A GREAT Wolverine Mount

Skunk bear my Dad always called them.

I wish I could Trap one of those!

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!

I know, it might be A destination Trip someday...like my AK. Bear hunt.

Anything wolverine related is a cool thing. But, I don't buy that pose as a reflection of the real world. I have never seen two wolverines fight but I have seen one wolverine take on a dog and another one try a caribou.

In both instances the gulo was using his back feet to try to disembowel his opponent. In the case of the dog, he succeeded .

The wolverines could probably say they've never seen you fight either
Jkidding White

They'd be right !!

Very good, awesome

That's a neat mount all right.

Somewhere down lifes road I hope!

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

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.

WOW that cat looks like a candidate for weight watchers !! I've never seen a lynx that looked like that !!

I am sure wolverines do fight. Heck they look like they are brawling when they are mating.

I caught three females one morning. They were in sets about a half mile apart. Tim Caven ended up with the nicest one. It was an adult and two youngsters. 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 also caught three adult males within 50 yards of each other........at the same time. They were traveling together. No bait at all. I suspect that is very uncommon to see a group like that.

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.

Female fishers have finer hair than the males so I'm not surprised that the closely related wolverines share the same trait.

Im not sure about Alaska, but our population is quite healthy. Despite what some might say, they have no reliable way to guesstimate wolverine numbers. When i was trapping up in the Logans there were places I could catch a wolverine almost any time I wanted. The area I trap now is heavy bush country. When I first started trapping that country I didnt think it would be good wolverine country. I was wrong. There are lots of them in the boreal forests, and they seem to like old burns too.

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.

Interesting Stuff...

See now, this is turning into an amazing subject just as the marten thread has . Besides marten, wolverine, another favorite discussion !

I'm a pretty swell guy and someone here may vouch for me...if I buy them off. Tell me more.

I do not have any wolverine mounted in my house to share. Here are a couple, male and female I sold to a guy in Idaho a couple years ago.




I agree with W17 about the snarling face almost ruining the mount. It does seem to be popular on mounts though.

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.

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.

Cleaning up the scraps?

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.

I'd go with anyone you would recommend. Seems crazy to book something like that when I once lived there myself but limited experience and the opportunity to get into good country kept me from catching one when I was there. I would do it if it wasn't a super expensive deal. There's not much else on my to-do list.

Is this a BYOT type of thing?

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

That is some nice work

Thanks, white. Never considered such a thing before but I'm going to pursue this.

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.

That sounds great. Sent you a PM.

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

That is a great wolverine mount. I'm also in favor of a more subtle look over a snarling mount.

Roughly 6

Plus what you could have sold the animal for ?

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

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

Very nice.Number 1 on my bucket list.

If they do they'd protect them for 50 years like the blessed holy wolves

Nice x 2

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 was thinking of you. I've been fortunate to take a lot of big game animals over the years and the cost/price (bush charters, licenses, etc.) of collecting them probably wouldn't add up to what this would run me. A wolverine would make for a much smaller rug than a bear but there's nothing I'd rather see hanging on my wall. I'm leaning really hard toward it.

Some quality artistic vision involved in positioning those to wolverines and also very professionally done. The dominance and the submissive postures are very lifelike.

Bryce

No thats total price of the trip.

So whats the Beatdown price?

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.

You can't go wrong with Dave !! Big time honest man !!

I bet you'll dream about it tonight

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

Hahaha

You laugh but I guarantee you that Playgirl magazine has taxidermists that have been scoping me out for several years

If I hadn't seen that McGrath based TV show I'd wonder.....