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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:30:12 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Ben]
No dice today, but I got to sit through a pretty awesome snowstorm hiding in a small rock formation from knock you over high winds.
Despite the cold, it sure was beautiful. I waited until the last moment to head back to the truck.  More pictures and hopefully a better result tomorrow. Day 2: Departing en route the hunt at 0652. I woke up to a pretty nice view.  Was in place after a short hike and started trying to call something in at 0945. No dice today unfortunately. Will try a different area tomorrow. 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:52:13 AM EDT
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Not a very good time to be taking wolves unless you just want them dead, the fur has been going bad for weeks...January/Febuary is the time for wolves if you want premium fur...Not much use killing them other wise unless you just want to waste resources.....Also, calling them in is the way, if you have a good enough caller...The key on wolves is a CD that one of the leftist orgs made years back...they took professional sound equipment into Denali and recorded a wolf pack...Trappers found the CD(used to sell it in downtown Anchorage to tourist) worked so damn good it forced them to stop selling it cause the wolves were getting slaughtered...
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MT, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:53:52 AM EDT
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Hopefully a better result tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that....
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:10:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Oldmikey]
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:13:13 AM EDT
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I am a stone…
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MT, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:17:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35Whelen700: Hopefully a better result tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that.... Indeed |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:17:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:19:24 AM EDT
[#7]
Kill’em
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:35:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AKSnowRider: Not a very good time to be taking wolves unless you just want them dead, the fur has been going bad for weeks...January/Febuary is the time for wolves if you want premium fur...Not much use killing them other wise unless you just want to waste resources.....Also, calling them in is the way, if you have a good enough caller...The key on wolves is a CD that one of the leftist orgs made years back...they took professional sound equipment into Denali and recorded a wolf pack...Trappers found the CD(used to sell it in downtown Anchorage to tourist) worked so damn good it forced them to stop selling it cause the wolves were getting slaughtered... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/404934/IMG_7574_jpeg-3201759.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/404934/IMG_7575_jpeg-3201764.JPG I just want to shoot a wolf. I'm not really concerned about the fur quality. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:36:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RouxGaRoux]
[#9]
Setup?
What round for wolf? |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:37:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: NorthPolar]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ben: I just want to shoot a wolf. I'm not really concerned about the fur quality. Tanned out, a good pelt can be $4-800 as an fyi. @AKsnowrider didn’t you get a gigantic one out near eureka a few years back? |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:42:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RouxGaRoux: Setup? What round for wolf? 62 grain bonded soft point. The rifle is actually my match gun for service rifle - shot it in...lots...of matches. Got a gold leg medal towards distinguished with it. RRA National Match upper in .223 Wylde, free floated stainless steel 1:8 twist barrel. 80% lower with Geisselle service rifle match trigger. Nikon .223 Tactical 4.5x scope. Service rifle sling. Knights Armam...errr...ummmm...Griffin Armament suppressor. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:44:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar: Tanned out, a good pelt can be $4-800 as an fyi. @AKsnowrider didn’t you get a gigantic one out near eureka a few years back? I've shot some over the years, 2 were big alpha males, an alpha female(F&G collars all alpha's, or used to) a lone male, and then trapped some also... Yeah my 2 biggest are 125 pounds plus, 8.5 feet plus from nose to tail... Here is an alpha male(R), an alpha female(C) and a lone male(L)...all shot in Jan/Feb...  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:39:00 AM EDT
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Tagged!
Good luck Ben...!! |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 3:39:08 AM EDT
[#14]
Hope the Wyoming/Colorado border is full of wolf hunters!
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:40:36 AM EDT
[#15]
OP is cool as hell today, jellious here.
Good luck bud! |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:46:38 AM EDT
[#16]
good luck!
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:57:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:00:02 AM EDT
[#18]
Nice! Good luck 👍
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AK, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:00:48 AM EDT
[#19]
Looks like you needs a heated tent and a drone with a thermal camera
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:09:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By zpduff: https://i.imgur.com/M53E8Pc.jpg lol, that was so funny still is lol 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:23:12 AM EDT
[Last Edit: MT308]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ben: I just want to shoot a wolf. I'm not really concerned about the fur quality. Dont stop at 1, thanks in advance! |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:40:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dirtyboy: Hope the Wyoming/Colorado border is full of wolf hunters! This. Smoke a pack every day. |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:50:58 AM EDT
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Only saw a wolf one time while elk hunting Idaho. Pretty cool experience
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:56:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By zpduff: https://i.imgur.com/M53E8Pc.jpg The best were her hash tags when she posted that. #smokeapackaday. #wolfpup. 😂 |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:05:23 AM EDT
[#25]
Good luck. I think a wolf fur laid on the dresser would be pretty sweet myself.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:33:29 AM EDT
[#26]
We set up and called coyotes one night in the NF north of Ellensburg. Nothing answered. After we bedded down, the wolves started howling all around our camp. They were within 100 yards, I'm sure the calls brought them in.
I was sleeping in back of my truck with the tailgate down, so I was a little nervous if they came into camp. But one of our guys was in a hammock a few yards away, I figured they'd try to get him and the commotion would give me time to respond. On that trip we saw lots of deer and elk. I figure the wolves go where the food is. A few weeks later the place was deserted and we heard the wolves way out in the distance. Lesson: always camp with someone in a hammock. Also wherever there's wolves, coyote will be scarce. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:48:11 AM EDT
[#27]
I’ll trade you some hogs for some wolves, you can keep that white stuff though.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:49:13 AM EDT
[#28]
That mirrors my wolf hunting experience. Bought a couple $35 tags and wandered the ID wilderness for a week with a nice rifle just enjoying the snow and scenery and alone time. Never saw or heard any wolves but 10/10 would do again.
Congrats on the gold leg. Keep after it. (I legged out fifteen years ago. Time flies…) |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:51:46 AM EDT
[#29]
I want a wolf too.
Hunting them and putting the pelt on my wall is on my bucket list. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:51:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 35Whelen700: Hopefully a better result tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that.... 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:52:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Oldmikey: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/347228/DC082AED-1D06-4CCB-81F5-7BAB46D8B5FB_jpe-3201779.JPG My buddy had a good day of wolf hunting earlier this year Very nice! |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:54:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AKSnowRider: ..The key on wolves is a CD that one of the leftist orgs made years back...they took professional sound equipment into Denali and recorded a wolf pack...Trappers found the CD(used to sell it in downtown Anchorage to tourist) worked so damn good it forced them to stop selling it cause the wolves were getting slaughtered... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/404934/IMG_7574_jpeg-3201759.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/404934/IMG_7575_jpeg-3201764.JPG Now that is funny! |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 8:56:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:29:33 AM EDT
[#34]
Pretend to elk hunt and they seem to just show up 😃
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:33:38 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By arowneragain: I want a wolf too. Hunting them and putting the pelt on my wall is on my bucket list. I got two in my back yard...you can have them both. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:33:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ben: 62 grain bonded soft point. The rifle is actually my match gun for service rifle - shot it in...lots...of matches. Got a gold leg medal towards distinguished with it. RRA National Match upper in .223 Wylde, free floated stainless steel 1:8 twist barrel. 80% lower with Geisselle service rifle match trigger. Nikon .223 Tactical 4.5x scope. Service rifle sling. Knights Armam...errr...ummmm...Griffin Armament suppressor. This is the way. |
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FM, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:34:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Oldmikey: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/347228/DC082AED-1D06-4CCB-81F5-7BAB46D8B5FB_jpe-3201779.JPG My buddy had a good day of wolf hunting earlier this year Hell yeah brother! Fuck wolves and their apologists. |
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FM, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:36:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tracker122: Only saw a wolf one time while elk hunting Idaho. Pretty cool experience That tracks. Elk hunting, sees no elk, just a wolf. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:55:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Sub_Arctic_Son]
[#39]
You save 18 caribou per year for each wolf you kill.
That's why I kill wolves, more caribou for us humans. There can only be one apex predator... Blaze away  
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:00:44 AM EDT
[Last Edit: poisontree]
[#40]
I have got to do that before i die
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:01:32 AM EDT
[#41]
Good Luck!
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WA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:12:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AKSnowRider: Not a very good time to be taking wolves unless you just want them dead, the fur has been going bad for weeks...January/Febuary is the time for wolves if you want premium fur...Not much use killing them other wise unless you just want to waste resources.....Also, calling them in is the way, if you have a good enough caller...The key on wolves is a CD that one of the leftist orgs made years back...they took professional sound equipment into Denali and recorded a wolf pack...Trappers found the CD(used to sell it in downtown Anchorage to tourist) worked so damn good it forced them to stop selling it cause the wolves were getting slaughtered... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/404934/IMG_7574_jpeg-3201759.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/404934/IMG_7575_jpeg-3201764.JPG Just want them dead |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:23:53 AM EDT
[#43]
In for the wolf worshippers crying
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:28:44 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:32:00 AM EDT
[#45]
Awesome! Good luck OP!
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:40:33 AM EDT
[#46]
Can you use bait? Like some type of meat?
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:51:08 AM EDT
[#47]
Good luck!
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:53:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Ben]
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No dice today either. Got a great photo for the OP though. Going to try a different area tomorrow.
Those of you with a lot of (relatively) success wolf hunting, how long do you usually wait between howls? I've heard varying numbers but would love more input. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 5:30:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ben: No dice today either. Got a great photo for the OP though. Going to try a different area tomorrow. Those of you with a lot of (relatively) success wolf hunting, how long do you usually wait between howls? I've heard varying numbers but would love more input. I know guys who have gone 10-15 weekends a winter over years who never saw a single wolf...As I said, calling them in is the answer, although if there is a big herd around you stand a good chance of seeing some if you stake out the herd...But to just arbitrarily pick a spot and setup and hope a wolf comes by, well one will at some point, but that might be years from now... |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:26:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AKSnowRider: I know guys who have gone 10-15 weekends a winter over years who never saw a single wolf...As I said, calling them in is the answer, although if there is a big herd around you stand a good chance of seeing some if you stake out the herd...But to just arbitrarily pick a spot and setup and hope a wolf comes by, well one will at some point, but that might be years from now... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AKSnowRider: Originally Posted By Ben: No dice today either. Got a great photo for the OP though. Going to try a different area tomorrow. Those of you with a lot of (relatively) success wolf hunting, how long do you usually wait between howls? I've heard varying numbers but would love more input. I know guys who have gone 10-15 weekends a winter over years who never saw a single wolf...As I said, calling them in is the answer, although if there is a big herd around you stand a good chance of seeing some if you stake out the herd...But to just arbitrarily pick a spot and setup and hope a wolf comes by, well one will at some point, but that might be years from now... I'm aware...my spot wasn't arbitrary. Both tracks and scat close by. At what intervals do you play howls to draw them in? |
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