Convince me to hunt Wolves

[wind gypsy]

As a hunter you’ll have little impact on wolf numbers. The only real way to control them is poison and/or find the den and kill the pups.

No reason not to take a few for hides in my view. I try to remember that the world is a better place with some of them still around.

Yeah, that's the thing. No matter what the bleeding hearts say hunters wont eliminate or jeopardize wolf populations. Best we can do trim #s a bit during hunting season so more calves/fawns make it in the spring and hope a few less big ones on the landscape means less mortality of adult ungulates too.

 

[Mike 338]

Ehhh, it's a reason to get out. Maybe you'll get a hide for your efforts. Hunting wolves may give you a sense of control over the problem but won't affect the number to any appreciable extent. Trapping is a better use of your time and resources if you actually want to get 'em but that only goes so far too. Poison and disease are what gets wolves and not much else.

 

[VernAK]

If you are seeing that number of wolves, you will soon see a decline in your deer population.

A wolf taken by hunting is one of the most difficult trophies to acquire in North America.

 

[Yoteassasin]

I was in central Idaho last week buck hunting and ended up in a wolf infested area . I quickly became entranced with hunting wolves . I cut track for 8hr in snow up to 8200 ft chasing them and was able to get within sub 100yds of one but it had the drop on me . And slipped out of my trap . I ended up clean missing with him on a sprint through the trees. They are smart and Wiley . And one hell of a worthy opponent . Go hunt wolves !

 

[freddyG]

You’re not going to just go and shoot all these wolves, like you do deer and elk. It’s nothing like you are thinking.

 

[ThreeOhSeven]

You’re not going to just go and shoot all these wolves, like you do deer and elk. It’s nothing like you are thinking.

Who said I was? How do you know what I am thinking?

Honestly, I had the opportunity to shoot roughly a dozen wolves in October while elk hunting. I didn't have a tag, but the opportunity was there. This is part of the reason I started this thread. The harvest would have been easier than shooting a deer or elk after locating two dens. But you're right, it's nothing like I'm thinking.

 

[Yoteassasin]

Wolves are funny ... when you are in them they are everywhere... 99% of the time you are not in them . Perception is everything . It is wild how hard they stay on elk .