]Large Wolf Packs
The over hundred wolves is the number I counted. My hunting partner counted more then I seen.. The wolves were mostly sleeping in the hot sun. Some of the wolves were with-in 50 yards sleeping, my rough guess is that the number sleeping or resting/laying down with-in 50 yards was about 20 or 25 wolves. A few were only about 20 or 30 yards away. They were not in the least alarmed. I will grant you that it may have been two different packs but I doubt it. I would also point out that the day before this I had shot a grizzly bear that was eating a fresh killed caribou. There was also another half eaten caribou near by.
I left the bear skin to be fleshed the next morning, at first light the next day when I returned to flesh the bear, all that was left of both caribou was a few bones the antlers, and some small pieces of hide. The Grizzly large for the area had been completely consumed, the hide was shredded to the point that all that was salvageable was a short necked head mount. I sat there for hours removing the skull and fleshing it, this is when the wolves started returning to the site. Most never came closer that about 50 yards, and as I said they (Some) lay there and watched me for more then three hours before moving off.
Also they never acted aggressively toward me, never growled, they seemed to be as interested in me as I was of them. I will admit that I was a bit fearful, they would get up and move but never closer, they remained a set distance. We had each shot two wolves a piece a few days earlier, but they were in a small pack a few valleys away. That hunt we were there for six weeks just the two of us. Bill would go one way from base camp for a few days, and I the other way for a few days, each with a minimal spike camp. The plane lunched a cylinder when it came to pick us up, and it took another week for them to get plane repaired.
This was in the Brooks Range in the early 70's. That area is now a National Park. Our total cost for everything was $330.00 for each of us. Cheap for six weeks in the wilderness. We did that same hunt in the same location two consecutive years in the early 70's. We each took Dall Sheep, Grizzly Bear and Caribou and the Wolves.
The over hundred wolves is the number I counted. My hunting partner counted more then I seen.. The wolves were mostly sleeping in the hot sun. Some of the wolves were with-in 50 yards sleeping, my rough guess is that the number sleeping or resting/laying down with-in 50 yards was about 20 or 25 wolves. A few were only about 20 or 30 yards away. They were not in the least alarmed. I will grant you that it may have been two different packs but I doubt it. I would also point out that the day before this I had shot a grizzly bear that was eating a fresh killed caribou. There was also another half eaten caribou near by.
I left the bear skin to be fleshed the next morning, at first light the next day when I returned to flesh the bear, all that was left of both caribou was a few bones the antlers, and some small pieces of hide. The Grizzly large for the area had been completely consumed, the hide was shredded to the point that all that was salvageable was a short necked head mount. I sat there for hours removing the skull and fleshing it, this is when the wolves started returning to the site. Most never came closer that about 50 yards, and as I said they (Some) lay there and watched me for more then three hours before moving off.
Also they never acted aggressively toward me, never growled, they seemed to be as interested in me as I was of them. I will admit that I was a bit fearful, they would get up and move but never closer, they remained a set distance. We had each shot two wolves a piece a few days earlier, but they were in a small pack a few valleys away. That hunt we were there for six weeks just the two of us. Bill would go one way from base camp for a few days, and I the other way for a few days, each with a minimal spike camp. The plane lunched a cylinder when it came to pick us up, and it took another week for them to get plane repaired.
This was in the Brooks Range in the early 70's. That area is now a National Park. Our total cost for everything was $330.00 for each of us. Cheap for six weeks in the wilderness. We did that same hunt in the same location two consecutive years in the early 70's. We each took Dall Sheep, Grizzly Bear and Caribou and the Wolves.
) and Grizzly but I did not know wolves had a hunting season in Alaska or are they considered varmints? Not a judgment just curious.
