Post by: MichaelJ on February 06, 2012, 02:43:51 PM
Scariest part of the whole ordeal was we had to wade chest high water for about 40 yds to get across the river and get to the wolf! Getting him back across was interesting and Al ended up getting taken downstream for about 20-30 ft and went completely under and had to swim a bit. Thank god we were only a few hundred yds from the truck and dry clothes!
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We stopped in Kamiah on the way home and people were pulling into the parking lot to congratulate us and shake our hands! It was pretty cool! About 10 miles outside of Lewiston we passed a Honda CRV with a woman inside. Her license plate read "WLFDNCR"... we just rolled down the windows and waved n smiled as we passed her.... :laugh:
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Mike
Post by: Fowlweather25 on February 06, 2012, 02:46:42 PM
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 06, 2012, 02:59:51 PM
Rifle was a .280 Ackley shooting 162 hornady Amax. I think from now on we're going to be using them on animals we don't care about the hide on. It ripped a 8" exit wound on the backside! Taxi friend thinks it can be fixed and he's getting it full body mounted so that side will just go against the wall!
Mike
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on February 06, 2012, 03:08:40 PM
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Post by: Gringo31 on February 06, 2012, 03:24:41 PM
About time we had one of our own post!
Beer is on me!
Post by: MichaelJ on February 06, 2012, 03:26:58 PM
It was pretty cool to stop at a gas station in Kamiah and within 5 minutes have 5 different trucks pull in and people shaking our hands and taking pictures! Thumbs up and waves from people fishing the whole ride back as well!
Mike
Post by: denali on February 06, 2012, 03:27:20 PM
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 06, 2012, 03:44:27 PM
What we should've done: Had me haul the gear and go get the 100' of big rope we had in the toolbox, tied a rock onto it and tried to throw it across the river to him to tie to the dog. He could've walked up and crossed and have both of us drag the wolf across the river... I think we were both starting to think a little crazy by the time we decided to get him back across the river. I know I was definitely getting the chills and my whole body was starting to shake...
Mike
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on February 06, 2012, 03:54:46 PM
Nice job!yeah that!!!
Post by: CAMPMEAT on February 06, 2012, 04:01:15 PM
Post by: boneaddict on February 06, 2012, 04:16:45 PM
*S S S*
Shoot snowshoe and swim. :chuckle:
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 06, 2012, 04:22:02 PM
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Mike
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on February 06, 2012, 04:23:08 PM
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 06, 2012, 05:34:15 PM
That's very cool Mike. Oh ya and happy early b-day. :hello:
Do I know u? Lol thanks though!
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 06, 2012, 06:03:05 PM
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Post by: JohnVH on February 06, 2012, 06:55:31 PM
Very nice, I would love to get over there and shoot one...........or twelve :IBCOOL:
Yeah buddy! :tup:
Post by: bearpaw on February 06, 2012, 08:29:24 PM
Don't want to spoil your party, but I would sure keep the dog away from the wolf, two-thirds of the wolves in Idaho tested by WSU are carrying e. granulosus, which your dog could easily get from nosing the wolf.
Post by: SemperFidelis97 on February 06, 2012, 08:45:41 PM
I am seeing more and more reason to buy one of them black rifles. 5 or 14. Thats alot of teeth and fur to put down.
You can borrow my black rifles anytime if they are used to kill wolves I have two take your pick. Congradulations on a successful trip, and thank you for sharing the story with us.
Post by: MikeWalking on February 06, 2012, 08:48:50 PM
I am seeing more and more reason to buy one of them black rifles. 5 or 14. Thats alot of teeth and fur to put down.
x2
This topic brought a wolf back to the top of my hunting wish list. Good Job.
Post by: sled on February 06, 2012, 09:13:54 PM
Congrats, awesome job.... :tup:nice tip that alot of poeple might not think about. :tup:
Don't want to spoil your party, but I would sure keep the dog away from the wolf, two-thirds of the wolves in Idaho tested by WSU are carrying e. granulosus, which your dog could easily get from nosing the wolf.
Post by: luvtohnt on February 07, 2012, 07:40:26 AM
Brandon
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 07, 2012, 08:28:02 AM
Don't want to spoil your party, but I would sure keep the dog away from the wolf, two-thirds of the wolves in Idaho tested by WSU are carrying e. granulosus, which your dog could easily get from nosing the wolf.
Solid advice but I wasn't there when this pic was taken. I took this one off my buds FB page to show on here but I'll let him know ASAP.
On a second note we are hoping to head back in to a different area last weekend in Feb or first in March... the more I think about the trip the more I want to go shoot a second one!
Mike
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 07, 2012, 05:56:10 PM
Mike
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Post by: MichaelJ on February 09, 2012, 09:37:49 AM
The Lolo is a nice area, but the ticks were so bad there the one year I went spring bear hunting there that I haven't been back before an October hunt since!
And you don't have you imagine swimming the river... I'll just say that its not that fun! haha I was extremely surprised to see how long my body took to recover the next day. We had hardly eaten anything that day and I think my body was working pretty hard to keep my temp up!
Mike
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