Open season on wolves

[fishmon]

With all the talk on this site about a season on wolves what would you do with it once you shot it? The pelt would probably be ruined as the structure of a wolf does not seem to be near as tough as a deer, presumably you would have to bring them in to register so you could'nt leave them lay. They might make a good looking hat? Would you mount it and put it in the living room? What would they be good for?

[Jmnhunter]

just like a yote or fox, skin it out

[fishmon]

But would enough of them be killed to actually establish a market for them?

[Steve Foss]

There'll be a market.

Back in the early 70s, our next-door neighbor had a wolf coat. It had a lining but no additional insulation. He rarely wore it because, even in northern North Dakota, it didn't often get cold enough so he could wear it without sweating.

[BigWadeS]

I would shoot it, register it, skin it and take it in to get tanned and have it hanging on my wall like a coyote or fox! If big enough possibly a full body mount

[waterbound]

The market for wolf pelts would probably be better if there were fewer people harvesting them; the prices would be higher but the people that want to wear a wolf would probably have the money and the hunters would benefit.

[lichen fox]

There already is a viable market for wolf pelts...there is and has been season on them in Canada for a number of years

[ikatcher]

all the talk about hunting wolves,how would you do it? i lived north of grand rapids for 2 yrs. spent many hours hunting and fishing while i lived there and since and i've seen 2 timber wolves. i have seen a handful of brush wolves. i have seen more coyotes in the city limits where hunting is out of the question. i just think it would be pointless to go wolf hunting.

[Musky Buck]

ikatcher, what's the difference between a brush wolf and a coyote, I always thought they were one in the same.

[lichen fox]

I've had timbers come in to varmint calls when I was out calling in January last year, but I really think the best method of control would be a trapping season...that being said, it doesn't look like the state will get control of the wolf from the feds any time soon so we'll probalbly never have the opportunity to even consider it here in MN....In Manitoba I know you used to be able to take one on your deer license...don't know if they still have that in place or not...but they also trap them....

[ikatcher]

for some reason "up north" they call coyotes, brushwolves.

[Musky Buck]

Right on Ikatcher, if ever a season hopefully the ones willing to hunt or trap them would also have a rhyme or a reason for doing so. My only wolf encounter, east of Bemidji in 1991, black looking one, ran out on dirt road as we walked back to the truck after grouse hunting in I believe it's the Chippewa National forest. Have heard them near Skime grouse hunting trip at night and the numbers are growing it seems. Will be interesting to see if we ever have a season.

[Bowfin]

Wolves will come to a varmint call. I would skin-em, have the hide tanned and hang next to my yote skin. I like living in a place with a healthy population of timber wolves. I've seen a few off the deer stand and it was pretty cool. The best way to protect this population is to put a controlled hunting season on them. Just like bear - back in the 80's they put a season on bear and they went from being considered vermin to a sought after game animal and their numbers increased. With a hunting season on them, wolves would gain the respect of the hunting community and the DNR could get some $$ for selling hunting licenses.

[gatorhunter]

Manitoba still permits the taking of a timber wolf while hunting any big game animal under licence. We've also introduced the taking of a yote under the same context.

[RumRiverRat]

Full Body Mount

[Muthagoose]

Try a distress fawn even this late in the year if you have the wind right its on...

[swamptiger]

Quote:

But would enough of them be killed to actually establish a market for them?

There has been a well-established market for fur, including wolf fur, for many, many years. A good share of the fur harvested in Minnesota goes to fur auctions in Canada, where it is sold to international buyers. Russia is a key market, and also China. One of the major fur auctions in Canada has it's origins in the old Hudson's Bay Company. The Minnesota Trapper's Association just celebrated it's 50th anniversary this fall, so they've been around for awhile, also...

The important thing about any pelt is to get it when it's prime, and properly prepare it for tanning. It's easy to ruin a good pelt if you don't know what you are doing.

[Wallydog]

The count in Idaho as of this morning was 15 ded ones!

WD

[mrklean]

gonna have to wait a few years till we could have the possibility of a wolf

[Wallydog]

As of Monday the count was 26 in Idaho.

WD

[Ufatz]

Well ya know fella's just because you SEE one doesn't mean you GOTTA shoot it. If they become a problem then time to consider that situation.

I've seen hundreds of 'em in my life, from twenty yards to two-hundred yards and never had an urge to shoot one. They are raw,savage animals at times but then again look around you next time you're downtown.

If they create a problem then we do what we have to do. I just dislike blasting wolves, mountain lions etc. for the hell of it.

If your lucky you'll outgrow it too.

[ikatcher]

i agree 100%, where are you seeing all these wolves?

[upnorthozzy]

No shortage east of keliher.

[Ufatz]

Ikatcher: Forty-plus years in Alaska/Yukon. And they call coyotes brush wolves in West Texas too, just so you'll know.

[ikatcher]

alaska is awesome, went a few years back. i'll bet you could write a book on the things you have experienced.