I know some of you don't much care for me and if that is the case I can live with it but here is the question if anyone cares to answer. Thanks in advance if you do answer.

Neighbor had wolves mixing in with their cows. He shot one of the wolves out of the pack. Do you think there is any chance the wolves would revisit that area ? I have considered setting it up but think it probably is a waste of time.

Slick,
I know of a couple of people that only hunt wolf not trap. If they have a hot area, they get 1 or 2 out of the pack they usually wait bout 6 days then go back to the area & are usually successful of harvesting another wolf or 2. So I'd say yes, if you can spare the traps from your normal areas.

Any dead cows? Any attempts to kill cows. Id say there is a good chance they will be back.
I forgot or didn't know, why don't some not like you ?

Wolves likely more interested in chasing cows than worried about losing one of their gang. I suspect they will be back.

Same here. In my experience a wolf carcass is some darn good bait for other wolves who have no scruples about eating their former buddies !

wolves are creatures of habit. they have an area to patrol and they are fairly reliable when and where they will be. Though if an alpha or both alpha are taken out. That all changes and there will be no rhyme or reason as to where the rest of the pack will go. The other time wolves won't be on their normal haunts is breeding season. 1 feb - 20 feb wolve could disappear or show up where you never seen them before.

Thanks for your opinions. I am trying to get in touch with landowners and with New Years holiday don't have any update. One tried to call but I was out of range. If there is a beef carcass I will set it but not to sure what is what.

In my opinion, wolves return to where they get a meal and have really good memories!

If they've been feeding on cattle, they'll certainly be back, but they'll change their tactics if a fella is just hunting them. Once a pack feeds on livestock, generally the whole packs gotta go. A good wolfer up here tells farmers that if there's wolves around but he hasn't lost anything, leave them be until there's loss. That pack will keep the jerks at bay until their current food source runs low and they move on........or move onto cattle.
Time of year changes things too. Around here, spring/summer they're hanging around livestock. Come late November when the cattle have been moved, they're around the deer.........
As Obiwan Kanobi says.........."But they'll be back, and in greater numbers"......lol

Jake

Your information reminds me of one morning going up the trail I saw caribou crossing the trail way ahead in the early light. When I pulled up at the where they crossed their trail is narrow as usual since they all walk in each others tracks making a 12 inch smooth trail and in the trail were wolf tracks, big ones. I don't know how I missed seeing the wolves. The caribou were 50 yards away and could barely see them through the slight light and brush. If I hadn't had the full line to check I would waited a while and stand up on my gear box and see if I could have got a shot on them. Oh Well

There’s some local farmers with wolf “problems” about 10 miles from my house, but only in summer. Problem is near “trap thief alley” where everything goes missing. Well, the wolves changed their habits in October and are right on the deer trails. I finally found a spot where they crossed the road but for what ever reason, one didn’t like where the deer crossed and instead went between 2 little pines kinda hidden from the road, and under a fence before joining the deer again. It was a long shot that was going to be drifted in after a few blizzards, but I figured why not eh? Just over 3 weeks later, on December 26th me & the wife were going to snare up a couple little baits I tossed up. On the way there, I told her that this one will be a quick drive by and if it’s drifted in I’ll pull it. Well, I could see the disturbance from 100yds back. Pulled this 90lb male out that still wasn’t quite frozen. We could smell him from 20yds away……lol. There was 2 more that milled around before hitting the bush again.
I’ve always had success setting on sign, and I mean right on it.

Shakey you dun good

There is something to this. Around here there are cattle ran in the woods all over, all summer (open range) then in the fall they round them up and haul them off to wherever they winter them (often out of state). Most of the time the wolves won't bother the cows, they will walk right by them to go kill an elk or deer or moose. It is kind of strange, because cows are dumb, awkward, slow and you would think would be an easy meal. Apparently the wolves have tastes like mine though and prefer wild meat. But if they ever get started on cows they can be really hard on them. And yeah the whole pack generally has to go, and oftentimes the ones that filter in to replace them also. I speculate that those replacements may be displaced former members of the pack, that grew up eating beef, I dunno.

Not "Oh Well", Oh Snap.

How long was he dead? Any problem with the belly? Looks like a well furred one!! Good catch. What's that old saying, at least for wolves? If it's worth one trap/snare it's worth several!

I figure he hung himself within 24hrs before I got there and it went down to about 10F over night. His limbs were still movable and I peeled him the following evening. Bit of the normal green belly.
Would’ve gang set but it’s a dangerous area for theft and I was already rolling the dice with this one.
I just pulled him off the board.

You dud good

You done good fixed it

Does anybody use or should I ask... wolf fang or super stake for wolf?
I read & see alot or seems like most people only use drags with 10-12' chains.
Thanks

I've used earth anchors, caught several with them, no problems. But I've pretty much quit using them. This year with our weird winter they would be fine but most years where I am wolf trapping I get several feet of snow. Having a trap staked solid means you can only raise it so far as the snow depth increases. And pulling them in frozen ground can be really rough. Somewhere I've got pictures of digging down 7-8' to find wolf traps after a big storm and some wind. It was bad enough getting those traps out with drags on them. If they'd been earth anchored I believe they'd have stayed there until spring. You could connect them to the earth anchors with quarter inch quick links, and I've did that a couple times, but generally it is easier and more convenient to either put them on drags or chain them solid to a tree.