Actual odds of seeing a wolf in Idaho

[Mr Mykiss]

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...

[Tbob]

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?
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My buddy shot a huge wolf in Alaska a few years back while we were moose/caribou hunting. That was one of the worst smelling things I have ever smelled!!! You honestly couldn't pay me enough to eat that stuff! Epic shot though.. 125 yrds from the raft while we were silently floating down the river.

[7mmfan]

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 

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

Just get one, not having one ensures you will see one!

[idaho guy]

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

[Jimmy33]

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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[buglebrush]

After all the $$ you've already spent, what's another $30? I wouldn't go without one.

I have seen several.  Was at full draw on one of them.  Never saw one when placing a rifle 

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

[7mmfan]

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

[300rum]

There is something very satisfying when you look at that tag and it says "Gray Wolf", well worth it. 

[boneaddict]

If you have a tag in your pocket, not liklely.  If you don't have a tag....very likely. LOL
Get a tag!

[Rainier10]

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.

[meatwhack]

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.

[grundy53]

There is something very satisfying when you look at that tag and it says "Gray Wolf", well worth it.

Absolutely true

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[cavemann]

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.

[7mmfan]

We're going to be hunting Salmon units 21 or 21a most likely. Any wolf experience in these areas?