Yesterday morning got here and started doing just that. First area i went, thought it would be great. Found a bunch of ceanothus and moose crap and wolf tracks up there during spring bear 2022. Figured killer moose wintering area, which should attract wolves. Was able to get a lot further than i expected on my non tracked atv, but was disappointed to find very few moose or deer tracks in the snow, and one lone set of coyote tracks. No wolf or lion tracks. Some stretches of road would just go and go with nothing but snowshoe hare tracks. So off another direction, decent amount of deer elk and moose tracks, and jumped a good sized herd of muleys running roads, but no predator tracks. But the wolf / lion food is there so i camped out and this morning i went up to where all the muleys were to do some hiking and calling. Ran into more mule deer, and no shortage of deer elk moose tracks, but the only predator tracks i found were bobcat. Pretty surprised. Where i live in washington, about anywhere you go wolf and lion tracks are easier to find than moose or elk tracks now.
Going to the f4wm sandpoint banquet tomorrow so i got a hotel room in town tonight. Tomorrow evening back to truck camping and hunting.
Not sure if id be better off running around trying to figure out other huntable spots i can get into with my quad, or just sticking it out in the same area, knowing lots of wolf/ lion food is there, and assuming the predators will be making their rounds and show up at some point. I mean a guy could go drainage hopping for a week or two and always be one step behind. Might be just as well of staying put and waiting for the lions / wolves to show up here where their prey base is.