You bet Red Earth. Up in Birch Hills. They put in weeks of work with little results and then all this action. Females being in dens keeps everyone close to home I think.


Was that lynx buried in moss?

. Yeah it was buried in moss, I talked to Neil a week ago and he told me it had been slow sure glad to hear it picked up, my line is about 20 miles as the crow flies from neils I hope to have time next year to look after a couple run poles. That 3 legged wolverine has me curious A couple years ago old Alan Purdy had one get in a wolf trap it got away minus its paw i figure it could be the one seeing as how we are so close.

It would be awesome if you could do the run pole. You got yourself a real wild location.

Another wolverine fell victim to wolves today. I think a lot more wolverines get killed by wolves then we ever expected.

Wow they did a number on that one! Not sure if I mentioned this before or not but I found a wolverine at a moose kill one time. It was still warm, and no damage at all! I wasnt really sure how it died until I skinned it;it had one small hole from right behind the front leg. A wolf obviously got ahold of it. Never could understand why it didnt climb a tree???

The research sure blows holes in the old wives tales about wolverine whopping on wolves - don't it?

Not necessarily...probably depends on how many wolves. There have been fights filmed where the wolvy won, and they certainly dont go out of their way to avoid wolves.

Yukon - I suspect any footage you've seen of wolverines fighting wolves are because they've been penned up together. Every single wolverine track that was followed during the 3 year research showed absolute avoidance of wolves. I have no doubt that a wolverine that is cornered will fight like...well...a wolverine! But if they can they will climb a tree to get away.

Just this week my partner filmed a wolverine on a moose carcass. Head comes up, wolverine is scenting the air, goes on alert and stares upriver, turns and bolts away as fast as possible. Five minutes later a wolf is skirting the site sticking to the bush. A couple hours later the wolverine returns and is on high alert the whole time its feeding. I believe wolverines are terrified of wolves.

Rich - lots of old wives tales about wolverines seem to be getting discredited. such as solitary loners, scavengers not hunters, need snow during denning, avoid industrial infrastructure etc.

Went up to my line today and the only wolverine tracks I saw were on a busy oilfield road, I saw some beside a drilling rig awhile back.

Next thing will be you can't really dispatch them by putting a paper bag over their head and suffocating them.

Headed out to retrieve my partner from the mountains after 28 days in the blind / camp. Spring has come early after the mildest winter in memory. I'm really liking the tracked argo.




losing all the ice bridges

not great snowmobiling conditions

But who needs snow

Looks like you are having an early spring like us! Those argos are incredible machines!

Would hate to be the guy on the tundra crossing that water.. lol,

It's hard to believe I was snowmobiling a couple weeks ago and guys are already out on the rivers in jet boats this week. It's crazy how weather has changed so much in my life time.

I've been having a bit of fun helping my buddy and fellow trapper get some material to his cabin site and start his cabin. A remote area that takes a bit of effort to get into but good trapping country.

Back out today to see how much more we can get done. Bringing my son who is a working machine.

I love watching cabins take shape! Mind you I get great satisfaction in turning a pile of lumber and sheeting into buildings period.