Skunk bear my Dad always called them.

Ha, that's what I said when I saw the mounts, then page down and saw what you wrote!

I'd love to catch one too, but ain't gonna happen down here in Ks, Scott!

They'd be right !!

Hey 330, you know...you could trap one of them. Ya just gotta know somebody in the right place;)

Somewhere down lifes road I hope!

It's just a matter of being in the right place and having patience.

The one young one that Tim got was the nicest I have seen. For some reason, I wonder if females have better hair. Hormones or something ??

I've looked at wolverine population densities on the AK. Dept. of F&G site at least a couple of times and it looks to me based on their information it's a needle in a haystack proposition. I know you guys catch them, and some quite a few, but it looks like very few wolverine per thousand square miles if I was reading it right. If I ever hit Powerball, I'm moving back up there just to target those critters. There's nothing higher on my bucket list.

I was trying to hint that I’d rent a cabin to the right trapper if he wanted to jump through all the out of state hoops.

No hoops to jump through here! Just book your trip and come catch one. Actually lots of guys on here have and we appreciate their business.

I also believe that higher wolf populations result in greater wolverine densities.

Just my opinion......if you were to go into an area that was unfamiliar, you might want to budget a month. But if you had someone like Dave with you it could possibly reduce that considerably.

Location is even more important in wolverine trapping than canine trapping IMO.

Dave is a lot closer to you than Alaska is............well, parts of it. I have no doubt he could put you in the right area at the right time

How much time does a guy need to have a decent shot at catching one? Two weeks? I want one bad enough I'd consider doing it.

On our 10-day trips your chances are very good. Much better than striking out on your own. Im out there most of the winter so that helps too. I never set a wolverine trap anymore unless I have clients. They are that popular. Lots of hunters I guide in the fall come back up to trap. Also just a lot of trappers from the lower 48. They are by far my favorite animal to trap.

A client of ours took this one a couple years back. Real crazy story about this wolverine that I wrote about in FFG. We got two at one location which isnt that unusual, what was unusual is that a bowhunter I was guiding had taken the mother of these two 6-weeks previously off of a moose kill. The two yearlings never left the kill site in all that time. We didnt know there were three of them when we were hunting as all we saw was the big female. She was the prettiest wolverine I've ever seen.

Males will kill the cubs so I think its likely that they do fight occasionally.

Im throwing a picture of the lynx the same client caught on that trip. His taxidermist told him it was the best furred lynx he had ever seen. I guess he has mounted some from Russia that were close. Anyway the client is from PA and a taxidermist there did the work.

What a mount like that cost ALL in tags license everything. 5 grand? 10?

Roughly 6

Plus what you could have sold the animal for ?

I agree. I think they move enough that you can find them in most habitats. BUT, they vary temporally. As long as there is food around they will usually stick with it. I also believe that higher wolf populations result in greater wolverine densities.

Based on that I would expect them to start showing up in Minnesota soon.

Wolverine wud be a great trophy
Hammer down on it Posco
Once in a lifetime

Leaning hard that way. Thanks for the encouragement.

Go for it!

I did for my Bear with Waggler!!! Worth it!

I'm trying to beat him down on price, would you please stop encouraging him?

Just a point of reference........in 2010 Okiekajun came up and trapped with me for 10-11 days. He took several marten, fox, otter and wolverine. All in it probably cost him 12-13 thousand NOT counting taxi costs

I was just joking with him, white. Dave and I are in discussions and he's answering all of my questions via PM. I haven't even asked him about the price, it is what it is. The ball is in my court.

BTW, I'd have come up there and spent some time with you in a heartbeat. I've never remotely considered something like this before. I am now.

Believe me I considered that. But it will be much cheaper for you this way. And a LOT easier on my body !!

Hahaha