steepNdeep
09-12-2008, 09:05 AM
I just returned from a bonzai trip for the elk opener. My pard's were there a day early and spotted a big black wolf ~300 yards from camp. (yeah, he was too fast at ~50 yards ;) )
Opening morning, I was in the timber near a bedding area and the only high pitched squeal that I heard was the pack of wolves - howling and barking on the other side of the ridge... :mad: I did bump a small pod in the thick and my pard did have a bull in his scope, but couldn't count points fast enough... They had moved off their usual spot into the big hole below.
I know wolves have always been up north, but I've never seen sign or heard of them in that area before, but it seems like they are migrating into southern BC in a BIG way. In the last couple years, I've seen them in 2 other areas and I'm starting to hear the same thing all over the place...
Being hunted 24/7 by one of the most efficient predators on the planet, definitely changes game patterns, (so I've read). Aside from thinning the herd almost at wil, it breaks elk into smaller mini-herds and makes them more mobile, less predictable and less vocal = tougher to kill. I'm either changing my species of focus :D or movin' to a new area... I need all the advantage that I can get... I moved to a different area and had 3 bulls going all morning, but they were in a HELL hole and I didn't have time to dive down. :shock:
Have you seen/heard a wolf recently? What is your experience competing with them???
Opening morning, I was in the timber near a bedding area and the only high pitched squeal that I heard was the pack of wolves - howling and barking on the other side of the ridge... :mad: I did bump a small pod in the thick and my pard did have a bull in his scope, but couldn't count points fast enough... They had moved off their usual spot into the big hole below.
I know wolves have always been up north, but I've never seen sign or heard of them in that area before, but it seems like they are migrating into southern BC in a BIG way. In the last couple years, I've seen them in 2 other areas and I'm starting to hear the same thing all over the place...
Being hunted 24/7 by one of the most efficient predators on the planet, definitely changes game patterns, (so I've read). Aside from thinning the herd almost at wil, it breaks elk into smaller mini-herds and makes them more mobile, less predictable and less vocal = tougher to kill. I'm either changing my species of focus :D or movin' to a new area... I need all the advantage that I can get... I moved to a different area and had 3 bulls going all morning, but they were in a HELL hole and I didn't have time to dive down. :shock:
Have you seen/heard a wolf recently? What is your experience competing with them???