Very Bold Wolf

Wow,,,,

I will bet if you had been armed with a Ruger single six in 22mag things would have been different....lol

I kinda screwed that up for you tho, didnt I......
 
On a couple of occasions I found very bold and unafraid of me. Once on the side of the highway. I stopped and took a bunch of pictures while he stood there on the other side of the ditch.

Last time was new years even on a logging road, he always kept about 75 yards distance but would never run off. I broke out an an E-caller and he awnsered for a while..that's when another wolf in the same colour phase showed up right behind him. I kept following them until they went into a tree line.
 
Another good example of how wolves, coyotes and cougars etc are trying to rearrrange the pecking order with humans. Lack of hunting pressure and frequent encounters with unarmed humans who pose no threat to them (hikers, birdwatchers, campers, etc) are causing them to lose the fear that they used to associate with humans. Because of this and wild dogs I generally always carry at least a .22 while out on ski's or snowshoes in the backcountry.
 
An interesting post, it seems clear that there are more wolves spotted these days in non-wilderness settings.

Last fall, we were up in the Marathon area, and heard about several wolf encounters, all of which involved people walking their dogs. A common thread in these encounters, and yours, is the presence of prey (deer carcass, dog). If I lived in an area with such reports, I'd probably start carrying bear spray.

Nonetheless, attacks by canid predators on humans in Canada are exceedingly rare. As I pointed out elsewhere, you are far, far more likely to be hit by lightning than killed by a wild animal.

One factor in habituating canids is the unfortunate reality that some people feed them :eek:

I understand that is a problem in some parks, including in NB - wonder if the death there was by a habituated/fed coyote? It is a very close parallel to nuisance bears in national parks: idiots feed and approach them, training them that humans are no threat, and will often give them their dinner. Morons.


I don't second guess your actions.

Unfortunately, this is turning into another "need to defend myself in the woods" thread. :rolleyes:
 
Ol' Smokey said:
An interesting post, it seems clear that there are more wolves spotted these days in non-wilderness settings.

Last fall, we were up in the Marathon area, and heard about several wolf encounters, all of which involved people walking their dogs. A common thread in these encounters, and yours, is the presence of prey (deer carcass, dog). If I lived in an area with such reports, I'd probably start carrying bear spray.

Nonetheless, attacks by canid predators on humans in Canada are exceedingly rare. As I pointed out elsewhere, you are far, far more likely to be hit by lightning than killed by a wild animal.

One factor in habituating canids is the unfortunate reality that some people feed them :eek:

I understand that is a problem in some parks, including in NB - wonder if the death there was by a habituated/fed coyote? It is a very close parallel to nuisance bears in national parks: idiots feed and approach them, training them that humans are no threat, and will often give them their dinner. Morons.


I don't second guess your actions.

Unfortunately, this is turning into another "need to defend myself in the woods" thread. :rolleyes:
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Understandable point of view for someone from the GTA. However, out here we have cougars, bears (both flavors), and wolves increasing their "traditional" territories out to areas they haven't been seen in a long time. I have a small acreage in farm country and a pack of about wolves came through last week and killed a deer on it (and didn't leave much behind). A hunter was killed by a grizz a couple of mile from my place last year in a small area of woods surrounded by farms. Alberta just changed the laws to allow any landowner to "shoot first -- ask questions later" when encountering a cougar on their property. Again, this is just in the agricultural areas.

If you go into the west country, you better be taking some form of animal defense/deterrent.
 
gth said:
Ship to the Fur Harvesters instead of those greedy mink ranchers at NAFA.......:D

They had thier sale in january and I got my check yesterday. 100% clearance on my beaver/musrats and fox. Prices are still weak but improving.

Heres hoping it continues.
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most stuff here ends up in Winnipeg...

Can you PM me some info on the Fur Harvesters...

might be worth shipping farther
 
There are probably many more Wolf/Preditor attacks ended by armed Civilians than come to the public's attention due to fear of prosecution/charges..
 
sjemac said:
Understandable point of view for someone from the GTA. However, out here we have cougars, bears (both flavors), and wolves increasing their "traditional" territories out to areas they haven't been seen in a long time. I have a small acreage in farm country and a pack of about wolves came through last week and killed a deer on it (and didn't leave much behind). A hunter was killed by a grizz a couple of mile from my place last year in a small area of woods surrounded by farms. Alberta just changed the laws to allow any landowner to "shoot first -- ask questions later" when encountering a cougar on their property. Again, this is just in the agricultural areas.

If you go into the west country, you better be taking some form of animal defense/deterrent.
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I actually live on a farm well out of Toronto.

If I lived in grizzly country, I'd carry bear spray or have a substantial firearm with me most of the time.

What makes me laugh are the guys who make it sound as if everytime they go out of doors, it's a life-risking adventure, with the woods full of snarling vicious predators waiting to take them down. Nothing alters the fact that fatalities from wild animals in Canada are incredibly rare.

By all means, defend your livestock and pets from marauding coyotes. Carry a gun in grizzly country.

But I won't buy into paranoia, and object to the possibility of all sorts of four footed critters being blasted into oblivion by these jerks for no good reason. I suspected that most of the advocates are city dwellers with an overactive imagination. I don't know any farmers or professionals who work out of doors who are as fearful and paranoid as these guys.:jerkit:

The only times I have been in danger out doors were the two occasions where I was shot at by trigger happy hunters.
 
Is it a regional thing? I've talked to some Eastern Ontario trappers that sometimes refer to coyotes as wolves?
 
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