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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: billythekidrock on June 28, 2010, 05:53:41 AM

Title: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: billythekidrock on June 28, 2010, 05:53:41 AM: I don't follow the wolf threads so forgive me if this has come up before.

Has anyone heard anything about wolves in the Randle/Packwood area? A coworkers son mentioned he saw large canine tracks in the snow last season up near Jugg Lake. He followed them for a bit but then turned back to elk hunting. He said the tracks were definately canine and they headed up the mountain. There were no human tracks. :dunno:
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: KINGWOODROW on June 29, 2010, 07:24:50 AM: Lots of threads going about wolves in Bumping lake, white pass and nile area.... there might be something to this as all are , what about withing 60 miles or so as the bird flies? i think someone should :mgun: one so we get some confirmation on this.... :chuckle: I dont see why not, if the WDFW and the granola tree huggers have such a *censored* for having wolves in washington.... i think they are already there :twocents:
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on June 29, 2010, 09:49:30 PM: I know yotes, and I know I saw BIG "dog" tracks in the snow, not cougar tracks, about 5 miles from any human, near St. Helens. This was about 15 yrs ago. My dad saw the same thing. All we could think of was some big sheppard or lab was just going for a stroll. Was probably 30 miles s.west of bumping (just guessing). I've always thought I could run into one someday out there. Also, just north of Bumping, we saw a bear, but after thinking about it, we now think it was a wolverine. It ran funny, was the exact color of a wolverine, and the same size, we were about 300 yards from it. This was about 20 yrs ago. I still hope to see one again too, along with the black fox I saw in the same canyon... Someday again!
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: haus on June 29, 2010, 10:48:10 PM: pre-hunting trip check list:
- licenses
- weapon
- bullets/arrows
- knife
- optics
- water, food
- CAMERA!!!!!!!!
- compass
- gps
- CAMERA batteries!!!
- meat sacks
- BACKUP CAMERA
- extra base layers
- VIDEO CAMERA

:P
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: Tony 270 on June 29, 2010, 10:56:23 PM: There are no wolves around there, only big coyotes ;) :chuckle:
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: wsucowboy on June 29, 2010, 11:29:38 PM: i know back in the 90's my dad and my uncle would pack in about 10 miles with the horses and do archery elk. they were hunting close to packwood and they saw and herd wolves up there.
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: KINGWOODROW on June 30, 2010, 06:44:15 PM: Quote from: haus on June 29, 2010, 10:48:10 PM
pre-hunting trip check list:
- licenses
- weapon
- bullets/arrows
- knife
- optics
- water, food
- CAMERA!!!!!!!!
- compass
- gps
- CAMERA batteries!!!
- meat sacks
- BACKUP CAMERA
- extra base layers
- VIDEO CAMERA

:P

dont forget the shovel incase you see a giant "coyote" :chuckle:
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: klickitat on June 30, 2010, 07:22:21 PM: Shoot, shovel and shut up. What were we talking about? I forgot already.
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on June 30, 2010, 09:42:21 PM: exactly. SSS or Sx3....
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: h2ofowlr on July 01, 2010, 07:51:57 AM: If you see trail cameras registered to the WDFW or DNR there probably keeping tabs on the wolves that are not there. :twocents:
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: tony04 on July 14, 2010, 08:20:22 PM: i was just told that some wolves were dropped off somewhere out of packwood towards white pass and also up the 23rd probably up towards st helens some where. has anyone else heard of this?
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: 1bugman on July 14, 2010, 08:41:04 PM: Quote from: Tony 270 on June 29, 2010, 10:56:23 PM
There are no wolves around there, only big coyotes ;) :chuckle:

Biologist that did the cat study here in cle elum, said there are a few south of the taneum, they do "think" there are any breeding pairs
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 14, 2010, 09:37:13 PM: Quote
i know back in the 90's my dad and my uncle would pack in about 10 miles with the horses

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i was just told that some wolves were dropped off somewhere out of packwood towards white pass and also up the 23rd

My dad and friends/uncles hunted that area extensively south of Packwood lake back toward Goat Rocks in the 60's and 70's. I hunted there in the mid/late 70's and back then even though I never put eyes on one myself, there were plenty of undocumented sigtings. The gamie's would just blow everybody off, but I have to believe that the possibility existed then, as there were more than one set of tracks in the snow that just couldn't be Coyotes.

-Steve
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: mkcj on July 14, 2010, 10:04:12 PM: Quote from: Tony 270 on June 29, 2010, 10:56:23 PM
There are no wolves around there, only big coyotes ;) :chuckle:

You got that right!
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: coachcw on July 15, 2010, 11:48:56 AM: about Five years ago the state released five wolves near snoqualmie sumit . I'm sure they never made it and if they did who knows where they are now. If the game dept dosn't reconize wolves in an area they must be big yotes -shoot em right.
Title: Re: Wolves near Packwood/Randle?
Post by: 1bugman on July 15, 2010, 12:09:03 PM: Quote from: coachcw on July 15, 2010, 11:48:56 AM
about Five years ago the state released five wolves near snoqualmie sumit . I'm sure they never made it and if they did who knows where they are now. If the game dept dosn't reconize wolves in an area they must be big yotes -shoot em right.

Great Point, I will keep this in mind