Wolves at Ft Mc Coy

Got these pics from my dad. Here is the caption that they came with.

Attached are photos of Fort McCoy wolves taken with the remote camera on Oct 26th A deer carcass had been placed in front of the camera to attract the wolves but either coyotes or the wolves managed to pull it away without getting their photo taken.

Here is another

Too cool!

cool pics, I would hate to run into a pack of wolves in the woods without a gun. I don’t know about coyotes but there were a couple instenses that i was chased out of my tree this year as the coyotes were less then 200 yards away in bow season. i don’t know if they would be after a human or not but i wasn’t going to find out with a bow and three arrows

those are some big puppy dogs.

Last year when I hunted at McCoy, I didn’t get to see an actual wolf, but seen plenty of tracks. They have sign and maps telling where the known packs are.

They sure spread fast….I am not sure if this is a good thing or not.

Its a great thing if what you need is the deer herd diminished considerably.

Here is a good article to read:
http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/predator-management.php

If they could get this to happen in the CWD area it would be great.

Sorry, but who is this guy, I can’t find any other information or accreditations to him as I doubt he’s the Micro Biologist up in Canada. The reference he uses and the actual articles don’t jive.

His claimed quote of the Alaska fish and game

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Alaskans are fortunate to have an estimated 7,700-11,200 wolves in our state. In Alaska’s Interior, predators kill more than 80 percent of the moose and caribou that die during an average year, while humans kill less than 10 percent. The average pack size is 5-7 wolves. A pack may kill a deer or moose every few days during the winter.

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The Alaska fish and Game.

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The wolf is one of the world’s most fascinating and well-studied animals. Alaskans are fortunate to have an estimated 7,700-11,200 wolves in our state. Wolves have never been threatened or endangered in Alaska, and inhabit all of their traditional range except within the largest cities. More information about wolves is available on the links below.

* Wolf Control in Alaska

* General Information on Wolves

* The Alexander Archipelago Wolf

* Infestation of Lice Among Wild Canids in Alaska

* Wolf Management Reports

* Wolf Research Publications

If you would like to share your comments with us please send them to [email protected]<br />

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http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=wolf.main

The rest of his quote came from a different article he failed to give the whole information on.

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Wolves and bears are very effective and efficient predators on caribou, moose, deer and other wildlife. In most of Alaska, humans also rely on the same species for food. In Alaska’s Interior, predators kill more than 80 percent of the moose and caribou that die during an average year, while humans kill less than 10 percent. In most of the state, predation holds prey populations at levels far below what could be supported by the habitat in the area. Predation is an important part of the ecosystem, and all ADF&G wolf management programs, including control programs, are designed to sustain wolf populations in the future.

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http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/index.cfm?adfg=wolf.control

Did you notice the “Predation is an important part of the ecosystem, and all ADF&G wolf management programs, including control programs, are designed to sustain wolf populations in the future. ”

Doesn’t this go against the grain of his article.

And too, North Dakota Outdoors is a private business.

One thing I noted in the first post of this thread, the pictures were taken with a critter cam at night,they run faster away from you than you them.

WarrenMN

I spent alot of time at Ft. McCoy back in the early to mid 70’s while in the Army Reserves. Never saw anything like that or much wildlife at all for that matter.

hookem-McCoy has definitely changed since then. It is loaded with deer, coyotes, a couple known packs of wolves, as well as turkey, squirrel, and rabbits. Not to mention some great fishing and decent waterfowl hunting.

The quantity and quality of deer on that base is crazy!!! A few years back, I watched a BIG 10 pointer chase a doe right through “downtown” and between the barracks.

We would wake up in the morning to the sounds of “clicks” with the deer walking down our sidewalks!!!!

To see 50 to 70 deer wondering around base was nothing in the mid 90s.