With all the devastating wildfires in CA, they surely lost a bunch of wildlife. I suggest Alaska send them a few hundred wolves to help bring the numbers up again.

A year ago the Lab and I were closely surrounded (20 yards and less) by a pack of 5 or 6 wolves in dense brush on a USFS trail. Since I had yelled twice at the dog, out of sight around the next bend, to return, they certainly knew I was there and what I was. When a young bitch (pup of the year) then came out on the trail and invited my dog off to "play", the .260 put a period to the encounter. Maybe they did just want to play, or maybe they had doggie snacks in mind, or maybe a little of "the other white meat". Dunno. Didn't care to find out. Weaponless, I'd have been up a tree like a squirrel.

Carry enough gun.

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