I had a goal to take a wolf this year and have been hitting it pretty hard. I work rotating shifts so when i work grave yards i can get out most mornings to take a peek around. I have had a few encounters, calling them in close but couldnt see them, just here them yelling at me in that 80-100 yard range. My friend DJ and i were going to go tuesday morning but i had a dentist appointment. So we are going wednesday instead. Well i get up tuesday morning with the wife and kid and its snowing. I said sure wish i could go today, wifes says go dentist called and canceled! Holy Smokes!!! so i take off looking for tracks, more or less to get a current location on a pack or two for wednesday. I come around the corner and there is a big old Grizz standing in the road. I drive up to were he was hop out to take a pic of its tracks and he is standing abouts 30 yards off the road looking at me! (only had camera phone)
. So back to looking for wolf tracks, I turn up a old road off the main road, same place my son and father n law had a wolf incounter on the 2nd day of season. There they are!!! (wolf tracks) its snowing and there isnt a flake of snow in them.I follow the tracks up this really crappy old road in my pickup for about a half mile. They finally left the road heading east. I park my truck and start following the tracks, i get about 150 yards off the road and there kind of a opening in the timber. I cup my hands and howl like i am so kind of idiot! LOL one wolf howls bad! I sit down in a rock pile and start rabbit squealing like crazy, ravens come in like right now and start circling me? I am thinking thats kinda weird? I catch a little movement down wind of me, i look over my shoulder and here stands a wolf at 11 yards! Crap he is down wind and is smelling my tracks were i came in. Only thing i can do is try a left handed shot. I slowly shoulder my rifle and start turning the buisness end of the Tika 25-06 just as i get my crosshairs on his heart he looks up. I touched it off and down he went, i didnt have a good grip on the rifle and i scoped myself! LOL oh well ill take a couple black eyes for a wolf! lol the rest of the pack had me surounded and were howling and barking at me. i could see flashes of the others. I drug my wolf out to my tuck and loaded it up and they were still roaring when i left. I am kinda sad that i didnt get any pics of me and the wolf and i am very sad my friend DJ wasnt with for the incounter.
. So back to looking for wolf tracks, I turn up a old road off the main road, same place my son and father n law had a wolf incounter on the 2nd day of season. There they are!!! (wolf tracks) its snowing and there isnt a flake of snow in them.I follow the tracks up this really crappy old road in my pickup for about a half mile. They finally left the road heading east. I park my truck and start following the tracks, i get about 150 yards off the road and there kind of a opening in the timber. I cup my hands and howl like i am so kind of idiot! LOL one wolf howls bad! I sit down in a rock pile and start rabbit squealing like crazy, ravens come in like right now and start circling me? I am thinking thats kinda weird? I catch a little movement down wind of me, i look over my shoulder and here stands a wolf at 11 yards! Crap he is down wind and is smelling my tracks were i came in. Only thing i can do is try a left handed shot. I slowly shoulder my rifle and start turning the buisness end of the Tika 25-06 just as i get my crosshairs on his heart he looks up. I touched it off and down he went, i didnt have a good grip on the rifle and i scoped myself! LOL oh well ill take a couple black eyes for a wolf! lol the rest of the pack had me surounded and were howling and barking at me. i could see flashes of the others. I drug my wolf out to my tuck and loaded it up and they were still roaring when i left. I am kinda sad that i didnt get any pics of me and the wolf and i am very sad my friend DJ wasnt with for the incounter.
