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Leonard
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posted December 21, 2006 10:29 AM
Visited Albert Pilling for a seven day wolf hunt. Bad weather, wind and two feet of snow kept us out of many areas, three days running, a break in the weather and then more wind and blowing snow. Saw several recent wolf tracks, scat and scent posting; had them return howl twice, but never actually laid eyes on one.
Very unique experience. Thanks, Albert.
Good hunting. LB
[ November 15, 2008, 12:42 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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Brad Norman
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posted December 21, 2006 10:38 AM
Wow Leonard! Looks like a great trip, regardless of the weather. What is that in the last picture? Looks like a buffalo?
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Cdog911
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posted December 21, 2006 10:58 AM
Neat looking place Leonard. The question is... did you own enough clothes to wear up there and stay warm or did Albert loan you a few layers? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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TundraWookie
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posted December 21, 2006 11:03 AM
Leonard,
Great pictures, thanks for sharing them. If you could, can you elaborate on how you went about calling the wolves (sounds used, stands made, time on stand). It's good to see that they have snow. Here in AK, we only have 5 inches on the ground and travel into good territory on snowmobiles isn't happening. Thanks again.
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Leonard
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posted December 21, 2006 11:17 AM
Brad, we were skirting a National Park, or reserve. Yes, that is an escaped bison.
Lance, I had more than enough clothes, but Albert did provide the Mil.surplus snow camo. PS I hope I get them back, Air Canada lost my luggage!
Tundra, Albert thinks that snowmobiles scare the animals and are illegal, in some cases, maybe most? Sounds used, once sign located, WT wolf howls and some distress sounds. Time on stand ranged from twenty minutes, to (approaching) an hour. Way more snow than usual in this particular area and it isn't going away soon. It helped (somewhat) on locating sign from the road, (every day, fresh) but it hampered movement of both vehicles and animals.
Good hunting. LB
edit: once you see a clear wolf track in the snow, you will never mistake dog or coyote for wolf.
[ December 21, 2006, 11:21 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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TundraWookie
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posted December 21, 2006 11:32 AM
Leonard,
The snowmachines definately can put the scare on wolves if it's in an area where they never hear them. In some of the areas that people go to "play" with their snowmachines, wolves are accustomed to it and will stick around (on the edges). Here in Alaska, you can use them to locate, but cannot drive them or shoot from a moving one. The WT Lone Wolf Howl is a really good sound for locating wolves. Glad you had a nice hunt.
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posted December 21, 2006 11:55 AM
Leonard,
Very nice photos, thanks for sharing them.
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Paul Melching
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posted December 21, 2006 02:07 PM
Oh my!
That looks cold , thanks for sharing the pics Leonard.
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posted December 21, 2006 04:12 PM
Looks like you had an awesome trip!
You really know how to make a fellow feel jealous!
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Leonard
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posted December 21, 2006 04:24 PM
Here I am. First trek, I "caught a tip" and had a heck of a time getting squared away!
edit: which means; I fell on my ass and needed help getting up and pointing both shoes in the same direction.
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TundraWookie
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posted December 21, 2006 04:48 PM
Leonard,
That's the pitts when you do an endo on those things. It looks like the snow there is fairly "wet" and you can stay ontop of it pretty good. The snow is so light and fluffy here, that even with snowshoes, you sink down a foot or more, depending on the load. I've talked to a guy who used to hunt wolves from his dogsled. The dogsled is fairly quiet and got him into some really remote areas. Plus, he used some of his dogs howls to locate wolves. Pretty neat idea and apparently it worked for him because he seemed to do alright.
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posted December 21, 2006 04:50 PM
Great pic's Leonard. Glad you had a good time.
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posted December 21, 2006 04:52 PM
Very, very cool, literally and figuratively. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) Leonard, why did you use black and white film on all but one photo?
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Leonard
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posted December 21, 2006 05:03 PM
TW, don't be fooled.
The snow was veriable, some powder and some crusty stuff, wind blown, uneven depth. Almost always breaking through the crust, when present, but most of the time, still sunk 4"-6" and other times, pulled up a lot of powder on top of the shoes, which is very tiring, but not as tiring as without the snowshoes.
In the last pic, I'm on the shoulder of the road, it just "looks" like it's firm, but one more step and you are up to your thighs, without snowshoes. There is a ditch on both sides of almost all roads, but it is blown level so you cannot tell, until that first step.
Good hunting. LB
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TundraWookie
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posted December 21, 2006 05:21 PM
I know exactly what you're talking about Leonard. It burns up some energy trecking across the country on snowshoes. If you ever get a chance, read the book "Alaska Wolf Man", about a federal predator hunter here in Alaska. Great story and makes you really understand how intense the guy (Frank Glaser) was by traveling hundreds of miles on snowshoes. Leonard, how do I post pictures on here? I have a wolf pic I'd like to post if possible.
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Leonard
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posted December 21, 2006 05:36 PM
Just go here:
http://photobucket.com/
and follow the directions.
Then copy the url and just paste it in a HM post.
Good hunting. LB
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posted December 22, 2006 05:33 AM
Leonard, wonderful pictures and I am sure many great memories as well.
Catching a tip can be far more painful than stubbing a toe, but it happens to almost everyone at some point in time.
The coyotes seem to be nice and furry. about the same size and all to the CA coyotes you hunt.
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posted December 22, 2006 12:10 PM
Looks cold is an understatement.. Nice Coyote Leonard..
I assume you killed it ? It doesn't say????? James L.
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Leonard
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posted December 22, 2006 12:47 PM
Oh yes. Perfect fur gun, ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) 22-250 Rem. #1365 55 gr. Sierra. (no exit) He weighed 36 pounds.
How do I know? Albert bought a scale, at the country store, while gassing up, to settle a bet; which I won, BTW.
Good hunting. LB
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posted December 22, 2006 01:15 PM
Silly Albert. I could have warned him.
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posted December 22, 2006 07:55 PM
Leonard,
Good job on the hunting trip. This is my type of hunting day in day out for 5 months a year.
ACC
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Leonard
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posted December 22, 2006 09:20 PM
Just remembered something. NORTHERN LIGHTS
I have heard the term, in the past, paid it very little attention; maybe a sort of glow on the horizon, no big deal, right?
Wrong! Freakin' awesome, under the right conditions! I have never seen anything like it, and it's almost impossible to describe. Certainly not as I had imagined, they are overhead, for one thing, not on the horizon. I have some vague idea about ions or some such, but it is difficult to understand how the effect gets overhead. You just have to see it to believe it.
Good hunting. LB
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posted December 22, 2006 10:41 PM
Yes Leonard they are a great site to see and everyone should see them atleast once in there life time. With the right conditions here we can also see them..
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Cdog911
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posted December 23, 2006 04:22 AM
They said that last week, there was a huge sun spot burst and the radiation wave should produce some awesome auroras, so I bet that's what you saw. That's cool. We see them sometimes this far south as well. A handful of years ago, I posted on here that I was at my truck on my birthday early in the morning waiting to walk into my deer stand and the northern sky started lighting up in shades of green, pink and red. That was a true treat.
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albert
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posted December 23, 2006 05:58 AM
The amount of snow did make getting around difficult. To make matter worse we had two days miserable weather that dumped another foot of snow. All the back roads were impassable before this snow never mind after. There was already record snowfall in the month of November.
On the plus side Leonard is a fantastic guest and great to be around.
I am disappointed that we didn’t get the results that we hoped for, but Leonard is not one to complain. I only hope that Leonard will come back another time when we have more “average” conditions.
Thanks Leonard I really enjoyed the time we spent together.
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