This area of Minnesota has lots of timber and brush that wolves tend to favor because of the cover it provides them.
three miles from the nearest road, in the dark. Let me tell you, it’s hard to mea- sure one’s own foolishness until you’re ¾ of a mile from the truck, deep in wolf infested forest, and dragging a stinking, rotting carcass, with one flashlight and a little 380 pistol. Then it hit me. My partner can run faster than I can! Arriving back at camp we had a good laugh about our adventure. Ap- parently during the week there had been warm weather, as most of the snow was melted. But now everything was well frozen. We fired up the generator and after a quick meal we hit the sack in the 1970s camper trailer that the land owner friend keeps on the property. Morning came early, as usual, and we were both glad to see the generator stayed running through the night for the first time this season. Hence, we stayed warm. After a quick breakfast of dry bagels and Gatorade we were off and running.
Our first stand was down at the
river. No signs of anything eating on the bait pile. We did a stand anyway and came out empty handed, but again hopes were high as there were lots of wolf tracks from the week. We both commented on how beautiful a morning it was, and were glad we were doing nothing else.
Our second stand brought us back
This path bordered by brush and trees is favored by wolves for travel in the area where the author got his wolf.
to the drainage ditches, the second bait site. Again, nothing had touched this site either. We decided to spend some time watching as it had become more and more evident that the wolves were moving more during the day than the night. As we sat, my partner heard a death cry of a rabbit not far away into the woods. We sat tight. Two hours later I began to get cold.
Compare this wolf track to the author's hand and it's easy to see the wolf is a sizeable animal.
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I glanced at my watch and saw it was 11:24. I told myself just 15 more minutes and I’d go for a walk. Just then I caught movement at the far end of the drain- age ditch, about 700 yards away per my rangefinder. I could tell it was a critter. I pulled up the rifle and sure enough it was a wolf, and he was slowly making his way down the ditch to us. I quickly whispered to my hunting partner. We watched as the wolf closed the distance. The lower half of its body and legs were pure snow white with a grey saddle and grey mask on its face. Very cool looking. My heart was pounding almost out of my chest as adrenaline
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