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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2016, 05:22:06 PM »
Odds. 1 in 26.
Worth spending 30 bucks in my opinion.
Also worth bragging that you put a 500 Doller elk tag on a wolf...
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2016, 01:01:20 PM »
If you don't have a wolf tag, you can always use your nonresident elk tag for a wolf. That's if the elk hunting is going downhill.  :)
Hmmm... makes you wonder which is better, tag soup or wolf soup? :dunno:
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2016, 01:14:21 PM »
If you don't have a wolf tag, you can always use your nonresident elk tag for a wolf. That's if the elk hunting is going downhill.  :)

Definitely not blowing an elk tag on a woof. Just don't think they will eat quite the same  :puke:
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2016, 02:32:48 PM »
Just get one, not having one ensures you will see one!

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2016, 11:04:14 AM »
Just get one, not having one ensures you will see one!





 :yeah:exactly if you don't get a tag you will see one! spend the 31 dollars

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2016, 09:30:59 AM »
I hunt Idaho for three weeks every year. I haven't seen one but I always have a tag in my pocket just in case. It would be a shame to put an elk tag on it or not take advantage of the opportunity. I know the resident elk herd would thank you


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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2016, 10:33:37 AM »
After all the $$ you've already spent, what's another $30? I wouldn't go without one.
:yeah: I have seen several.  Was at full draw on one of them.  Never saw one when placing a rifle  :bash:

And I would burn my elk tag on a wolf in a heartbeat!  Biggest trophy there is OTC!   :twocents:

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2016, 10:56:14 AM »
Well I've never been good at handling peer pressure (just ask my wife, she'll tell you), so I guess I'm getting a wolf tag
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2016, 11:03:56 AM »
There is something very satisfying when you look at that tag and it says "Gray Wolf", well worth it. 

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2016, 11:28:56 AM »
If you have a tag in your pocket, not liklely.  If you don't have a tag....very likely. LOL
Get a tag!

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2016, 11:42:10 AM »
If you have a tag in your pocket, not liklely.  If you don't have a tag....very likely. LOL
Get a tag!
That's how it was in Montana 5 years ago.  I think the tag was $450 for an out of stater, we didn't buy tags and we saw 3-4 wolves a day.
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2016, 11:43:55 AM »
If you're just looking for odds of seeing one I'd say less than 1% possibly closer to .1% but can vary depending on what portion of the state you're in and the cover.  That being said I'd either have a tag in my pocket or put a deer or elk tag on one and buy a second if they're available where you're hunting. I think you'd be banned from most hunting camps of you admitted to having an opportunity to kill a wolf and not capitalizing on it.

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #27 on: September 02, 2016, 11:53:56 AM »
There is something very satisfying when you look at that tag and it says "Gray Wolf", well worth it.
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #28 on: September 02, 2016, 12:17:08 PM »
I've hunted Idaho once and saw three within easy shooting range..  Made my skin crawl.  Our guide was disappointed I didn't take one, I didn't know I could use my deer tag on it..  We were in the Sawtooth of Idaho on a high hunt..  Heard them every night as well.

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #29 on: September 02, 2016, 12:33:50 PM »
We're going to be hunting Salmon units 21 or 21a most likely. Any wolf experience in these areas?
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