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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: Nilehunter on July 03, 2012, 06:09:18 PM

Title: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: Nilehunter on July 03, 2012, 06:09:18 PM: Last weekend when the wife and I went to pull trail cams, she was looking in the woods for animals as she usually does and saw what she swears was a wolf. I asked are you sure it was not just a large coyote and she said not its was big and had a huge head. I had a set of the regs and had her look at the difference between the two and she said definitely a wolf.
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: BNAElkhntr on July 03, 2012, 06:14:19 PM: I wouldn't doubt it, be sure to report it to wolf Hotline Had a Buddy see what he sure was a Wolf at close range 2 yrs ago deer season over in the Wenas side And Warden was extremely interested but also skeptical
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: Nilehunter on July 03, 2012, 06:15:16 PM: Quote from: BNAElkhntr on July 03, 2012, 06:14:19 PM
I wouldn't doubt it, be sure to report it to wolf Hotline Had a Buddy see what he sure was a Wolf at close range 2 yrs ago deer season over in the Wenas side And Warden was extremely interested but also skeptical

Even if I'm not sure?
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: BNAElkhntr on July 03, 2012, 06:16:54 PM: If the wife is sure what she saw then trust her Btw was over in Bethel picked up Cougar on my cam stalking 4 does
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: sebek556 on July 03, 2012, 06:17:31 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 03, 2012, 06:37:31 PM: Just remember how far wolves can travel when they want--one went from Montana to Colorado and back to Montana, the OR-7 wolf went from northeast Oregon to almost the coast and then down to norther California.
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: deerslyr on July 03, 2012, 07:13:05 PM: :yeah: and they magically appeared in the teanaway
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: SWHUNTER on July 10, 2012, 06:33:12 PM: Several folks have reported tracks and sightings in the Clover Springs area.
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on July 10, 2012, 07:06:37 PM: I reported tracks up by clover springs, sent pics of them also. Have heard of them all the way down into Nile flats chasing deer.
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 11, 2012, 03:54:40 PM: Quote from: BNAElkhntr on July 03, 2012, 06:16:54 PM
If the wife is sure what she saw then trust her Btw was over in Bethel picked up Cougar on my cam stalking 4 does

:yeah:
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: JC-NORTHFORKER on July 11, 2012, 04:23:29 PM: I heard that there was some WDFW bios doing a night study and heard wolf howls, and it was heard the same night from another friend that lives up there. just past Wenas lake 4-5miles.
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 11, 2012, 04:38:41 PM: Quote from: JC-NORTHFORKER on July 11, 2012, 04:23:29 PM
I heard that there was some WDFW bios doing a night study and heard wolf howls, and it was heard the same night from another friend that lives up there. just past Wenas lake 4-5miles.

:bdid: :bash: :bash: :bash:
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: Northway on July 11, 2012, 05:00:06 PM: Quote from: PlateauNDN on July 11, 2012, 04:38:41 PM
Quote from: JC-NORTHFORKER on July 11, 2012, 04:23:29 PM
I heard that there was some WDFW bios doing a night study and heard wolf howls, and it was heard the same night from another friend that lives up there. just past Wenas lake 4-5miles.

:bdid: :bash: :bash: :bash:

I know hunters aren't the only ones thinking about the possibility of wolves in that area anymore. There's a system of trail-cams with lure set up to try and capture some photos..........
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: Dave Workman on July 13, 2012, 04:31:58 PM: It was the opening morning of elk season in 2004 when I was hunting trhe south side of the Devil's Table and I saw two wolves tracking a cow elk.

This I promptly reported to the WDFW the following Monday.

I was hunting with several other guys and told them about it. The WDFW guy at first said "They're not ours."

Interesting comment. Then he acknowledged finally that there had been some wolf reports up in that area.

My humble opinion is that the WDFW has known about these animals for a very long time.

And as with mountain lions, I suspect there are a hell of a lot more of them than the WDFW admits / estimates.
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: PlateauNDN on July 13, 2012, 04:37:36 PM: Is this a pretty close location to where you seen them?
Title: Re: Wolf(s) in the Nile area?
Post by: Dave Workman on July 14, 2012, 08:25:07 AM: Quote from: PlateauNDN on July 13, 2012, 04:37:36 PM
Is this a pretty close location to where you seen them?

Well, from my perspective, it would have been up around the corner and back in the draw on the far side of that point up in the right hand corner of your image. Where there's a sharp drop-off.

I was actually sitting down in the draw looking up at the edge of the Table when the cow walked by and a few minutes later, the two wolves showed up, dogging right on her trail. I could have popped them both with a single bullet . It was only about 300 yards.