Attacked and killed by wolves

[Caseknife]

A related Essay by Dr. Valerius Geist

Death by Wolves and Misleading Advocacy - The Kenton Carnegie Tragedy

On November 8th, 2005, a 22-year-old honors and scholarship student in Geological Engineering, Kenton Joel Carnegie, from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, was killed in northern Saskatchewan by a pack of wolves.

www.boone-crockett.org

I toyed with the idea of continuing my BS in Wildlife Management and getting a Masters at the University of Alberta under Dr. Geist in the mid 80's, I wish now that I had acted upon that idea. Excellent article, as are any by Geist.

 

[z987k]

I'd much rather deal with a brown bear than a pack of wolves.

Nothing has ever woken me faster than the close howl of wolves in a tent.

 

[leavy76]

I heard/read that the wolves in Europe had a significant impact on both sides in WW1.

I can’t remember the specifics but it would line up with that you mentioned.

There's a quick little write up on Meateater about this very topic. It seems that (displaced) wolves became opportunistic and were scavenging dead and in some cases killing severely wounded soldiers: https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/wolf/fact-checker-was-there-a-ceasefire-during-wwi-to-hunt-wolves

 

[Hnthrdr]

What's the wolf's name?

“Aspen” because she will heal the land and bring more aspens

 

[Hnthrdr]

I'd much rather deal with a brown bear than a pack of wolves.

Nothing has ever woken me faster than the close howl of wolves in a tent.

1-1 > than 1-(6-10)…

 

[z987k]

1-1 > than 1-(6-10)…

Very much so. I can shoot 1 bear. My rifle doesn't hold enough rounds to deal with a pack of wolves.

 

[journeyman713]

The only thing that surprises me about this story is that is doesn't happen more often, and closer to home.

Just in my personal experience bow/gun hunting out of a remote cabin in Lincoln county Wisconsin over 10 years, I've lost track of how many close encounters with wolves there's been. Been stalked regularly, sometimes, quietly, sometimes with them howling the whole way, when they do this, they are both paralleling and behind. Been charged head on at full speed, he put the brakes on just feet away, leaves piled up in front of his feet. Had one go into a pounce position close to me, and think about for far too long. Had a group stalk me to my tree stand just before light, they lost me as I went up, at first light I could see they circled around in an organized spread-out line looking for me. They are no joke.

In most of these cases, I figured it was just one small detail that stopped them from going into a kill mode. If a person were to run, look afraid, or be unlucky, I figure it would setoff their instinctual chase mechanism beyond return.

It definitely helps that bowhunters in this state are allowed to carry a sidearm, but they have better night vision than we do. It's just so hard to believe, such a high percentage of people have been so lucky, for so long.

 

[fuzzymarindave]

The city-folk will dismiss these encounters by saying that humans are invading the wolves home. That argument rubs me the wrong way because as a human I believe that I have the same right to the woods as the wolf does.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

“Aspen” because she will heal the land and bring more aspens

And immediately cure CWD while stopping climate change…..