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Received this picture and story in an email. Dang, those suckers are big!
First two wolves of the first five wolves (shot
> legally) near Pinedale and Big Piney, Wyoming after the
> season for wolves was opened up. I would venture to say
> they are 'just a little bit bigger' than the local
> coyotes! These were caught, with two others, in a
> calving pen, killing livestock.....not eating the
> livestock, just killing it. I'm thinkin' my 340
> Weatherby isn't too much gun for one of these
> critters..... fortunately the wolves I saw on Wanda's
> place weren't near this size...... they were 3x the size
> of our coyotes, though.....these guys have been eating
> really well! Acutally, eating TOO WELL! It's no wonder
> the elk and moose calves only have a 20% chance of
> making it to 6 months old in the Yellowstone area with
> these big boys around! Amazingly, the Colorado Division
> of Wildlife has requested anyone catching a wolf or
> wolverine in a leg hold trap to "please try to release
> it alive"....... that could be a pretty good trick! I
> was expecting much smaller wolves to be in the 'not safe
> for wolves zone' ...... wonder how big the wolves are
> that ran these two out of the 'safe zone'?
>
> Wouldn't it be great to round these critters up and
> release them in Washingtom D C
> Bet the laws would change in a hurry.
First two wolves of the first five wolves (shot
> legally) near Pinedale and Big Piney, Wyoming after the
> season for wolves was opened up. I would venture to say
> they are 'just a little bit bigger' than the local
> coyotes! These were caught, with two others, in a
> calving pen, killing livestock.....not eating the
> livestock, just killing it. I'm thinkin' my 340
> Weatherby isn't too much gun for one of these
> critters..... fortunately the wolves I saw on Wanda's
> place weren't near this size...... they were 3x the size
> of our coyotes, though.....these guys have been eating
> really well! Acutally, eating TOO WELL! It's no wonder
> the elk and moose calves only have a 20% chance of
> making it to 6 months old in the Yellowstone area with
> these big boys around! Amazingly, the Colorado Division
> of Wildlife has requested anyone catching a wolf or
> wolverine in a leg hold trap to "please try to release
> it alive"....... that could be a pretty good trick! I
> was expecting much smaller wolves to be in the 'not safe
> for wolves zone' ...... wonder how big the wolves are
> that ran these two out of the 'safe zone'?
>
> Wouldn't it be great to round these critters up and
> release them in Washingtom D C
> Bet the laws would change in a hurry.