More wolves than bucks in 113

[rossthebear]

Ran into more wolves than bucks this weekend including a wolf about the size of a St. Bernard about 100 yards or less from me in an open meadow. Hunted my whole live in Idaho until this year and never seen anything like this.   Saw one buck next to a private property fence and he jumped it as soon as he saw me. Just waiting next to that safety fence. 

[jasnt]

I been find sign up there like crazy. Heard them howling in the moon creek drainage last year.  Haven't gotten any on cams yet but not many elk either

[deerhunter_98520]

U seen coyotes 

[rossthebear]

No these were absolutely not coyotes, I know what a yote looks like.  I was 100 yards or less from a giant wolf.  Definitely not coyote size.  Stood there for about 30-45 seconds tried to get the camera out but he finally took off before I could snap one of him. 

[vandeman17]

No these were absolutely not coyotes, I know what a yote looks like.  I was 100 yards or less from a giant wolf.  Definitely not coyote size.  Stood there for about 30-45 seconds tried to get the camera out but he finally took off before I could snap one of him.

He was being facetious and saying you should have "mistaken" him for a coyote and 

[JimmyHoffa]

Must have been a lot of sick deer in there. 

[boneaddict]

They've been in there a long time.  Long before the first pack was discovered in Washington.   I don't mean transient either.  I mean in force.    Its too bad as the muleys were making a comeback in there.  Now mostly whitetails.   I don't see the elk like I did either.  Caribou...yeah right.   Guess we will see what happens with the moose.  I got my moose in 02 I think or somewhere in there.  They were howling to beat the dickens opening morning.  That was my first experience with a large group of them.   When I finally did get my bull, his hamstring was sliced up and bleeding and possibly headed to infection.  His other hamstring was scared up as well.

Later photo years I was in trying to find moose and I had a helicopter kept circling the basin.   I believe they had a collared animal(s) in there.   It wasn't too long before they ID'd the Diamond pack.  I was tracking a whole pile of them.   It was crazy the number of them.   In that time I saw them several times but never got photos.  There is some pretty thick country in there.

[tgomez]

Let's get a wolf season going! They are a huge problem. Love to take them down! Where's the hand grenades? Lol hahaha

[Axle]

Let's get a wolf season going! They are a huge problem. Love to take them down! Where's the hand grenades? Lol hahaha

Sadly, you gotta start in Olympia with this problem. So much corruption! 
We have a huge challenge on our hands in this country.

[HotRod]

Me and my young boys (12 & 14) are headed over there for late Buck in a couple of weeks and I was thinking about hunting the mid to south end of 113. Are we wasting our time?     This has been planned for months and wasn't aware of all the wolf activity in that unit. I would really love for at least one of my boys to take a whitatail out of there. Its all about them this year! Any suggestions?

[pianoman9701]

The WDFW doesn't believe there are 15 packs yet. Once they do and assuming there's the proper disbursement, then we wait three years until management can begin. The outrageous wolf plan is so far out of control it's not funny. And the anti-hunters are singing its praises. Welcome to the world of WA wolves.

[nw_bowhunter]

So we talk about seeing wolfs and the damage they are causing to the wildlife but where are all the pictures? If the wdfg wants to deny than collectivity we should be showing proof. Nothing will be done unless we as hunters pushback.

[TeacherMan]

I'd think guys would be picking them up more on there trail cameras? They will definitely have to be controlled sooner than later...

[benhuntin]

I'd think guys would be picking them up more on there trail cameras? They will definitely have to be controlled sooner than later...

lots of buddies get them on a regular basis.


If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[bobdog86]

So we talk about seeing wolfs and the damage they are causing to the wildlife but where are all the pictures? If the wdfg wants to deny than collectivity we should be showing proof. Nothing will be done unless we as hunters pushback.

Visual Proof is the best way to start. Otherwise, we are all just a bunch of cry babies. Harder to discredit visual proof than hear-say.