percentage of the resident population.

Far more animals are lost during the winter than are trapped/shot, so by harvesting them, you're reducing demands on food supplies, territorial demands, etc... and creating an opportunity for the animal's death to bring some net benefit in the form of a new floor covering, in Riley's case, or cash money in your pocket through the sale of the pelt. Best of all, they're a renewable resource!
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Well put ;)
 
X-man said:
Congrats Riley! For both the Wolf & your spelling! I think I only caught two mispelled words in the original post!:D

As for the decision to take a wolf, its a furbearer, it isn't endangered and harvesting it served a useful conservation purpose, otherwise the DNR wouldn't have issued a license/permit for it.

Trapping season is starting in a few days in my neck of the woods. I make no apologies for trapping cute little mink, foxes, coyotes, etc... None of which I eat!

However, trapping serves a useful conservation function and helps maintain a healthy predator population. FYI, most hunting/trapping activities have very little negative impact on an animal population, since you're essentially removing only a very small percentage of the resident population.

Far more animals are lost during the winter than are trapped/shot, so by harvesting them, you're reducing demands on food supplies, territorial demands, etc... and creating an opportunity for the animal's death to bring some net benefit in the form of a new floor covering, in Riley's case, or cash money in your pocket through the sale of the pelt. Best of all, they're a renewable resource!
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Well said.
 
seatux said:
That is the typical answer that I expected... No I am not going to insult you.

BTW I do hunt and I do eat what I kill. One exception being as part of my job I have had to shoot people and I did not actually eat them.
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crazey_davey.......owned :D

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