Knowing where they are is 3/4 the battle. Howl with your mouth or electronic call close the distance, then set up like you are hunting a bugling elk, use distress calls (elk,deer,moose). Keep your eyes peeled it can take a second or 30+ minutes. That's the basics in my opinion. Good luckAnyone care to share some tips on what they have found that works or does not work with wolves? I get that it is hard, but it can be done, as evidenced by the photos. What would be helpful is understanding what worked and why you felt it worked, as well as what did not work at all.
Do you set up a calling situation like you would with coyotes? Do you locate first and then set up? Clearly playing the wind and using the terrain to funnel are basics for coyotes... what about wolves? What works, what does not?
I am asking simply because elk and deer sign in two of the areas I have been hunting recently almost instantly disappeared in conjunction with me seeing wolf tracks in the snow, finding a ton of wolf sat with fur in it, and hearing two different wolf packs howling nearby the two different locations. [I know, what are the chances that I'd run into two different packs in two different areas on the same day?]
It was like the elk and deer that were there a few weeks prior had just packed up and left or went underground. Might be pure speculation and/or coincidence, but the record in the snow does not lie. Sign was there two weeks ago and nothing since the wolves showed up.
So, if someone would be willing to help a rookie out, I'd love to learn more about wolf hunting and how to be improve my odds.
Thanks!