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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: Northway on September 13, 2012, 08:32:32 AM

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Title: Archery wolf kill in Idaho
Post by: Northway on September 13, 2012, 08:32:32 AM

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 (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............

Title: Re: Archery wolf kill in Idaho
Post by: hirshey on September 13, 2012, 08:44:05 AM

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..

Title: Re: Archery wolf kill in Idaho
Post by: cougfan79 on September 13, 2012, 09:20:28 AM

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.

Title: Re: Archery wolf kill in Idaho
Post by: Stalker on September 13, 2012, 03:18:14 PM

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