More wolf pics

[Erik in AK]

Gents,

It's spring here in the high arctic. Its still cold but the days are long (16 hours of day light) and the caribou are starting to bunch up and string their way north to the calving grounds.

Accordingly, where the caribou go the wolves follow and the caribou have been hanging by the road. I saw a pack of 5 on Saturday, just north of the canyon leading up to Atigun Pass. Yesterday they took down a pair of caribou in the same area.

These pics were at 2:15 pm AST

 

[Muledeer4me]

Cool pictures.

 

[carbonarcher]

Great pics, oh how I wish I was back up there hunting them doggies!

 

[sreekers]

What are seasons like there for wolves?

 

[tufferthandug]

Did you get to witness how fast them buggers can run?

Some of the wolves I've seen run, were so fuggin fast I could easily see how they take down any type of game.

 

[Erik in AK]

Mostly I see them just casually loping along but even then they're cruising at a near sprint for a human.

Getting to spend time in this country is definitely the best part of my job

 

[Daniel in Ak]

sweet! pics Erik and good news for me.
Question how long will you be up there this time? Im headed up there Friday after work and once again will be driving that black four door Chevy 2500 Diesel,If you see it haul @$$ and catch up and say howdy.And hows the weather temperture wise? See ya soon hopefully.Daniel

 

[Erik in AK]

Daniel,
I head home Thursday morning. If you have an unfilled caribou tag bring your bow!!! There's several bands hanging right on the road (as in get out of the truck, step off the road and Thhhhhhunk) from Atigun 1 bridge all the way to the Kuparuk. I had caribou blocking the road four times today out on patrol.
The wolves are still hanging around between Atigun 1 and Pump 4. If you have a trapping license you can shoot them with a rifle inside the corridor.

Right now(Tues 8:15 pm) its snowing but hey...its the slope. Temps on this side are around 10-20.

 

[Daniel in Ak]

will be brining the bow and rifle of course.Think I'll leave the traps behind for now Well I'll keep in touch and maybe in the near future we'll bump into each other.
Again thanks for the updates bud.Daniel