Girl's deer turns into wolves' dinner

[huntrights]

Dave Orrick: Girl's deer turns into wolves' dinner

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_22036712/dave-orrick-girl-shoots-deer-wo

[PolarBear]

 

[Bean Counter]

Should have had a wolf tag

[bearhunter99]

This will become more common as they lose their fear for man.

On another note, the picture showed the guts and underbelly missing and maybe a small portion of the top hind quarter but it did not look to me like they ate all the useable meat.  Looked like some good front quarters and mostly good hind quarters to me?   Hopefully they didn't just leave the carcass there and abandon all that meat.

[steen]

I'd say that's a waste of game meat and the wolves should be punished!

[Curly]

This will become more common as they lose their fear for man.

On another note, the picture showed the guts and underbelly missing and maybe a small portion of the top hind quarter but it did not look to me like they ate all the useable meat.  Looked like some good front quarters and mostly good hind quarters to me?   Hopefully they didn't just leave the carcass there and abandon all that meat.

 

Fair amount of meat left on that deer.  Looks like a small doe, but I bet she could have gotten 25 - 30 pounds of meat off of it.

[Kioti]

Thats too bad...too bad they couldnt get a shot off on those buggers,

[boneaddict]

Is there a fear of rabies or that other parasite with wolves........  contaminating the meat.

I know a Coastal Brown got into my moose and I jsut cut off the bad part....but?

[Doc Sauce]

Good line...

Early data from the first season of Minnesota's first regulated wolf hunt, in which hunters killed 147 wolves, suggest one of two things is going on: Either Minnesota hunters are better than wildlife officials predicted, or there were more wolves on the landscape than researchers estimated. Or both.

Cannot be true though... we know that the wildlife agencies are spot on when it comes to accounting for wolf numbers...  and the hunters cannot be better than expected because we all know hunters are inbred half brained rifle clowns...

[TeacherMan]

I've had this happen several times with bears in the NE corner during early bow season.

[Bob33]

A golden eagle ate a large portion of a Montana whitetail I shot.

Too bad about the wolves eating her deer. Interesting experience for her at least.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Well, the young lady made a couple mistakes I hope she learned from.

First, at 50 ft, a good kill shot should have dropped the deer in it's tracks. She needs to work on her shot placement.

Second when you're hunting in an area frequented by predators,  waiting 45 minutes to follow your wounded prey is asking for trouble. The smell of blood will draw them in. Especially bears, wolves, and coyotes. And if the prey died soon after being shot, crows, ravens, camp robbers, and other birds will be on them quickly and the fuss they make will also draw in predators that may be upwind from the downed game.

Third, she could have had a wolf tag and didn't. While that may not have saved her deer because of the long wait following up her shot, She'd have had a chance of a nice wolf pelt for her wall or to use as a rug.

That's the breaks when you don't make a good first shot and choose to wait to follow up.  There's always something hungry opportunistically waiting for an easy mark for dinner. Predators and scavengers clean up a lot of game that gets wounded and lost by hunters.

[724wd]

This will become more common as they lose their fear for man.

On another note, the picture showed the guts and underbelly missing and maybe a small portion of the top hind quarter but it did not look to me like they ate all the useable meat.  Looked like some good front quarters and mostly good hind quarters to me?   Hopefully they didn't just leave the carcass there and abandon all that meat.

i thought i remembered that wolves pee on a kill to keep other scavengers away? 

[724wd]

Well, the young lady made a couple mistakes I hope she learned from.

First, at 50 ft, a good kill shot should have dropped the deer in it's tracks. She needs to work on her shot placement.

Second when you're hunting in an area frequented by predators,  waiting 45 minutes to follow your wounded prey is asking for trouble. The smell of blood will draw them in. Especially bears, wolves, and coyotes. And if the prey died soon after being shot, crows, ravens, camp robbers, and other birds will be on them quickly and the fuss they make will also draw in predators that may be upwind from the downed game.

Third, she could have had a wolf tag and didn't. While that may not have saved her deer because of the long wait following up her shot, She'd have had a chance of a nice wolf pelt for her wall or to use as a rug.

That's the breaks when you don't make a good first shot and choose to wait to follow up.  There's always something hungry opportunistically waiting for an easy mark for dinner. Predators and scavengers clean up a lot of game that gets wounded and lost by hunters.

really?  because the shot was 50 ft the deer should have dropped?  i've seen deer with only two legs and no heart cover almost 100 yards!  i'd bet her shot was placed well for meat preservation ie heart/lung area, the bigger/better target as taught in almost every hunter education class.  and the 45 minute wait?  also recommended, so you don't bump a deer that might otherwise lay down and die if your shot wasnt perfect.  and it sounds like she didn't know wolves were such a big problem, given her not applying for a tag!  dang, man, give the gal a break!  she did what she thought was best given her education! 

but i'm with you on needing a wolf tag in every pocket!   

[Bob33]

First, at 50 ft, a good kill shot should have dropped the deer in it's tracks. She needs to work on her shot placement.

That is one of the more ignorant comments I have read recently.