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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: Zag11 on March 17, 2020, 09:33:21 PM

Title: Wolf?
Post by: Zag11 on March 17, 2020, 09:33:21 PM: A little context: This was an iphone that is 5.5" long. The phone is being held 2-3" off the snow, making the track look smaller. There were 3 sets of tracks right next to each other running in a straight line through the snow. The stride length was 35-40" on all sets.

I'm not exactly an expert on wolf tracks, but have seen plenty of coyote/large dog tracks. These ones were big. But, again, I could be completely wrong. Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Wolf?
Post by: Bango skank on March 17, 2020, 09:34:43 PM: Most likely
Title: Re: Wolf?
Post by: Zag11 on March 17, 2020, 09:47:27 PM: This was inside Spokane city limits
Title: Re: Wolf?
Post by: Bango skank on March 17, 2020, 10:05:03 PM: Maybe 3 big dogs then. Also, melting tracks can look bigger :dunno:
Title: Re: Wolf?
Post by: Zag11 on March 17, 2020, 10:10:45 PM: Right on city limit border - not terribly far from the turnbull area, or the rock creek area where landowners have seen wolves down in the canyon.
Thanks for the input though. It was definitely a weird place for 3 dogs to be running through - been to this place many times to shoot my bow and NEVER seen dog tracks
Title: Re: Wolf?
Post by: Henrydog on March 18, 2020, 05:43:29 AM: There have been several wolves in Turnbull and down to Rock Lake. Remember 1 was shot by a Ranch hand 2 year summers ago between Sprague and Lamont. And then the guy who chased one and shot is southwest of Colfax. They follow the Elk
Title: Re: Wolf?
Post by: nwwanderer on March 18, 2020, 07:21:37 AM: Is the time of year they have often been seen here abouts, consider they could have moved twenty miles that night. Bovine calving season, pay attention