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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: TexasRed on October 13, 2015, 07:08:06 PM

Title: Wolf Kill? 340
Post by: TexasRed on October 13, 2015, 07:08:06 PM: So I reckon my first post shoulda been of somethin a little more positive... This is defiantly not the first wolf track I've come across up in the Manastash. However, it was the first that was only about 50yds from a cow that had been stripped to the bone. This was during Muzzeloader season, it could have been an archery kill that wasn't found. Anyhow, Wolves are there and in particular have been hanging out in the upper Ice water for quite a while. (I know, we also landed on the moon).
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Post by: HuntNFish94 on October 13, 2015, 07:25:27 PM: Looks like it! Picked that carcass clean.
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 13, 2015, 07:33:50 PM: Indeed.........
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Post by: KFhunter on October 13, 2015, 07:58:28 PM: WDFW just called, that Elk was killed by a horse.
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Post by: denali on October 13, 2015, 08:03:17 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: RadSav on October 13, 2015, 08:04:15 PM: I would have guessed those as Sylvester's.
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on October 13, 2015, 08:12:53 PM: Hard to tell. It's not scattered like a wolf kill usually is. How old is the carcass?
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Post by: TexasRed on October 13, 2015, 08:22:46 PM: Most defiantly not a feline track... I can assure you that. It was fairly fresh, Ravens were still hangin around. I would say maybe 2 weeks at the very most. If you didn't know any better you'd say it was dropped in the middle of a rodeo arena, the whole area was torn to hell. Lots of hungry critters apparently.
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Post by: Killmore on October 14, 2015, 08:11:40 AM: About where in the 340 unit?
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Post by: seth30 on October 14, 2015, 08:13:08 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on October 13, 2015, 07:58:28 PM
WDFW just called, that Elk was killed by a horse.
:IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Wolf Kill? 340
Post by: Chukarhead on October 14, 2015, 08:43:20 AM: Wolves, thrill-killing machines. They don't even eat what they kill.

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Post by: elkfins on October 14, 2015, 08:46:27 AM: I don't see a skull in the pic... you sure it wasn't an archery kill that was boned out?

I hate to hear of wolves in 340...
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Post by: js139 on October 14, 2015, 08:56:37 AM: Quote from: Killmore on October 14, 2015, 08:11:40 AM
About where in the 340 unit?
:yeah:
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Post by: 400gross on October 14, 2015, 09:45:45 AM: Quote from: js139 on October 14, 2015, 08:56:37 AM

Quote from: Killmore on October 14, 2015, 08:11:40 AM
About where in the 340 unit?
:yeah:

:yeah: where in 340
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Post by: deerlick on October 14, 2015, 01:32:19 PM: awfully small for a wolf ttrack
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Post by: Duckslayer89 on October 14, 2015, 03:02:22 PM: Quote from: deerlick on October 14, 2015, 01:32:19 PM
awfully small for a wolf ttrack

Not being rude but that's a joke right? My 90 pound labs tracks are smaller than that and labs have wide round paws for swimming
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on October 14, 2015, 04:07:29 PM: None of the long bones are crushed either. I don't think it's a wolf kill. I'm curious to hear why some of you do....
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Post by: TexasRed on October 14, 2015, 04:33:25 PM: Quote from: elkfins on October 14, 2015, 08:46:27 AM
I don't see a skull in the pic... you sure it wasn't an archery kill that was boned out?

I hate to hear of wolves in 340...

Skull is towards the left side in the pic and upside down. Not saying its forsure a wolf kill. I've found more than a few dead critters especially after the early archery season.... This just happened to be the only one with eye shot of wolf tracks. (They are wolf tracks BTW, little under 5" across. Unless maybe someone was taking a St Bernard for a walk far off the beaten path.) This was between ice water and shadow crk.
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Post by: greatnw on October 14, 2015, 08:08:09 PM: Sounds like they have far exceeded their original range and it is time for a controlled hunt. Hate to see them in these great game areas.
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Post by: xXLojackXx on October 15, 2015, 10:06:04 AM: Sheep herders gotta eat too
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Post by: Chukarhead on October 15, 2015, 10:10:22 AM: Quote from: greatnw on October 14, 2015, 08:08:09 PM
Sounds like they have far exceeded their original range and it is time for a controlled hunt. Hate to see them in these great game areas.

Agreed. Coastal California (that's where GMU 340 is, right?) is no place for gray wolves:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphics.latimes.com%2Fmedia%2Ftowergraphics%2Ftowergraphic-6b36b0c6-71bc-4dd5-93fa-841f7ef4311a.jpg&hash=85845ff2f0370b1d2a079b6385b6852e22fbe576)
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Post by: ballpark on October 15, 2015, 11:54:01 AM: Wrong state Chukarhead :tup:
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Post by: LDennis24 on October 15, 2015, 12:01:37 PM: Look's like a cat track to me :dunno:
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Post by: Bill W on October 15, 2015, 12:06:20 PM: Quote from: RadSav on October 13, 2015, 08:04:15 PM
I would have guessed those as Sylvester's.

Not many know who Sylvester is any more.
Title: Re: Wolf Kill? 340
Post by: Band on October 15, 2015, 01:51:03 PM: Quote from: Bill W on October 15, 2015, 12:06:20 PM
Quote from: RadSav on October 13, 2015, 08:04:15 PM
I would have guessed those as Sylvester's.

Not many know who Sylvester is any more.
That's probably true...schuffin' schucotash! :o
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Post by: MtnMuley on October 15, 2015, 02:29:44 PM: No offense, but my money is on somebody killed that cow and boned it out the way everything lays in that pic. Definately a feline track though.
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Post by: Warberg on October 15, 2015, 02:40:22 PM: I have archery hunted that area since 2001. Either 2008 or 2009 I seen a wolf in shadow creek. I will do some digging and see if I can find the photo. It also was feeding on a cow... They certainly have been in that area over the yrs..Thanks for sharing,
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Post by: Chukarhead on October 16, 2015, 09:19:47 AM: Quote from: ballpark on October 15, 2015, 11:54:01 AM
Wrong state Chukarhead :tup:

Ya think? :chuckle: