Do any of you guys know what kind of collar this is. Looks like ir has a camera in it. I’ve caught quite a few collared wolves but there normally radio collars and 1 being a gps style collar. Wolf is to froze to remove collar so not sure if it’s a state or federal collar.

Fascinating! I've gotten several collared wolves over the years, (including one tagged/collared by the Canadian F&W Service,) but never seen anything that complex. Perhaps that wolf was filming for a new "reality" tv show?!!

ADFG will likely know. Please share what you learn when you turn it in.

Pete

I also have never seen one like that, not even in fish and game office.

Probably a Soviet intel gathering mission. Glad you took that one out.

Hahaha that is a good one Nate!

You hear a knock on your door...and....surprise.
They found you.

Reminds me of a tracker they put on a Irish barnicle goose that nest in Greenland. It was shot and stored in a chest freezer in Canada's high artic and every time the lid was opened up went a signal. Finely they tracked it down and sent someone to pick it up.

It’s ok I wrapped it in tin foil before I put it in the sled.

Smile you're on Canine Camera

Maybe is the Chinese government's attempt at another weather tracking device ? Ha ha

Sounds like it was a federal collar. The fed's are using them in 40mile and Denali. You know, because you tax payers can afford them.

Would it have safer if, you had rapped the tin foil over your head? BTW, how many trappers carry tin foil on the line?

I carry tin foil, Tony's Cajun seasoning, butter, to cook Ptarmigan with on coals. Food is my weakness, I'll carry extra weight when I'm winter camping.

Looks like the one in this article.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...1b5721f5504e6daffbd1eb7e6d7496&ei=21

Thats interesting. Didn't know they were doing camera collars on wolves. It would be neat if they shared the footage and gps data with you.

Especially the footage of him approaching the snare and getting caught.

That would be awesome to see the wolf's behavior as he entered the snare!

Pete

It was the tinfoil from my hat. I know I went unprotected but had no choice.
Talked to the blm wolf guy today. It is a federal collar and it takes a 30 sec video every hour during daylight hours. So now the feds know what the inside of my garage looks like. Had a good talk with him about the wolf and its pair. We had also caught the female that was with it the week before and was also collared with a normal collar.

Does BLM give you anything for the collar? The State used to give you $25 but they quit doing that. Did you ask if they would share any of the videos? Good work this year.

What area was the two wolves from?

I read a short article somewhere about those type collars, but can't recall where.
I caught a marten one time that had a tiny metal clip in it's ear, (but no collar), about the size of a grain of rice. With a magnifying glass I could see "080".
When I had it sealed, I pointed it out, and the biologist asked where exactly I caught it.
Turned out they had an on-going wolverine study going on, and the big log-walled traps had a drop-top lid with a trigger rigged to send a signal via sattelite back to Juneau telling them they had a wolverine.
They then chartered a helicopter to the catch site. That little marten triggered that trap, (and got caught), 4 times! It had one very distinct white foot, and was easy to identify, (and sell on Taxi.net).
Well, after the 4th time, he got a helicopter ride, and was deposited about 6 miles from my line. He now resides in Ohio, in all his full body glory.
Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread.