How big do wolves get?
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Elkmagnet
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It would be interesting to know the weights of the dogs out west for comparison.
fowladdict
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Somebody posted the heaviest MT weight from last season. If I remember correctly it was about that same weight.
BBwheelgunner
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MNELKNUT, that was interesting! thanks for sharing. Seeing pictures of some of the ones that were shot this season here, and some of the ones I have seen around the BWCAW I know they get BIG!
Sure wish I would have gotten drawn this year.
Sure wish I would have gotten drawn this year.
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tjones
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In the first season in Montana the biggest weighed by FWP was 117 pounds.
Heaviest ever weighed in Idaho have been around 130-135. Those were live weights when getting fitted with radio collars. That is seemingly the top end and most weigh less.
That's not what I heard while drinking a beer in the Woodlot on a trip to Orofino a few years back...
That's not what I heard while drinking a beer in the Woodlot on a trip to Orofino a few years back...
Small town Idaho bars are usually a pretty reliable place to gather wildlife info.
They are often full of some types of "wildlife"! :hump:Small town Idaho bars are usually a pretty reliable place to gather wildlife info.
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Watch out for Beaver Fever, it can be rampant.
Wally Dog
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Fact check........the 2 largest weighed in Idaho have been 128#
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Hey guys,
I'm new here and saw this thread and found it very interesting. I was one of the lucky who received an early wolf license here in Minnesota. On the 5th day I was able to call in this wolf using a combo of fawn in distress calls and coyote howls. We had bought a new scale this year to weigh deer and had it at camp. I had to pack the animal 3/4 miles on my pack frame, and when we weighed it, it came out at 122 pounds. The frame weighed 5 so that put the male wolf at right around 117 pounds. I wish I would have gotten a shot of me hugging it like many do, but the combination of its smell, and having broken the front shoulder with my shot, made it impossible to hold like that. I also didn't want to have my clothes smell like wolf blood, living in our teepee for the next 5 days, either.
Here is a pic of my dad and I with it.
I'm new here and saw this thread and found it very interesting. I was one of the lucky who received an early wolf license here in Minnesota. On the 5th day I was able to call in this wolf using a combo of fawn in distress calls and coyote howls. We had bought a new scale this year to weigh deer and had it at camp. I had to pack the animal 3/4 miles on my pack frame, and when we weighed it, it came out at 122 pounds. The frame weighed 5 so that put the male wolf at right around 117 pounds. I wish I would have gotten a shot of me hugging it like many do, but the combination of its smell, and having broken the front shoulder with my shot, made it impossible to hold like that. I also didn't want to have my clothes smell like wolf blood, living in our teepee for the next 5 days, either.
Here is a pic of my dad and I with it.
Elkmagnet
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(Wolf huggers welcome here)
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lamdilligaf
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The heaviest recorded in Yellowstone was 143 pounds. Here's the link
http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/eulogy-for-a-wolf-a-happy-ending-for-yellowstones-495m/
http://blog.nwf.org/2011/10/eulogy-for-a-wolf-a-happy-ending-for-yellowstones-495m/
Ten Bears
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I've seen 130#'rs but not many thet big
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