Yep when I was farming that is what some of my corn looked like but not quite that good ! You got him ! Thats what counts .

What kinda corn you growing up there…lol! There’s corn about 15 miles west of this swamp. Lots of yotes there, but there’s only 3 or 4 wolves around this area from what I can tell.
About 6 years ago there was a pack of at least a dozen around the farms, now less wolves there but lots of coyotes.

Here they like timber and avoid open ground. But farther south they live out in the sagebrush and the open breaks. I'd have to drive a few hours to find a cornfield and probably just as far to find a cattail swamp the size pictured.

There is some wheat country just west of me and my dad saw a wolf in a wheat field seven or eight years ago, but as a general rule they stuck to the timber and brush locally.

I like Ryan & Howlers threads because they don’t only show their successful sets, everybody has misses. A coworker had a few misses yesterday, some snares knocked over, and they went around some others. He fixed it up, added blocking & footholds. I hate adding too much blocking though, don't like to change the look of their runs too much.

Better to add snares to fill in than it is to add blocking for wolves.I dont worry much about knocked down snares or even snares that a wolf detects and walks around.That happens sometimes.I backtracked a wolf one winter and clearly seen where he walked around 7 different snares circling the jackpot before he got caught in number 8.
Cats no problem to block heavy.

Two rules: If you are wondering whether your snares are too low or too high they are too low. Better to miss than a hip catch.

When you think you have enough snares put out then put out some more at a jackpot. A good one is put a snare to one side of one they are walking around. Them thinking about the one they walked around and not the snare to one side. And step in from the side for the cute ones so you leave no foot print in the snow in the wolves line of travel. That works on cute fox too.

Height is the problem with the rams. I get my preferred height when I tie or hang it upside down from a tree….or I try and look for a spot where they’ll duck a bit to avoid a branches in a trail.

The manual is good…lol. Upside down ram hanging from a branch.

I found the manual informative; but then I'm not a Wolf Master.

The objection to a trapping organization pushing good ethics as an "agenda" perplexes me. Was something misstated or missed?

I have to wonder what kind of ethics the OP himself adheres to.

Jim

I'm guessing "flexible" ethics, which is to suggest non-existent!

Pete

Also interesting OP hasn’t been back.

Was this a troll?

He’s been posting on Trap Talk about outrageous weights of Montana wolves. In all fairness he said he was done with this thread.

I think the 65lb one I just got will be a stretch to hit 60” …..it’s hanging to dry after a quick bath. Just have to split the lips & ears once on the board. Need some good shears to clean up the feet too.

Do you not turn the nose also?

In the video I watched, Jim used shears & a knife to clean out the nose. Kinda pushing it inside out but not taking too much so the inside of the nose is still black.

Glad you paid attention. Turning the nose is part of the process with prepping wolves. Lots to go wrong in there if not handled properly.

It’s still pretty damp. I’m going to try boarding first thing in the morning. It cleaned up pretty well after 2 bath/rinse in the Rubbermaid tub. My garage is about 13 Celsius and 50% humidity. Think I’ll flip it Monday morning, but I’ll check it Sunday evening to see if it’s dry enough. Borax in the paws and stuff too.

I don't spend too much time on Trap Talk and must have missed that. How big is he saying they are? The biggest I've ever hung on the scales was 110. I know there are bigger ones, but not many that actually see a set of scales. At least not in this country, maybe I should trap Montana.

“Montana wolves average 125-150lbs”

I wish I weight my wall hanger I got last year. I dropped it off at JPs to get tanned on my way home from the shack. He figured 80-90, me and my bud figured 110-120. They sure get heavy moving them around though…lol

I'm still wanting to lay eyes on a genuine 50# plus wolverine.