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Title: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Ice Cap on January 06, 2011, 08:50:17 PM: My girlfriend heard from a co-worker today that the co-worker and a group of his friends were snowmobiling in the Teanaway area this past weekend and saw three adult wolves. They rode within fifty yards of the wolves and the furry bastages didn't seem concerned!
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: gjbruny on January 06, 2011, 08:55:03 PM: do any of them have any 2" paddle marks across their backs? :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Ice Cap on January 06, 2011, 08:55:56 PM: 2.25" Lol
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: SpotandStalk on January 07, 2011, 08:54:18 AM: Any more details....like which drainage? I take it they didn't take any pictures???
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Wazukie on January 07, 2011, 09:32:03 AM: Wolves Wolves Wolves, they're all over the state, There were to spotted just SE of MT Adams this fall by some back country horsemen. These same horsemen do carry camera's but the wolves were gone as soon as they were spotted. Believe it or not? I'm a believer!
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: wablkandtan on January 07, 2011, 09:37:14 AM: talked to a sheriff 3 weekends ago in the teanum and he saw 4 sets of tracks up in the teanaway. he found blood a urine and took samples of both and were taken to the game department to confirm species. lock and load its time for a lead sandwich >:(
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: meathunter on January 07, 2011, 09:46:39 AM: seen 4 up there this year. Posted pics in a thread awhile back. I saw so many tracks you would have thought there where 100 wolves up there. >:(
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Band on January 07, 2011, 10:59:28 AM: I suspect that the majority of wolf/wolf track sightings turn out to be coyotes or dogs. I'd like to see a first-hand account from someone who is knowledgeable and reliable or a picture from a reliable source. Otherwise I take "wolf" sightings with a grain of salt.

If nothing else, these kinds of wolf sighting reports get people riled up. No doubt about that. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: teanawayslayer on January 07, 2011, 11:05:45 AM: I personally have not seen any here in the teanaway. I have a couple of buddies that have seen some of them. Both last year. One buddy saw 3 and the other saw one chasing a wounded elk during archery. both are reliable and both are hunters. :mgun:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: BIGINNER on January 07, 2011, 11:13:48 AM: I SAW A COUPLE OF WOLVES AROUND TRI-CITY AREA, BIG ONES!! ABOUT 40 LBS!!!! THEY HAD A REALLY HIGH PITCHED HOWL TOO
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: meathunter on January 07, 2011, 12:00:33 PM: I was really hoping that they would have moved out by now. :( Band, NO dogs would be up where I was at and I would almost agree that some people would mistake a coyote for a wolf, but considering that I've hunted coyote's for at least 10 yrs there is a big difference between the two.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Special T on January 07, 2011, 12:05:17 PM: If they were on machines they should have hlped them make snow angles so that we could compare the size!
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:13 PM: Quote from: meathunter on January 07, 2011, 12:00:33 PM
I was really hoping that they would have moved out by now. :( Band, NO dogs would be up where I was at and I would almost agree that some people would mistake a coyote for a wolf, but considering that I've hunted coyote's for at least 10 yrs there is a big difference between the two.

Try telling that to the guy who shot this coyote...
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:44 PM: or the guy that saw this wolf...it even had a "tracking collar"
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: woodywsu on January 07, 2011, 12:23:16 PM: :bash:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Alchase on January 07, 2011, 01:35:35 PM: Quote from: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:13 PM
Quote from: meathunter on January 07, 2011, 12:00:33 PM
I was really hoping that they would have moved out by now. :( Band, NO dogs would be up where I was at and I would almost agree that some people would mistake a coyote for a wolf, but considering that I've hunted coyote's for at least 10 yrs there is a big difference between the two.

Try telling that to the guy who shot this coyote...

Didn't they confirm that one with DNA :dunno:

:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Old Mule on January 07, 2011, 05:52:18 PM: OK everybody get ready to laugh, I saw a Wolf on the Hancock Mainline about a 1/2 mile in from the Buckley Gate, When I first saw it I thought It was a Deer with bad hair loss because of the dark shoulders and rump and light middle, Took me a second before I spotted the Tail and realized what I was looking at, It was pretty dam big but it was Skin and Bones I don't think it made the winter. I talked to the Game Dept and they said they had some reliable reports. A couple miles away there is a place with a bunch of wolf-dog crosses in pens, I assume this one got away and couldn't feed itself. I caught allot of flack when I told the fellas at Work what I saw.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: wolfbait on January 07, 2011, 06:07:16 PM: For those of you who have any doubts of whether it is a wolf or not, look at the tail, if it is a wolf it will be long and thick and will not be held to far off the ground. The wolves I have seen have a big block head, but the tail is a dead give away. ;) I ran a wolf off a doe and a fawn last spring, and it was skin and bones, I had my doubts even at close range because it was so skinny, it was three times the size of a coyote and the tail is what gave it away. The way they run is different than a dog or coyote also, it's more of a long lope. These wolves are not afraid of people, as many have been finding out.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 09:10:47 PM: Quote from: Alchase on January 07, 2011, 01:35:35 PM
Quote from: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:13 PM
Quote from: meathunter on January 07, 2011, 12:00:33 PM
I was really hoping that they would have moved out by now. :( Band, NO dogs would be up where I was at and I would almost agree that some people would mistake a coyote for a wolf, but considering that I've hunted coyote's for at least 10 yrs there is a big difference between the two.

Try telling that to the guy who shot this coyote...

Didn't they confirm that one with DNA :dunno:

:rolleyes:

Yes, apparently they did.
Thats what the internet said anyway.
:dunno:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: forestphantom on January 27, 2011, 09:44:33 PM: Wouldn't be the first sighting and certianly won't be the last. I think their spreading a lot farther than everyone thinks :dunno:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: kevinlisa06 on January 29, 2011, 07:42:38 PM: There are wolves in B.C. Idaho and Oregon why wouldnt we have them here. They are everywhere in this state just like Idaho, relatives there. And yes they are not afraid of humans, my brother in law and friends had 7 of the nasty buggers hunting them until a few were belly shot,best medicine for them.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: danderson on February 17, 2011, 10:24:58 PM: I took this picture in the teanaway last fall miles from any road, it was right after a hard rain so the ground was soft, just one large set of dog tracks walking down a old road, aprox. 3 miles in, no human tracks around, what do you think?
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: jackelope on February 18, 2011, 11:45:31 AM: Quote from: kevinlisa06 on January 29, 2011, 07:42:38 PM
There are wolves in B.C. Idaho and Oregon why wouldnt we have them here. They are everywhere in this state just like Idaho, relatives there. And yes they are not afraid of humans, my brother in law and friends had 7 of the nasty buggers hunting them until a few were belly shot,best medicine for them.

So you're posting on the world wide web for all the world to see that your brother in law and his buddies gut shot some wolves here?
Thats either not the brightest thing in the world to do or it's B.S.
:twocents:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: runamuk on February 18, 2011, 12:06:07 PM: Quote from: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 09:10:47 PM
Quote from: Alchase on January 07, 2011, 01:35:35 PM
Quote from: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:13 PM
Quote from: meathunter on January 07, 2011, 12:00:33 PM
I was really hoping that they would have moved out by now. :( Band, NO dogs would be up where I was at and I would almost agree that some people would mistake a coyote for a wolf, but considering that I've hunted coyote's for at least 10 yrs there is a big difference between the two.

Try telling that to the guy who shot this coyote...

Didn't they confirm that one with DNA :dunno:

:rolleyes:

Yes, apparently they did.
Thats what the internet said anyway.
:dunno:

If I recall the wording in the article was the confirmed it had coyote DNA........being a canine it could also have had poodle dna but they forgot to mention it ;)
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Curly on February 18, 2011, 12:12:27 PM: Quote from: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:44 PM
or the guy that saw this wolf...it even had a "tracking collar"

Did the guy that posted those pics ever come back to the site? Or did he get so embarrassed that he just left for good? :dunno:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Alchase on February 18, 2011, 12:13:50 PM: I believe Run is correct, they said it was Coyote not wolf,
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Wenatcheejay on February 18, 2011, 12:50:44 PM: There are no wolves accept the ones that WDFW says there are, that is the law. What you think you see, and even if you photograph it, you are mistaken. If you shoot it to prove it, you are a criminal, if you trap it, you are a criminal, if you harass it, you are a criminal, and yes, it did not exist in the first place.

Like our State and Federal deficit, the decimating ungulate herds across the West will magically just grow themselves out of the current downward spiral they are in. :rolleyes:

Meanwhile, special interest groups will get millions of our tax dollars to line their pockets and there is nothing we can do about it.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: vandeman17 on February 18, 2011, 12:52:34 PM: was that supposed to be sarcastic? :chuckle: I agree
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Wenatcheejay on February 18, 2011, 01:05:18 PM: Quote from: vandeman17 on February 18, 2011, 12:52:34 PM
was that supposed to be sarcastic? :chuckle: I agree

Yes ;) Most my posts on this subject are.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: mateo on April 24, 2011, 03:14:56 PM: I was turkey hunting on april 23 with my partner and we seen a wolf.we were in teanaway and it was a big animal.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: bearpaw on April 24, 2011, 03:23:18 PM: Welcome to the site Mateo and thanks for posting about the wolf you saw. Can you offer any more details regarding the location where you saw it and how it appeared to be a wolf.
Thanks... :hello:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: KNOPHISH on April 25, 2011, 06:34:05 AM: I saw a cow moose up there last week & now know where it came from, The wolves chased it there.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: luvtohnt on April 25, 2011, 06:43:25 AM: For what it is worth there is a lady up the middle fork that has 3 wolf hybrids and she lets them run free!! I am going to try to spend lots of time up there this summer to see if I can document any wolves in the area. So if anyone has infor and is willing to share please PM me.

Brandon
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: danderson on April 25, 2011, 10:51:20 PM: last sept I took pictures of a bull moose in the teanaway valley, in the general area of the moose I took pictures of what looked like wolf tracks, posted earler in this post, stands to reason wolfs fallow mooses. I have tryed to post the pictures of the moose but it keeps saying the file is to large, how do I post them.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: predatorpro on April 25, 2011, 10:55:32 PM: Quote from: jackelope on January 07, 2011, 12:20:44 PM
or the guy that saw this wolf...it even had a "tracking collar"
really? lol gotta love people....
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: littlemac on April 26, 2011, 12:55:17 AM: Quote from: danderson on April 25, 2011, 10:51:20 PM
last sept I took pictures of a bull moose in the teanaway valley, in the general area of the moose I took pictures of what looked like wolf tracks, posted earler in this post, stands to reason wolfs fallow mooses. I have tryed to post the pictures of the moose but it keeps saying the file is to large, how do I post them.
Yep, they love their moose burger
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: boneaddict on April 26, 2011, 05:17:45 AM: Theres a pack hanging in First creek. Not too far removed from Teanaway, about 15 minutes for a wolf.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: boneaddict on April 26, 2011, 05:27:41 AM: at least one of them is collared too so they know about them
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Special T on April 26, 2011, 07:09:38 AM: Re you picking up poop samples while your shooting photos Bone? Lord knows you would have to have DNA evidence of what they already know to prove another pack! :bash:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: littlemac on April 26, 2011, 07:46:31 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on April 26, 2011, 05:17:45 AM
Theres a pack hanging in First creek. Not too far removed from Teanaway, about 15 minutes for a wolf.
No kidding and the way game moves through there back and forth across 97 there's no reason not to think a wolf pack wouldn't
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Kain on April 26, 2011, 09:16:40 AM: http://www.pacificbio.org/initiatives/ESIN/Mammals/GrayWolf/graywolfpg.html (http://www.pacificbio.org/initiatives/ESIN/Mammals/GrayWolf/graywolfpg.html)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pacificbio.org%2Finitiatives%2FESIN%2FMapImages%2Fgraywolf.jpg&hash=4d601a3524e8253b18e8d73a6893338050ef1441)
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Special T on April 26, 2011, 09:21:43 AM: Very cool Kain... Kinda funy how that is dated... The WDFW must not have seen thier own report! There are confiremted or highly reliable sitings all over the state... Hmm maybe they don't need any protection. :bash:
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: Kain on April 26, 2011, 09:31:20 AM: Quote from: Special T on April 26, 2011, 09:21:43 AM
Very cool Kain... Kinda funy how that is dated... The WDFW must not have seen thier own report! There are confiremted or highly reliable sitings all over the state... Hmm maybe they don't need any protection. :bash:

There is no money in wolves that are already recovered.

News bulletin from 98
http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/release.php?id=oct1698a (http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/release.php?id=oct1698a)
Quote
Research studies earlier this decade indicated that wolves had reappeared in the North Cascades. A federal proposal to reintroduce wolves to the Olympic National Park is also being studied.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 26, 2011, 09:43:15 AM: OK, brain fade this morning............
Where is First Creek?
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: jryoung on April 26, 2011, 09:55:43 AM: NE of Eburg, WNW of Recer Creek Road, north and east of 97 where it connects up with 970 out of Cle Elum.
Title: Re: Teanaway Wolf Sighting
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 26, 2011, 09:58:12 AM: Duh!!!
Thanks.