Photo Phriday 57
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09/02/22 11:23 AM
09/02/22 11:23 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,696 Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
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"On The Other Hand"
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OP
"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
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Idaho, Lemhi County
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The season is rapidly approaching (or is already on in some places). Chasing wolves becomes an obsession. Sure wish you guys in the Great Lakes region could have a go at them. I will never understand that whole situation, other than to comment that it's purely politics; has nothing to do with biology. This was a 108-lb male talking to me. North Idaho. Couple of black pups from trapline in interior Alaska (88 and 90 lbs). Idaho; Summer yearling female. 92 lbs. Yearling male. Idaho. 87 lbs. A real talker... Collaring an entire pack south of Fairbanks. Research work. Looks like a couple are starting to wake up. Sometimes it's just too cold in the fur shed and my wife relents.
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/02/22 11:44 AM
09/02/22 11:44 AM
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Posts: 1,870 Pennsylvania
patrapperbuster
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trapper
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Pennsylvania
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The season is rapidly approaching (or is already on in some places). Chasing wolves becomes an obsession. Sure wish you guys in the Great Lakes region could have a go at them. I will never understand that whole situation, other than to comment that it's purely politics; has nothing to do with biology. This was a 108-lb male talking to me. North Idaho. Couple of black pups from trapline in interior Alaska (88 and 90 lbs). Idaho; Summer yearling female. 92 lbs. Yearling male. Idaho. 87 lbs. A real talker... Collaring an entire pack south of Fairbanks. Research work. Looks like a couple are starting to wake up. Sometimes it's just too cold in the fur shed and my wife relents. That 108 lb male talking to you is as real as it gets
Till that day.....
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/02/22 12:35 PM
09/02/22 12:35 PM
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Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 2,365 Interior Alaska
Oh Snap
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Thank you for this thread. Not to take from your experiences Gulo, as a trapper I have traveled rivers and snow machine trap lines in the interior since early 70’s and the one thing that has always been my deep seated desire is understanding the behavior of wolves. Stories can be told just in the tracks in the snow. Many times when the tracks spoke to me that they were near I would shut my machine off and just listen and there they are and receive an answer from my call.
Since I have passed my line off to the next generation the one thing that I think of a LOT when the subject of wolves comes up are the experiences I had on the line and that old feeling comes back of the excitement that they bring to a trapper. I often want to return but physically I can’t!
Thank you for this thread Jack!
I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/02/22 01:40 PM
09/02/22 01:40 PM
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,976 North Central Idaho
Jumperzee
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Great sentiments Snap. An obsession is about right Jack. I spend the entire off-season getting ready for the season. Not many folks understand driving 10-12K miles or more a year chasing wolves. It's certainly not out of malice, to save elk or for a "bounty". Can't really think of a better way to experience the backcountry though. Here's a few from over the years. The oldest (perhaps). Took a chance on a single prospecting set a ways off the rest of the line. The biggest. 104lbs The coolest. Checking at 4am-ish, dark and 17 degrees. Heard the chain jingle on the hike in just before he cut loose howling. Most memorable, for a lot of reasons. I get to look at the last one all day thanks to a very special T-man member.
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/02/22 02:08 PM
09/02/22 02:08 PM
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Posts: 6,303 Wisconsin
RdFx
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Thanks Jack and others for posting wolf pics. Great pics and brings memories of wolves ive released. Im from Wisc so its a bugger getting permit when seasons open and seasons that close in two or three days. Great depiction of Jumperzees' wolf Sharon !
RdFx
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/02/22 10:04 PM
09/02/22 10:04 PM
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Posts: 5,515 West Central MN
20scout
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Caught one last year in a set for coyote. Nice male in a new ALPHA. Couldn't keep him but what an experience. Doing what I can to get a season on them so next time I can keep him.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/03/22 09:38 AM
09/03/22 09:38 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,696 Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
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"On The Other Hand"
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"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
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Idaho, Lemhi County
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Many thanks to all for the great contributions to this Photo Phriday.
martentrapper - If I remember correctly, I don't think I was the shooter on that pack. Getting the entire pack is pretty easy under the right conditions. You never really know until you've got 6 or 8 radio-tracking flights on them to be pretty certain you've got 'em all. Even then, it's never 100%. Plus, the packs are dynamic and could add members any time.
Sharon - As always, your artwork takes the deserved spotlight. Many thanks!
Oh Snap - You're very welcome for the thread. Your contributions add a great deal to the thread, as usual. Those are certainly some nice-looking blacks!
Jumper - Superb photos! Thanks. On the old blue, why was it the "most memorable"? Please expound!
30/06 - Great story, sir. Thanks! I have nothing but the fondest memories of Dean and Ada Wilson. Thanks for the memory jog.
MJM - Mark! That image was from last year? You've not aged a bit.
Thanks all!
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Re: Photo Phriday 57
[Re: Gulo]
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09/03/22 10:30 AM
09/03/22 10:30 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 9,319 Northern MN
Osky
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trapper
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Posts: 9,319
Northern MN
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A standard unspectacular colored wolf from this area. And yes they stink as bad if not more so than coyotes. Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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