Archery wolf kill in Idaho

[Northway]

I would say that regardless of how you feel about the wolf issue, this is an impressive feat. It must be that much more difficult to maintain accuracy with a pack of wolves near you and the adrenaline pumping.......

"Local hunter kills wolf with bow and arrow"

http://www.challismessenger.com/story.php?accnum=story-37-20120913

BY TODD ADAMS

When Clayton archery hunter Rick Pearce found himself surrounded by six wolves last Friday, September 7, he was glad he had a couple of wolf tags. The wolf pack was aggressive enough that he wishes he'd been packing a larger pistol for added protection.
Pearce was hunting elk with his bow in the upper Squaw Creek and Bayhorse drainages last week. He'd been bugling and using a cow call for over an hour. About dusk, wolves started howling. Pearce kept calling elk.

Five wolves heard the dinner bell and came to within 70 yards of his position. The alpha female had two pups that started circling, one to the left and one to the right. "I knew they were flanking me and didn't want it to go farther," Pearce told The Challis Messenger.

Article continued at linked website............

[hirshey]

Wow! Impressive story.. Seems like more of this kind of story will surface as the wolf population interacts with people more frequently. Last years pistol killed wolf and this season's archery kill..

[cougfan79]

I don't think this will be the last of this kind of story we hear about during this hunting season.  Probably have a few surface from Washington also.

[Stalker]

He must have sounded like a sick or weak elk since we all know wolves only target those groups..............    couldn't resist