wolves

[wsm]

i have a discussion going on with friends right now about the size of wolves.
what is the biggest wolf you have ever harvested. pictures would be great. weight would be good too if you know what it was. i have never harvested a wolf and the very few i has seen were probably less than 80 lbs like my dog

[jeff]

island wolves are small .60 to 80 lbs ..they get larger as you go north

[ROEBUCK]

105 # 18 months old
northern bc


http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/wolf7.jpg

[Stone Sheep Steve]

The #1 wolf in BC was supposedly weighed on butcher's scales and went 130 lbs.

Never shot one myself.

SSS

[Mr. Dean]

The #1 wolf in BC was supposedly weighed on butcher's scales and went 130 lbs.

Never shot one myself.

SSS

And that thing looks MONSTOROUS!

[Mr. Dean]

Iron Noggin threw a pic in one of my threads of a wolf he got..... I'll go se if I can find it.

[Mr. Dean]

Here it is!
FUGLY!!! :shock:


BEAUTY Mount Mr. Dean!! http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/7.gif

Big Arctic Whitey from back in the days I chased them:

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Ironnoggin/Wolf1_copy.jpg

Cheers,
Nog

[newhunterette]

This is my friend's wolfie

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/ioarana/Steve%20Magill/n644650289_5106042_2467.jpg

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/ioarana/Steve%20Magill/19970_446652755289_644650289_10984946_490710_n.jpg

[IronNoggin]

FUGLY!!! :shock:

LOL! Hell of a lot "Fuglier" to the Perry Caribou that live on the Island he used to haunt! :twisted:

Went just over 140 pounds, weighing in MUCH more than most those diminutive little Island Caribou ever reach! Most folks that wander into that room simply assume he is some sort of bear. NOT! :mrgreen:

Largest I ever took btw, most won't break 100 pounds...

My Hybrid Boogs does though! Now up to just over 150!! :shock:

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/Tracks/Boogs_Portrait_2.jpg

NO shooting in his direction please & thanks...

Gave up shooting wolves just before I left the Arctic. Seems they know that, as I've seen a hell of a lot more standing than I ever did before that decision...

Cheers,
Nog

[wsm]

YEH MY GIRL HOVER AROUND 80 LBShttp://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=7625&title=p1010034&cat=500
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4419&title=my-dog&cat=500

[Drillbit]

Biggest one I've shot so far was in McBride

male, 6'6", 150lbs. Looked pretty skinny.
The other ones have all been little, which is still big compared to a coyote.

[jeff]

Biggest one I've shot so far was in McBride

male, 6'6", 150lbs. Looked pretty skinny.
The other ones have all been little, which is still big compared to a coyote.

wow ,thats huge ..did u acually weigh it

[jeff]

largest wolf ever weighed in was 175lbs out of alaska ....

[wsm]

hard to say how much truth there is to this link...http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=largest%20wolf%20ever%20shot&source=web&cd=7&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaljournal.com%2Farticle%2F84 286&ei=tD3pToeKB4KfiQK0iIwQ&usg=AFQjCNF5hZ9JnOXQwiuuWDnBOppOAHwrKA

[Foxtail]

The farm I hunted in Quesnel has a wolf problem. The C.O. put some traps on the property but they only trapped 1, the owner of the property said it was about 140lbs. I didn't see it but he has no reason to lie to anyone he just wants them gone.

[Drillbit]

Yep, weighed it. To be exact it was 148lbs. It was 6'6" long, nose to tail and really tall and skinny. Tough drag in the deep snow, almost did me in. I was under the impression that it was smaller than average.

Asked around and the conclusion in the BS ring was that it was a young male that was chased off from the pack by the Alpha male. My rug looks similar to the size of the pic of the white one.

I heard a big male could get over 200lbs???

[jeff]

Yep, weighed it. To be exact it was 148lbs. It was 6'6" long, nose to tail and really tall and skinny. Tough drag in the deep snow, almost did me in. I was under the impression that it was smaller than average.

Asked around and the conclusion in the BS ring was that it was a young male that was chased off from the pack by the Alpha male. My rug looks similar to the size of the pic of the white one.

I heard a big male could get over 200lbs???

largest recorded wolf weighed in at 175lbs out of alaska

[jeff]

acually just re looked it up and the new record is 230 lbs shot in alberta,it blew the previous record of 175 outa the water

[proguide66]

Ive seen a 'few' dead ones over the years now,;)

Around 15 yrs ago there was an old fart working the gas stop near Buckinghorse..er Sikanni? anyway , dude was around 6'3" and was pumpin diesel for me and says " you wanna see a pic of a 250lb wolf?" Im like " uhh , ok" ( laughing under my breath)..he comes back with a pic of this 'beast' hanging by its rear knee joint from the raftors and its damned neck was on the concrete with him in the pic beside it,crazy.

Anyway , lots of people dont realise that a wild wolf is and must be a very lean animal.
As well the wolves on the islands are of the 'grey' species just as the rest of the province and can get just as big as any other wolf.
Heres a wolf I zipped a few years ago and probably still the largest bodied one of my now trapped or shot 60 ish wolves combined over the years of hunting for me and guideing up north and trapping.

Guess the weight and I'll post it tomarrow..we weighed him as he was strangled just across from the house on the side of the Lilloete river.

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/bigwolf009.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/bigwolf.jpg
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/bigwolf013.jpg

of course the pic of him on his new leash.
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/bigwolf001.jpg

[jeff]

ill guess 134lbs

[ROEBUCK]

my guess is 110 pound

[Weatherby Fan]

Ill say 165lbs,nice looking wolf for sure.

[hunter1947]

Nice wolf Steve my wieght guess 115 pounds.

[shaydog65]

Buck-20 is my guess

[BiG Boar]

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn5/bigbore14/IMG_7424.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn5/bigbore14/IMGP1297.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn5/bigbore14/IMG_3274-1.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn5/bigbore14/f64b03e1.jpg





Compared to this coyote, they are quite large.

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn5/bigbore14/IMG_7502.jpg

[pescado]

About the same as one I took this year PG. I'm guessing it weighed around the 135 mark. Nice wolf. Hoping to get out for a week this winter chasing them.

[wsm]

my guess is 90 lbs

[proguide66]

126 boys ! oh ,and the old guy at Sikanni said it was a 250# wolf , not 200...wasnt a doubt in my mind seein the pic , it was a damned freak!

[ROEBUCK]

thanks proguide
its interesting to see differant guys estamations on weight !
i always tend to underestamate weight !

[newhunterette]

Fact or Fiction
http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/27/albertas-record-size-wolf-fact-or-fiction/

[snakeplain]

Re: wolves and size - come on guys, wolves are just like people, over feed them and they will get really big, don't believe me, check out the wal mart shoppers on the circulated emails, awesome, ha

[Drillbit]

Another question I always had was how much do they eat at once? Do they pack in 20lbs of meat at a time?

[wsm]

Re: wolves and size - come on guys, wolves are just like people, over feed them and they will get really big, don't believe me, check out the wal mart shoppers on the circulated emails, awesome, ha i disagree completely. my dog is an example , i keep food in her bowl at all the times, it's never empty.. she only eats when she is hungry. sometimes in the summer she may go a few days without eating , even though food is avaliable .

[coach]

i disagree completely. my dog is an example , i keep food in her bowl at all the times, it's never empty.. she only eats when she is hungry. sometimes in the summer she may go a few days without eating , even though food is avaliable .

Try that with a lab!

[tomahawk]

126 boys ! oh ,and the old guy at Sikanni said it was a 250# wolf , not 200...wasnt a doubt in my mind seein the pic , it was a damned freak!

Most of you "mature/experienced/old/dinasuor" hunters will remember Tommy Tompkins, the original survivorman and outdoorsman extrordinaire from way back in the 60s and 70s. He had a wolf pup named Nahanni that he had hand raised from a weiny gaffer that he had saved from death when he rescued it from a frozen river. At 8 months of age he had a picture taken with the wolf standing in front of him with its paws up on his shoulders facing him, it was every bit as big as Tommy and weighed in at 180 lbs at just 8 months. That picture was in the Purden Lake store outside of PG for many years, not sure if the store or picture are there now or not.
Now remember this is a hand raised pup and in the wild it would not have grown like this but it shows the potential that they have if they get the ideal food conditions. We all know that in the animal world of wolves where the pecking order is the way of life that this does not happen. I took a BC book big male wolf with my bow and it was around 100 lbs or so.

[tomahawk]

Another question I always had was how much do they eat at once? Do they pack in 20lbs of meat at a time?

Depends on many things including how often they need to kill, which position they hold in the pack and how big the prey is. Remember they dont get a kill everyday so sometimes little or nothing per day and others maybe 20 lbs like you say. That would be the dominate male and females portion and the subordinate others would progressively get less as the carcass was dissolved.

[wsm]

Try that with a lab!i understand your point . but as u can see in my avatar my dog is not a lab

[coach]

I saw that, wsm. Wasn't disagreeing. Just laughing at my own dogs.

[jeff]

ive had a few sheppards over the years ..it doesnt matter the breeed its more the dog itself ..my last sheppard was an absolute shit hawk .he would eat anything all the time ,with not knowng when to stop ...he once got into the 20kg bag and litterly ate it all .also a 4kg bucket of butter once that i left on the counter .. then the sheppard before him ate like a dainty bird ,he ate one kibblet at a time ..he woulnt touch human food ..weiners ,no steak,no left over scraps ,no .even doggy treats no..

[dingdongdenny]

agree my chocolate lab i free feed her as well, she eats when she wants to so yeh it is a individual dog thing.

[olharley guy]

Howdy, quite a few of the wolves I have shot were on moose kills - their stomach area looked like they had swallowed a 10 gallon fuel drum - so I am guessing at least 10+ lbs. of meat in there. Later

[farside]

Fact or Fiction
http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/27/albertas-record-size-wolf-fact-or-fiction/


Fact on the animal and truely not photoshopped. Location al little bit out but not too far. Circumstances also a wee bit out of wack lol. But no matter as it was harvested legally.

Drayton Valley is kinda like our version of Clearwater lol. Reputaion is only good if you know where and when and the gods smile upon you.

[NORTHERN HUNTER]

Try that with a lab!

Isn't that the truth, My lab ate an entire 5lb bag of uncooked rice.....The rice eventually swelled causing major bloating but she still insisted on eating her dinner.....

[finngun]

[QUOTE=NORTHERN HUNTER;1041783]Isn't that the truth, My lab ate an entire 5lb bag of uncooked rice.....The rice eventually swelled causing major bloating but she still insisted on eating her dinner.....
my dog oscar... after heavy body treining.....
http://www.who-sucks.com/wp-content/uploads/icons//2007/07/wendy1.jpg