MT Wolf Hunt

[Fatrack]

Ok guys, lets talk a little wolf hunting.

I was out scouting last weekend and as I was sitting on top of the world ready to glass up some critters, right as it started to get light out I heard a pack of wolves start to howl from a drainage way below me. I was pretty excited to hear them, especially considering I will soon have a tag in my pocket. As I pondered and thought, how am I actually gonna proactively go out and kill one of these SOB's, I realized I don't know all that much about wolves and their daily routines. So, how do you hunt these guys? The area that I heard this pack in was big, steep, heavily treed country. Will they stick to the ridgetops? Will they spend time in the dark timber and deal with deadfall and thick underbrush? Will they hang around meadows?

If you have any experience or advice on how to kill a wolf, I'd love to hear about it!

 

[mixedbag]

I'd get myself a predator call and start sounding like something thats about to die.Set up just like anything else,with the wind in your favor
Too bad you can't trap for them ;yet

 

[StHubert]

I had the same question on figuring them out. I contacted a biologist at MT game and fish. They recommended to get this book to read. L.D. Mech and L. Boitani, (eds). 2003. Wolves: Behavior ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. You can get it on Amazon. This book is an overview on other articles and books about Wolf ecology.

 

[onpoint]

"...get a predator call and sound like something that's about to die."

I know where there may be a 600 lb. g-bear that would love to hear that sound....set up in that drainage do some calling, and you may be making the noise yourself. The little wrinkles that g-bears add to playing outside........

 

[kansasdad]

They are not harmless little fuzzballs???

 

[StrutNut]

Also try territory howling. It works well calling yotes and I called in two Timberwolves in MN as well. I used an old Critter Call which is an open reed mouth call made for howling. I went with a deeper pitch to resemble the wolves instead of a Coyote howl. As I sounded of they responded back and started heading my way. They are protective of their hunting ground and don't pay to kind to strangers lurking on their ground. This also works well for coyotes too by the way. Also, injured barks might also call them in. Play off of their instincts. They did circle around and tried to come in down wind but they did so very close. 10 yards away at one point.

 

[Fatrack]

I had the same question on figuring them out. I contacted a biologist at MT game and fish. They recommended to get this book to read. L.D. Mech and L. Boitani, (eds). 2003. Wolves: Behavior ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. You can get it on Amazon. This book is an overview on other articles and books about Wolf ecology.

Good Info, will have to check this out

Also try territory howling. It works well calling yotes and I called in two Timberwolves in MN as well. I used an old Critter Call which is an open reed mouth call made for howling. I went with a deeper pitch to resemble the wolves instead of a Coyote howl. As I sounded of they responded back and started heading my way. They are protective of their hunting ground and don't pay to kind to strangers lurking on their ground. This also works well for coyotes too by the way. Also, injured barks might also call them in. Play off of their instincts. They did circle around and tried to come in down wind but they did so very close. 10 yards away at one point.

when the sun started to rise above the horizon the wolves quit howling so I tried howling back to them and they did respond....but that was about the extent of it (at least that I knew of)

 

[Mato]

I've called in wolves on two diff occaisions now, make no doubt about it'll work. It works on bruins as well, I've called in a bit over 60 of them now...grin

 

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I've had wolves respond to howls quite a bit.
My main plan is to try to get as high and quiet as I can in the dark, listen to the drainage they're in, then sneak in and let out a couple howls to see if I can get one to respond.

The couple times I've howled them in, they've came out in the open at 100-300 yards to try to get a visual on me.

 

[mixedbag]

yeah, I did forget about the grizz you have out there