Re: Average weight of a timber wolf..
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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02/05/18 08:46 PM
02/05/18 08:46 PM
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The mid-Western wolves run smaller.Montana doesn't weigh every wolf but they give an average,every year,of those taken and weighed.Males average 90-93 lbs and females,68-78,depending on the year.The largest weights I've heard ID and MT personnel talk about were about 135 lbs.
Quite a few years ago,I helped sculpt what was then,the largest wolf manikin on the market and we used a skeleton and measurements from an Alaskan wolf that weighed an actual 120 lbs.There are a couple more,large wolf manikins on the market now bur all are about that size.I won't say wolves don't get some bigger but none of the taxidermy supply companies seem willing to invest in creating one bigger than that.I know in my career,I've never needed a manikin bigger than that.I've heard bigger stories though!
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Re: Average weight of a timber wolf..
[Re: yukon254]
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02/05/18 11:14 PM
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Is that a bear bait stand in the background?
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Re: Average weight of a timber wolf..
[Re: white17]
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02/06/18 12:05 AM
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This one is two years old, and weighed just over 70 pounds. WOW !! no hair on that one !! Is that a female Pat ?? Male. I caught him the last day of the first season we had in MN. January 2nd I think
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Re: Average weight of a timber wolf..
[Re: drasselt]
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02/06/18 12:27 AM
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Is that a bear bait stand in the background? No just branches
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Re: Average weight of a timber wolf..
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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02/06/18 11:54 AM
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One was killed via car a few weeks ago and local deputy told the local paper that he estimated it weighed 125 lbs. Later I found out from a very reliable source, that it only weighed 68 lbs. Having never even seen a wolf before and the fur being as prime as it was I'm sure the deputy thought it was a monster.
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