Howdy folks!
I just got back from hunting my favorite spot in North East Wa. Ferry County out of Republic to be a little more specific. While hunting for late archery whitetail I came upon several sets of tracks in the snow unlike any I have ever seen in that area. Yep, wolf tracks. If they had been any where else than where I found them, I would say that they were from domestic dogs. These were a couple of miles from the nearest road and as big as my fist! I also came upon a carcass of a doe that had been recently killed and wolf tracks were all around it. There was nothing left of the doe but the head and backbone. Even the ribs were eaten. I know that coyotes can do it as well but they typically do not eat the bones. The tracks around the carcass were far too big to be coyotes. Any way, to add to the fire, my buddy who lives over there has seen a pack of 3 black wolves running up the San Poil River valley and in the hills near by on several occasions.
I arrowed my buck (4x4 with non typical eyeguards and knots on the tines) just before dark. I usually do not think twice about being in the woods alone at night, even with an animal down, but I sure did this time after seeing those tracks. I was on edge the whole pack out.
Has any of you fellow Warshintonians seen any wolf tracks in the NE? Just wonderin'.
Eric
I just got back from hunting my favorite spot in North East Wa. Ferry County out of Republic to be a little more specific. While hunting for late archery whitetail I came upon several sets of tracks in the snow unlike any I have ever seen in that area. Yep, wolf tracks. If they had been any where else than where I found them, I would say that they were from domestic dogs. These were a couple of miles from the nearest road and as big as my fist! I also came upon a carcass of a doe that had been recently killed and wolf tracks were all around it. There was nothing left of the doe but the head and backbone. Even the ribs were eaten. I know that coyotes can do it as well but they typically do not eat the bones. The tracks around the carcass were far too big to be coyotes. Any way, to add to the fire, my buddy who lives over there has seen a pack of 3 black wolves running up the San Poil River valley and in the hills near by on several occasions.
I arrowed my buck (4x4 with non typical eyeguards and knots on the tines) just before dark. I usually do not think twice about being in the woods alone at night, even with an animal down, but I sure did this time after seeing those tracks. I was on edge the whole pack out.
Has any of you fellow Warshintonians seen any wolf tracks in the NE? Just wonderin'.
Eric
