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Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« on: August 30, 2016, 11:36:48 AM »
I'm heading to the Salmon zone for a deer/elk hunt end of October, first time going there. Finances are beginning to get tight, but I was considering getting a wolf tag. For people that have been there before, what are my real odds of seeing a wolf while hunting?
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 11:55:48 AM »
I have been going to Idaho in the 10a unit for 7 years in a row, a few years before that, all elk hunting in October. Between 3 of us, we have seen 1 wolf, and he missed it!  :bash:  I still haven't seen one, BUT, we all hear them every year and some encounters are close.  We don't carry tags, but if we see a wolf.......
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 12:02:14 PM »
Chances are you will at least hear them. We have seen them 3 times in last 10 years and  when the season for wolf was open  we never had at a chance to shoot at them. They were either too far away or they were hauling the mail to get away from us. A wolf tag is only 35 bucks for so. Wouldn't hurt to have one.

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2016, 12:04:16 PM »
After all the $$ you've already spent, what's another $30? I wouldn't go without one.
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2016, 12:14:05 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.  :)

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2016, 12:40:56 PM »
I'd drop the 30 bucks for a tag.  However, I hunt in SW Montana where there have been wolves for many years and I haven't seen one there.
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2016, 12:52:29 PM »
Grab a Wolf tag and stick a coyote howler in your pocket. 

Certainly couldn't hurt....might be fun!!
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2016, 01:38:40 PM »
I've spent about 26 weeks hunting idaho in the last ten years.......lots of howling...lots of tracks....still haven't put eyes on one in idaho

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2016, 02:28:02 PM »
HECK I SAW A WOLF ONE THE LAST DAY OF DEER SEASON  IN WA, AND WE HAVE LESS WOLVES HERE THAN ID, THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T SHOOT IS I DIDN'T HAVE A TAG.  :chuckle:

I THINK ILL BUY A TAG THIS YEAR THOUGH, DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.  :hunter:
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2016, 02:39:27 PM »
HECK I SAW A WOLF ONE THE LAST DAY OF DEER SEASON  IN WA, AND WE HAVE LESS WOLVES HERE THAN ID, THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T SHOOT IS I DIDN'T HAVE A TAG.  :chuckle:

I THINK ILL BUY A TAG THIS YEAR THOUGH, DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.  :hunter:
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2016, 02:43:48 PM »
HECK I SAW A WOLF ONE THE LAST DAY OF DEER SEASON  IN WA, AND WE HAVE LESS WOLVES HERE THAN ID, THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T SHOOT IS I DIDN'T HAVE A TAG.  :chuckle:

I THINK ILL BUY A TAG THIS YEAR THOUGH, DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.  :hunter:
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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2016, 03:01:40 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 #12 on: August 30, 2016, 03:29:30 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 #13 on: August 30, 2016, 03:37:32 PM »
me and a buddy spent 10 days in idaho last year for whitetails and we were "lucky" enough to see a wolf but never got a shot. i would definitly spend the extra 30 bucks to have that tag in my pocket again.

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Re: Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2016, 04:57:41 PM »
After all the $$ you've already spent, what's another $30? I wouldn't go without one.
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I always buy a tag. We go thanksgiving week and usually hear them howling at night. See tracks a lot but only two out of four of us have seen one. On the other hand I saw one in Washington last deer season.

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