Wolf Hunting Tips

[sblount]

Hey guys,

Wolf season opens for me here in Wyoming on the 1st. This will be a first but I can hunt for about a month. Could you share any tips you have to hunt them. I fortunately have an elk feed ground across the street and the wolves are active in there everyone in a while so I know they are in the area.

Thank you

 

[weekender7]

Check your PM for your training course.

 

[littlebigtine]

Check your PM for your training course.

could i get a training course as well? Im in idaho

 

[cod007]

Check your PM for your training course.

Me too!!

 

[Old and gray]

Could I get your training course also. Thank you

 

[PNW_outdoorsman94]

Check your PM for your training course.

Any chance you still have access to that course?

 

[Ross]

Be walking hours before daylight or go out at midnight and listen for their howling. Then learn there main travel routes and intercept them close to day break. They love hunting at night and being close to them in the eerie dark as they howl is an experience you won’t forget. Good luck If you find an Old kill they will come back to play with bones like predator just May be awhile.

 

[PNW_outdoorsman94]

Be walking hours before daylight or go out at midnight and listen for their howling. Then learn there main travel routes and intercept them close to day break. They love hunting at night and being close to them in the eerie dark as they howl is an experience you won’t forget. Good luck If you find an Old kill they will come back to play with bones like predator just May be awhile.

Awesome info thanks man. Another question, it seems like they don't have the same weapons restrictions as most big game animals. It makes me wonder if I should bring my ar since it has a light and that would make me feel a little more comfortable trying to close the distance on some wolves in the dark. Would 77gr be effective enough? I would rather use that than my bolt 25-06 I think

 

[VernAK]

Wolves are very territorial as are most canines. Howl in their territory and they will usually come to run out intruders,

The 77 gr in 223 will take a wolf but as a dedicated wolf cartridge, I prefer a bit more diameter. I'm currently liking the 6CM.

 

[Huntnnw]

Id rather have a gun that I can shoot a long ways if needed.

 

[grimm158]

Awesome info thanks man. Another question, it seems like they don't have the same weapons restrictions as most big game animals. It makes me wonder if I should bring my ar since it has a light and that would make me feel a little more comfortable trying to close the distance on some wolves in the dark. Would 77gr be effective enough? I would rather use that than my bolt 25-06 I think

Sounds like a really good excuse to pick up a 308/6.5 AR

 

[gtriple]

Can you use night vision to hunt wolves in Idaho?

 

[MBAlex]

Disclaimer: I haven’t shot one yet but have been baiting the hell out of them ahead of the upcoming season. I’ve got about 200 pictures of them in one specific area.

Locating them is the hardest thing. What worked for me is finding linear features deep in the bush (forestry roads, power lines) that are near water sources. Once you have located an area like this that has sign, setting up bait and a camera allows you to pattern them. Leave your bait site up for at least a week, and don’t get discouraged if they don’t find the bait right away. In my experience, once they find it they will continue to come back. For instance, I know one pack comes through one of my bait sites about every five days and they will stay there overnight and into the next morning if there is plenty of bait. I’ve also been able to figure out which way they like coming into the bait.

Good luck.

 

[Wyoming Nimrod]

Check your PM for your training course.

If it isn’t too much trouble may I get that as well please?

 

[gtriple]

Check your PM for your training course.

Could I be included as well?

Shooting a big wolf is at the top of my list.

 

[NevadaMike]

I got a wolf this year while elk hunting so I am practically an expert. I went down to a small ledge in the dark about an hour before sunrise to set up for elk. It was a choke point between a large flat area and a water source. Two elk had been killed at that choke point in the last two days so there was food. I was solo and as quiet as I could possibly be but the closest gut pile was maybe 50 yards away with an unobstructed view except for 3-4 foot tall brush obscuring the gut pile from view. No doubt the wolves saw me coming down with my headlamp and heard me getting situated. I was still and sitting in the dark after that. Shortly after sunrise a large male wolf was looking for me. Probably on a scouting mission for the packs safety. He would quickly trot 10-15 yards, stop, look around and sniff coming uphill to my left. The wind was in my favor. One of the times he disappeared into the trees I quickly got setup to the left and proned out with my bipod. There was one window in the trees left so I set up for that spot. Sure enough he had come uphill enough to be level with me and was looking for me through that window 125 yards away. So my expert comment was a joke but go where know gut piles are in the dark and sit quietly and wait. Not a lot of wisdom there but add it to your library. It was my first time hunting idaho and the veterans of 20 years had never seen one.

 

[gtriple]

I got a wolf this year while elk hunting so I am practically an expert. I went down to a small ledge in the dark about an hour before sunrise to set up for elk. It was a choke point between a large flat area and a water source. Two elk had been killed at that choke point in the last two days so there was food. I was solo and as quiet as I could possibly be but the closest gut pile was maybe 50 yards away with an unobstructed view except for 3-4 foot tall brush obscuring the gut pile from view. No doubt the wolves saw me coming down with my headlamp and heard me getting situated. I was still and sitting in the dark after that. Shortly after sunrise a large male wolf was looking for me. Probably on a scouting mission for the packs safety. He would quickly trot 10-15 yards, stop, look around and sniff coming uphill to my left. The wind was in my favor. One of the times he disappeared into the trees I quickly got setup to the left and proned out with my bipod. There was one window in the trees left so I set up for that spot. Sure enough he had come uphill enough to be level with me and was looking for me through that window 125 yards away. So my expert comment was a joke but go where know gut piles are in the dark and sit quietly and wait. Not a lot of wisdom there but add it to your library. It was my first time hunting idaho and the veterans of 20 years had never seen one.

That's exactly how I hunt coyotes during deer season.

 

[HntrBoom]

Check your PM for your training course.

Interest as well!

 

[IDShane]

Check your PM for your training course.

I would greatly appreciate this as well.

 

[jhamilton5495]

Be walking hours before daylight or go out at midnight and listen for their howling. Then learn there main travel routes and intercept them close to day break. They love hunting at night and being close to them in the eerie dark as they howl is an experience you won’t forget. Good luck If you find an Old kill they will come back to play with bones like predator just May be awhile.

Can wolf hunting at night get pretty scary or is it not that bad?