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Predator Hunting => Predator Hunting => Topic started by: foxpro51 on December 08, 2011, 01:12:13 PM
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15 below zero and two feet of snow. I could not handle hunt with 30 lbs of clothes on and a 10 pound rifle. I could not walk in the deep snow without being exhausted. Saw lots and lots of wolf tracks . I called in 3 red fox and a lynx on three sets. The outfiiter is awesome and lays ton tons of bait out. He has an unlimited supply of dead cows as bait. He Has over 60 bait sites. You hunt over bait, calling and he puts on drives. This is a sport for a guy who is in better shape than me. If you want a wolf he is the best.
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A wolf mounted at his house
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140 pound Timber Wolf
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http://www.northernoutfitters.com/
The clothing made by Nothern Outfitters was outstanding. I wore there boots and mittens and never got cold at 15 below.
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It sure looks and sounds like an adventure.That wolf looks like the real thing lounging in the den.Its a wonder there was fox around with the wolves in the area.Did you see any other game?Do they plow the roads or just pack it down?
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There is nothing i have experience like seeing the foot prints of a Timber wolf tracks in the snow. The shear size of the animals in the wild makes your hair stand up..
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The only road plowed and salted is the Trans Canadian rt 11 highway. It took me 15 hours to drive home to Pittsburgh. 855 mile trip. No problem driving up there. All other roads are snow covered. My Jeep Liberty did great in the snow. Very few coyotes there because the wolves kill them. Tons of fox and Lynx up there.
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Size of coyote vs a Timber Wolf
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Now that is a hunt on my list (someday). Great pics.
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foxpro that piture reely puts them to prespective no wonder yuor hair stand up!!! haha
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Looks awesome, so you've already been there before or did you go this year already?
Ryan.
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Wow! I had no idea they were that big. I would not a pack of them after me.
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Just informed the doctor i was hunting with finally killed a huge gray Timber Wolf out of a heated blind. This was the doctors third trip. He missed 6 wolves in his first two trips.
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Hey foxpro51! I was out in Northern Idaho this past Sept looking for Yukon wolves (aka Canadian Gray Wolf) which have utterly decimated the ungulate population from Yellowstone on up. I did not kill one, but did see one. (Which is more than most hunters manage and this was my first wolf hunting trip!) They are seriously BIG and FAST apex predators! You have no idea until you actually see one just how big they are. I saw tracks that were almost as big as my hand! They are huge!
I saw Antelope and mulies and called in a number of ID coyotes. I wasn't there for 'yotes so I held back on them. Next time, they're fair game. If I can figure out how to post pictures here, I'll post a couple I took.
I hunted near Challis, ID in the Copper Basin and Pahsimeroi Valley areas. I'll be going back. I made a contact out there that should be able to help me close in on a pack. Needless to say, they are very difficult animals to hunt! I found fresh kills, scat, sign etc just about everywhere I went. The wolf problem is huge and I tell everyone I know to go out there and kill your limit. Even the outfitters I know out there are finding it tough to get on wolves 'for the asking'. They are really tough critters to hunt!
That is some seriously rugged territory in Northern Idaho! The mountains are steep, rocky and high elevation. I was up to about 7500 ft. I couldn't imagine trying that with winter clothes, boots etc but I may have to give it a try. Much of the area I hunted is avalanche territory so winter access is non existant. The elk and moose, those left anyway, will come down to lower elevations to escape the snow so the wolf hunters are doing some good this time of year. I may have gone too early in Sept but you live and learn.
Keep up the good work!
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140 pound Timber Wolf
That dog's head is positioned differently in those two pictures.
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Who is the outfitter. That sounds like something that could prove to be a good possibility. Thanks
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15 below zero and two feet of snow. I could not handle hunt with 30 lbs of clothes on and a 10 pound rifle. I could not walk in the deep snow without being exhausted. Saw lots and lots of wolf tracks . I called in 3 red fox and a lynx on three sets. The outfiiter is awesome and lays ton tons of bait out. He has an unlimited supply of dead cows as bait. He Has over 60 bait sites. You hunt over bait, calling and he puts on drives. This is a sport for a guy who is in better shape than me. If you want a wolf he is the best.
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The outfitter is Kap Rivers outfitters. I just talked to him and the doctor i was hunting with just killed two huge Timber Wolves. One gray and one totally black. Both were taken out of a blind over bait. The best time to hunt them is Jan and Feb. Deep snow 4 feet. The wolves can't move fast in the snow. OUTSTANDING OUTFITTER. i WILL GO BACK. If i would have stayed i would have taken a wolf. I was not prepared for the cold and deep snow. It was a little tough on me due to my age.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrP6aS1iQYI