Originally Posted by BC30cal
Originally Posted by 673
There is no reason for a Wolf to exist.

I have seen them destroy the best Mule deer hunting I have seen in a couple years.
It isn't the Wolves that need to disappear.

673;
Top of the morning to you my friend, if you're getting the soggy weather like we are, I hope the fire's burning bright for you all and that you're all well.

We've had wolves here for about a decade now, maybe a couple years more, but this season we were cutting their tracks everywhere. That's both east of us over into the West Kettle and up on the Aberdeen Plateau country too. Crazy amount of wolf tracks in both areas.

Have never seen so few mulies in 40 years and I mean no tracks in fresh snow for miles.

Something moved the elk herd right out of the entire drainage too.

Saw photos of a young fellow I taught CORE to a few years back who took a big one that came into his elk calling back in September.

For the first time ever during the last week of whitetail season I had a wolf howl back to me and then come in. It made a half circle in the timber, but I didn't see it ever.

Unless we get too much snow so we can't get in, we're going to see if we can call again.

Lots of coyotes up there too this year.

I'm not sure we can shoot enough of them to put a dent in their population, but we'll give it a go.

All the best.

Dwayne

Dwayne
Good luck in the quest. I have hunted and taken wolves in the lower 48. The good trappers are the ones who need to be enlisted for control. Snares are a great option. Those guys will get it done.
For hunting methods the best I’ve seen by far are the guys who can “talk” wolf. I certainly am not one of them but those talented few can bring them in. Done by mouth and horn no machine. There is a guy here I know who uses many different horns to not be too repetitive of any one sound. We can’t shoot but he is hired quite often by different photographers.
Second to that is over bait but that takes a lot of time and does not usually give the opportunity of multiples good howlers can produce.
No science in the above just my personal thoughts and experience. If you look at the record when Minnesota attempted a very limited draw only season on wolves for a couple years back around 2012-13 the hunters were allowed first out of the gate, trappers would follow if the quota was unmet if I recall. Either way the vast majority were taken and the quotas quickly filled by trapping.
160user here has posted his wolf pics from that period, he was one of the lucky to draw a tag.

However it can be managed you will see the results in short order.

Osky

A woman's heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth and I can find no sign on it.