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 .

 

[freddyG]

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.

No need to be so defensive. If you really had the opportunity to shoot a dozen wolves in one month, you need to go play the lottery while you are hot. I’m not kidding.

 

[tstowater]

IMHO, you need to hunt wolves 3x as hard as you hunt elk and deer if you want to continue to hunt elk and deer.

 

[Blowdowner]

Your kids will never get to go adventuring by themselves at a young age if the wolves get any closer to where you live. Once that happens it's harder for them to ever become outdoors people.

 

[Hnthrdr]

No need to be so defensive. If you really had the opportunity to shoot a dozen wolves in one month, you need to go play the lottery while you are hot. I’m not kidding.

I mean in certain areas you could earn 20+ k on those pelts right? Seems like a great way to get a bunch of easy money if it’s as easy as OP claims it would be

 

[chanson_roland]

IF you slice them thin like sushi/sashimi, and add a spritz of lime, you can brag to everyone that you're out there raw dogging....

 

[ThreeOhSeven]

No need to be so defensive. If you really had the opportunity to shoot a dozen wolves in one month, you need to go play the lottery while you are hot. I’m not kidding.

I agreed. I think I was just lucky that I was consistently in them during a late rut. It was crazy. I will be walking with two tags in my pocket next fall and I did purchase one tag if I have time pursue this season.

I mean in certain areas you could earn 20+ k on those pelts right? Seems like a great way to get a bunch of easy money if it’s as easy as OP claims it would be

I wish F4WM had a bounty on wolves in Wyoming.

 

[Wrench]

I had 2 walk across a open gravel pit in the Joe last week. I instantly quit hunting elk and shifted to wolves.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I agreed. I think I was just lucky that I was consistently in them during a late rut. It was crazy. I will be walking with two tags in my pocket next fall and I did purchase one tag if I have time pursue this season.

I wish F4WM had a bounty on wolves in Wyoming.

Ah gotcha, seems like a pretty cool program they have in other states then

 

[RockAndSage]

I had 2 walk across a open gravel pit in the Joe last week. I instantly quit hunting elk and shifted to wolves.

Even though I haven't gone hard after cougar here in NV, I always get a tag every year in case a chance for one turns up randomly when I'm out. Is this something you can do in Idaho, or other places you can hunt wolves?

 

[mntnguide]

I switch to wolf hunting anytime i see them. . The amount of damage they have done on the southern yellowstone herd, we will never see it again at the levels it once was. The migration used to last for 10 days, now you get lucky if you catch a single day of elk moving south. Now, i dont blame wolves for everything, but they were the original catalyst for that population to begin its severe decline. . I have shot wolves here in WY, and it took me 3 days of cat and mouse to get one. I went into that basin expecting a pile of elk, cause the year before they were everywhere, and I took a 360 bull. The next year, not a single elk anywhere...and guess what i found, a pack of black wolves. So I hunted them non stop till I got onto them. The next year, elk were back, wolves werent. . Just saying, if you have a good spot for hunting bulls, leaving wolves in that area without giving them fear of being there by hunting them, I can guarantee you, youre honey hole elk spot, will not last. Predators need managed just the same as ungulates. And having the ability to harvest wolves here in WY, is something you should take advantage of anytime the opportunity presents itself.

 

[Wrench]

Even though I haven't gone hard after cougar here in NV, I always get a tag every year in case a chance for one turns up randomly when I'm out. Is this something you can do in Idaho, or other places you can hunt wolves?

Washington and Idaho have otc tags. Idaho prices predator tags so low you have to buy them.....31 or 41 bux for wolf, bear and lions for NR.