Timber Wolf Hunt

[CASTnBLAST]

Curious, being they are protected here are you allowed to possess a wolf pelt? I'd love to call one in for the wall.

[DinnerPail]

Legal to hunt in Canada, just need the proper paper work to bring it accross the border.

[Bobb-o]

hey Castn blast shoot me an email i know a guy who deals in furs and a lot of times he gets wolf pelts. [YouNeedAuthorization]@gmail.com

[CASTnBLAST]

Thanks Bobb-o but I'd like to hang it next to the other critters I've called and harvested myself.Kinda like displaying someone elses trophy if you can relate

[Steve Foss]

I've never hunted wolves with a gun, and hope I never will. I've never condemned someone else for doing so, and hope I never will.

I have lived in Ely just about four years. In my youth, I called in a lot of fox and coyotes in North Dakota, back when a prime dog fox would bring nearly $80 and a prime coyote a lot more. Paid for the new Ruger M77 22-250 and Burris 6x scope in less than a month.

Nowadays, though I hunt birds and deer, I've limited my predator hunting to calling them in to the camera. I've noticed a few things.

While I so far haven't gotten good images of wolves this way, I've seen plenty of them at a distance and have seen fresh sign that says, like Jackpine Rob says, that they've circled downwind and have come in really close.

Fox sometimes circle, but not often. Coyotes circle about half the time to get downwind, in my experience. This also has become mountain lion country, and there are those out there who doubt my sanity for blowing a dying rabbit call in a country where predators are big and hungry, and we all know the big cat isn't the smartest of the predator clan. I worry far less about wolves when doing this than I do the occasional mountain lion.

My favorite spots to call from are small islands and shrubby reefs on frozen lakes with shoreline within a couple hundred yards, so if the animal is reluctant to leave the shoreline to pursue the call, I at least can get some nice environmental portraits.

Anyone who hunts wolves where it's legal, I sincerely hope your hunt is the most enjoyable experience of your life. Good luck out there.

[Roostbuster]

Good luck dock Boy... I don't know what the limit is, but i hope you shoot it, preferablly as close to the MN border as possible. Every muzzleloader hunt and ice fishing trip around Ely this year has produced more wolf tracks than deer sign.

I can't wait for MN to open a season, I'll be like the guys waiting 2 weeks outside the movie theatre to get into Star Wars, only I'll have my rifle with me and be waiting outside the DNR office in Tower.

Here's to hoping....

[Muthagoose]

Im right with ya roostbuster. It will be a fine day.. Awe but just like the bear centers the wolves bring in more to the commercial aspect of the local economy than sportsmen...

Hummm ya dont hear to much about the bear clan anymore??? I see the thread got moved to bad..

[Ron Burgundy]

If You get one eat a little bit. In The Patriot they said dog is a fine meal. Let us know how it tastes!

[Tippman]

I've eaten it! Every year we host a game feed and some of us like to try and come up with something "new" each year. So when we took a coyote during pheasant hunting our eyes lit up and we took a hind quarter off. Marinated it for a day then threw it on the grill. It was great, nobody had any clues until we told them. Sure is fun to watch their faces. Possum was the other "new" dish.