Idaho wolf hunting

[bergie]

I have a lead on a couple places to go call this winter. I have night vision to hike into the area with, a handheld thermal scanner and quality thermal to mount on a AR15 in 6mm ARC. My youngest killed a muley at 150 yards with the 6 ARC so I figure it should be enough for a wolf at night.

I tagged a black one last week with my 6.5 PRC at 550 yds with a 147 ELD-M MV of about 2700fps. Double lung shot, bullet was a full pass through. He made it 10 yards before piling up. After skinning him out I am convinced that no gun is too small for a wolf. Granted the one I shot was a younger male, but I was amazed the slender build of the carcass once the hide is removed.

 

[mtnbound]

I tagged a black one last week with my 6.5 PRC at 550 yds with a 147 ELD-M MV of about 2700fps. Double lung shot, bullet was a full pass through. He made it 10 yards before piling up. After skinning him out I am convinced that no gun is too small for a wolf. Granted the one I shot was a younger male, but I was amazed the slender build of the carcass once the hide is removed.

I have gotten two, one with a 223 and one with a 308; both died very quickly, and there was no difficulty recovering them. I get a kick out of the guys who say you have to have a 300RUM to kill a wolf because they are tough.