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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: Bob33 on March 11, 2023, 08:59:51 AM

Title: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: Bob33 on March 11, 2023, 08:59:51 AM: Patchwork maps of wild areas in Wyoming and Minnesota show that, not unlike street gangs, wolf packs respect each other’s “colors” in terms of protecting their turf.

When lines are crossed, dismemberment and death can result, a Wyoming biologist said.

A detailed graphic created researchers who tracked six wolf packs in Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota indicates the canines avoid crossing other packs’ lines.

Wyoming Fish and Game Department Large Carnivore Specialist Dan Thompson said that’s not surprising, because the same has been observed in Wyoming packs.
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More here: https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/03/09/wyoming-wolf-packs-are-gang-like-when-it-comes-to-protecting-their-turf/
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: highside74 on March 11, 2023, 09:09:45 AM: There is always one. One that's bigger, badder and stronger than everyone else. Look close at the one single white line that crosses the through multiple territories.
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: highside74 on March 11, 2023, 09:11:33 AM: Might not be white I'm colorblind :chuckle: Now that I take a second look I see there is 6 different colors of which I only saw 4 before. :yike:
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: BA Mongor on March 11, 2023, 10:55:31 PM: Looks like different colored areas of death, with little area not covered.
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: bigmacc on March 12, 2023, 07:29:35 PM: Quote from: BA Mongor on March 11, 2023, 10:55:31 PM
Looks like different colored areas of death, with little area not covered.
:yeah:, imagine a deer or elk trying to survive that gauntlet.
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: borntoslay on March 14, 2023, 04:05:07 PM: Quote from: bigmacc on March 12, 2023, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: BA Mongor on March 11, 2023, 10:55:31 PM
Looks like different colored areas of death, with little area not covered.
:yeah:, imagine a deer or elk trying to survive that gauntlet.

:yeah: Absolute gauntlet
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: Dan-o on March 14, 2023, 05:29:11 PM: If I'm a deer, I want to be right dead center in the white pack territory in the " no wolf" zone
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: wolfbait on March 30, 2023, 08:55:49 AM: In the past there was evidence of wolf packs coming together and forming one large pack.
Title: Re: Wyoming Wolf Packs Are Gang-Like When It Comes To Protecting Their Turf
Post by: KFhunter on March 30, 2023, 09:26:56 AM: Quote from: Dan-o on March 14, 2023, 05:29:11 PM
If I'm a deer, I want to be right dead center in the white pack territory in the " no wolf" zone

If I were a deer in Wyoming, I’d be humping the leg of some Californian liberal anti-hunter at their 2nd or 3rd fenced vacation compound they bought after watching Yellowstone on TV 6 times.

Look for the keto types ;)