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What is the closes distance you had an incounter with a wolf? Without hunting for them

Heard them but never seen one
31 (25.2%)
0 to 50 feet
15 (12.2%)
0 to 50 yards
16 (13%)
50 to 100 yards
25 (20.3%)
100 yards plus
36 (29.3%)

Total Members Voted: 123

Author Topic: Up Close and Personal, or Distance  (Read 13705 times)

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2014, 04:32:58 PM »
150 yards or so.
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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2014, 06:57:03 PM »
Four ft, two were looking in the kitchen window. What is that WDFW say? Wolves are shy? Whats one more lie from WDFW?

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2014, 07:42:00 PM »
Probably about 75 to 100 yards. Crossed the road by us when we were bear hunting in northern Minnesota. Saw another one  there on the road about 200 yards away. This was about 20 years ago. I think they just started hunting them in Minnesota last year or the year before.
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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2014, 07:47:08 PM »
two yrs ago near Cle Elum ,  call called one in to 15 yrds, seen two at 200 yrds, cow called two in to 35 yrds all in the same area. heard wolves at night decades ago in North Bend

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2014, 11:31:47 AM »
Sometime in the early 90,s my dad,myself and one of our pardners got stuck in bumper high snow on a road while doing some late november scouting in eastern washington.Our pardner had a video camera and was videoing some of the "trying to get unstuck" comedy :chuckle:,i noticed some movement in the trees on the uphill side of the road and about 50 feet in front of our truck walking down the bank was either about a 120lb yote or a wolf,we videoed it for about 3 min.It  stood in the middle of the road facing us,front legs spread and head down just staring us down.On the video you can hear us saying "Man thats a big yote",we whistled and yelled at it as it started taking steps towards us,as it got closer you can hear us saying "is that a wolf?".It got to about 30 to 40 ft from us, took a hard right turn and casually walked over the edge and into the timber.As i said it was much bigger than my 90lb lab and did not act like a yote,this was mentioned to some game guys we knew at the time and we were told "there are no wolves around here".We took there word for it cause back then there wasnt supposed to be any wolves or moose for that matter in the area we were in.Guess we should have been a bit more skeptical because a few years earlier we had seen a cow and calf moose in the same local :chuckle:

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #35 on: April 27, 2014, 02:51:32 PM »
Early 90's that would be when the USFS told folks not to say anything about the wolves we were seeing as they were planted wolves. Imagine that!

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #36 on: April 28, 2014, 07:39:24 PM »
50 or so yards in Little Naches..  Years ago

Same here

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #37 on: April 28, 2014, 08:06:49 PM »
50 or so yards in Little Naches..  Years ago

Same here

About 15 miles from rtsprings camp.  In the norsepeak. Heard them. Also seen tracks off of 1914.

Seen two! At maybe 75yds on 1902.  Back in the 90's
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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #38 on: April 28, 2014, 09:50:16 PM »
I saw a single one in Montana a couple of years ago.  We saw a pack on prince of wales island in an briefly.  They were quick.

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2014, 10:14:04 PM »
Have not seen any yet, but if I do, I would have to take a second look at it through my scope just to be certain of my target.

Disclaimer- I did not say where I would be looking at it through a scope so do not assume I am in a State that is illegal to shoot them. I may just be in a State that  allows them to be hunted with a valid license. Thank you, that is all. Carry on!
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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2014, 10:44:55 PM »
250 yds in Montana

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #41 on: June 07, 2014, 07:35:58 AM »
40 to 50 yards while riding a 4wheeler west of Ellensburg, 2008 I believe.

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #42 on: June 07, 2014, 07:54:37 AM »
80 yards, Curlew on Empire Creek Rd. 4 years ago. Husband saw a black one many, many years ago on Segelson Pass out of Whitehorse (between Darrington and Oso).
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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #43 on: June 16, 2014, 11:35:45 PM »
Have not seen any yet, but if I do, I would have to take a second look at it through my scope just to be certain of my target.

Disclaimer- I did not say where I would be looking at it through a scope so do not assume I am in a State that is illegal to shoot them. I may just be in a State that  allows them to be hunted with a valid license. Thank you, that is all. Carry on!

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If I see one, it had better be able to run 2900 feet per second. I'm not taking any chances of being torn apart alive.  :mgun:

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Re: Up Close and Personal, or Distance
« Reply #44 on: June 17, 2014, 10:09:43 AM »
Have not seen any yet, but if I do, I would have to take a second look at it through my scope just to be certain of my target.

Disclaimer- I did not say where I would be looking at it through a scope so do not assume I am in a State that is illegal to shoot them. I may just be in a State that  allows them to be hunted with a valid license. Thank you, that is all. Carry on!

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If I see one, it had better be able to run 2900 feet per second. I'm not taking any chances of being torn apart alive.  :mgun:
You're kidding right?  You have a better chance of choking on a piece of cheese than you do of being "torn apart" by wolves. 


 


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