Black wolf of Wakely Road

[Steve Foss]

OK, OK, it ain't the "black wolf of the Fernberg," but I was on my way to a tree removal job along Lake Vermilion this morning when I jumped this black wolf feeding on a roadkilled deer.

This is an extreme crop in difficult circumstances, and I posted it just for fun. Unlike a few others I've photographed, this wolf did NOT want to hang around for portraits!

[Jim Almquist]

That is a very cool sighting Steve.

[Wayne Ek]

Nice sighting Steve. I really like the contrast created by the conifer-birch combination. You could have started yelling heel,heel,heel... I hear it all the time around here and I'm sure it would have worked.lol

[finnbay]

Hey, what's up "Wolf Whisperer"? Couldn't get this bad boy to come for your doggy treat?

[Yellowhead]

You sure live in a photo rich enviroment. Down here in Bloomington things are not that diverse, but the other day I almost got a shot of a beagle irrigating one of my shrubs!

All kidding aside it must have been a thrill see such a great animal.

[Steve Foss]

It was very cool. He was right in the ditch. As I approached, in the distance I saw what looked like a piece of black plastic flapping in the wind on the ground. But there wasn't any wind, and as I got closer I could see it was this guy and he was moving his whole body he was jerking so hard to get a chunk of meat off.

I was hauling a trailer with the pickup and couldn't slam on the brakes, but pulled a Uturn and came back and he skedaddled right out of there. Black as night, he was, with no other lighter hairs visible.

[Wayne Ek]

Think of what a great shot it would have made if you could have gotten a straight on shot of it working over the carcass.

[KG243]

Steve maybe you should invest in a lap dog for all of your excursions, who knows you might be able to stop the wolves in their tracks!

[wishing for walleyes]

That wolf is very cool.I am on the wrong side of our state

[Steve Foss]

Steve maybe you should invest in a lap dog for all of your excursions, who knows you might be able to stop the wolves in their tracks!

Now that's not a bad idea! Of course, I dislike little yap-yap dogs so much I'd be tempted to put it out of its misery myself.