Wolves

Silencer · February 02, 2009, 02:10:56 PM

First two wolves of the first five wolves (shot legally) near Pinedale and Big Piney, Wyoming after the season for wolves was opened up. I would venture to say they are 'just a little bit bigger' than the local coyotes! These were caught, with two others, in a calving pen, killing livestock.....not eating the livestock, just killing it. I'm thinkin' my 340 Weatherby isn't too much gun for one of these critters..... fortunately the wolves I saw on Wanda's place weren't near this size...... they were 3x the size of our coyotes, though.....these guys have been eating really well! Acutally, eating TOO WELL! It's no wonder the elk and moose calves only have a 20% chance of making it to 6 months old in the Yellowstone area with these big boys around! Amazingly, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has requested anyone catching a wolf or wolverine in a leg hold trap to "please try to release it alive"........ that could be a pretty good trick! I was expecting much smaller wolves to be in the 'not safe for wolves zone' ...... wonder how big the wolves are that ran these two out of the 'safe zone'?

Dont think I want to snowshoe or cross country ski in Wyoming anymore........ expect to see these critters in Colorado pretty soon.....coming to a favorite deer or elk haunt near you!

Just got this in a e-mail. Couldnt find anything on snopes....

Yotehntr · February 02, 2009, 04:13:19 PM

Wow! man those are big. That would have to be one of the ultimate's in predator calling. That and mountain lion.

Frogman · February 02, 2009, 04:20:42 PM

I'm skeptical???? After the giant cougar that was supposedly killed not too far from my house, the 5 coyotes attacking the guy who was shooting them with his pistol, now this. It is just too easy to Photo Shop these pictures. Just my opinion??

Jim

Silencer · February 02, 2009, 04:23:39 PM

Same here Jim, seems every time you get a e-mail like this its a hoax.
I did find that Pie-bald buck on snopes but not this yet. Maybe it needs to be passed around before it ends up there.

WY2000 · February 17, 2009, 07:02:18 PM

Well they are real and real big, the game and fish in Pinedale did not weigh them but guessed about 140 - 150 each. They have been killing and eating calves and elk at the feed grounds. They were shot at Merna WY which is 25 miles or so west of Pinedale and per the game regulations were checked in at Pinedale.
WY2000

Frogman · February 17, 2009, 09:01:44 PM

On the conservative side those two guys in the picture look to weigh 150 - 200 pounds, assuming that is close then those wolves appear to weigh 200 pounds or more???? Sorry, but I'm still skeptical. I would have to be there and see them for myself to be convinced??? But, then that's just me, I'm wrong lots of the time.

Jim

Tikaani · February 17, 2009, 09:47:49 PM

Just signed in for the first time since returning from Michigan. If the two weighed in at 150 pounds I think it is possible that the photo is real. The wolf population in that area is nothing compared to here so I would imagine that the competition for food combined with the less severe and long winters we have, reaching that size, I believe would be easy. This wolf was 110 pounds, I am 240 and 6' tall, he is laying side ways so his size is some what deceiving, but if you compare the paws and the rear legs, throw on another forty pounds and you have a big wolf.

Hunt hard, die tired
John

nastygunz · February 17, 2009, 10:43:27 PM

I emailed the local newspaper editor and also the WY F&G Dept., Ill let yall know if I hear anything back from them.

Silencer · February 18, 2009, 04:30:57 AM

John, very beautiful animal. The fur on em looks incredible !!!

vvarmitr · February 18, 2009, 08:51:36 AM

Aaaaaah! Pix of dead wolves. How nice!

WY2000 · February 18, 2009, 08:53:57 AM

Quote from: nastygunz on February 17, 2009, 10:43:27 PM
I emailed the local newspaper editor and also the WY F&G Dept., Ill let yall know if I hear anything back from them.

Here's one with a good story about the chase.
http://www.sublette.com/examiner/v8n4/v8n4s1.htm
This one probably lost a couple of pounds after being chased so far in the snow. It would go about 130 or so. All three of these wolfs were taken within 50 miles of my house.
WY2000

Coulter · February 18, 2009, 09:06:50 AM

I thought that the judge yanked that season before it even opened

vvarmitr · February 18, 2009, 09:17:47 AM

Thanks WY2000 for the link. Good story!

WY2000 · February 18, 2009, 09:30:28 AM

Quote from: Coulter on February 18, 2009, 09:06:50 AM
I thought that the judge yanked that season before it even opened

The three on this post were taken in March and April of 08, the feds closed it in August o8. The two by the sleds were taken March 28th, the first day it was legal.

Hidehunter · February 18, 2009, 10:33:20 AM

In the pick with the 2 big wolves, I was looking at it and it seems the guy on right is holding the 150 lb dog up off the ground with just 1 arm. Something is fishy...Where is his other arm?

Nice wolf John!!

nastygunz · February 18, 2009, 04:51:14 PM

This is the response I got back from the Editor of the Pinedale newspaper, obviously a man of few words, for what its worth:
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Subj: Re: WOLF HOAX?
Date: 2/18/2009 9:05:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: editor@pinedaleroundup.com
To: NASTYGUNZ
Sent from the Internet (Details)

"They are real."

On 2/17/09 9:39 PM, "NASTYGUNZ" wrote:

Hello, this attached picture has been floating around the Internet of these wolves killed and then weighed in by Fish & Game in Pinedale and I was wondering if you might have any information on the validity of this?..the weights given for them were 140-150 pounds, thank you, J.

nastygunz · February 18, 2009, 04:56:20 PM

So did he basically just find a track and run it to ground with a snowmobile?

Quote from: WY2000 on February 18, 2009, 08:53:57 AM
Quote from: nastygunz on February 17, 2009, 10:43:27 PM
I emailed the local newspaper editor and also the WY F&G Dept., Ill let yall know if I hear anything back from them.

Here's one with a good story about the chase.
http://www.sublette.com/examiner/v8n4/v8n4s1.htm
This one probably lost a couple of pounds after being chased so far in the snow. It would go about 130 or so. All three of these wolfs were taken within 50 miles of my house.
WY2000