shootin gallery.

Thought you guys migh enjoy this pic.

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My guide and I went into hunting camp to clear trails and scout. We were sitting at the edge of a meadow and a whole pack of wolves came in, there were at least 9 that I counted. These pups in the picture came up to within 30 yards of us. We were eating kippered snacks, the fishy smelling ones and they came right up to us from down wind. There were 5 pups total that were a little bigger than coyotes and at least 4 adults but they stayed further back. No gun with me so there still all alive. :222
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What state was that in??
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AGCHAWK
catdogs, that is an AWESOME pic!

I know thier just youngens but weren't ya just a "little" nervous with em comin' in so close and you without a gun?

Although wolf attacks on humans are the rarest of predator/human interactions in North American, I know I probably woulda been!
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ABert
Mmmmmmmm, kipper snacks.......
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bigbuck92
"ABert" wrote:Mmmmmmmm, kipper snacks.......



:funny-post
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Hawk,
This is part of the Sapphire pack that live in the Sapphire MTs of Western MT. This is a very unique pack for 2 reasons. 1. It is one of the largest packs in Mt and 2. Of the 24 wolves in the pack, all but one are black. Being an outfitter, I hate what wolves do to our wildlife as much as anybody, but I must say, I sure think its cool to see them in the wild like this. I was not nervous at all (nor were they) The showed no fear just curiousty more than anything. I see them on a fairly regular basis, just rarely have a camera handy. This pack has been here since 2003 and have litterally decimated the moose population and we are just now starting to see a decrease in elk numbers. More so than anyhting, they have really changed the patterns of the elk.
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killerbee
awsome pics catdogs! but that does suck that they are starting to hit your elk and moose herds! is there any talk of hunting them anytime soon, like idaho?
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thats neat!
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MuleyMadness
WOW!! Agreed, that is a REALLY COOL looking picture for sure. 10sign:
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AGCHAWK
Catdogs, I'm in the same boat your in. I would LOVE to get the opportunity to see a scene like that...however, it really bothers me the way they've impacted the big game populations in the region.
Thanks for the photo. I guess if I'd ran into this pack more than once I wouldn't be as nervous as if I was new to the region and ran into them for the first time.

Thanks again Catdogs.
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southwind
Wow! Thanks for sharing....AWESOME :thumb
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