Timber wolf

[Indi]

Hi everybody,
I am from Portugal.
I would like to go hunt specifically for wolf in 25.
i wonder if you could tell me your ideas where to go and if early or later in the season to have the best chance.
Much appreciated.

 

[WAB]

Alaska. Probably the North Slope. @Tundra Tiger likely has some ideas. I’ve shot a number of them but they were all incidental to other hunts.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

I have not yet managed one @WAB . Some day...

@Indi ... I am sure others will have ideas. I am sure there are many options in AK and Canada. We do have one local guide who guides in the spring off snowmachines for wolves, wolverines, and brown bear. I have never hunted with him, but he seems to have a lot of success and he seems like a nice guy - I know him enough to talk hunting at the post office. I can message you contact info via PM if you want. Again, there are likely a lot of options.

 

[Firebird]

Idaho-multiple seasons avaialble so you can piggy back with other species. (Have other tags with you, just in case) I like winter when they follow prey species out of the wilderness-but mostly prime pelts.
Mile High outfitters but I’m sure there are others available.

 

[Green Chile]

I've researched this some and have seen the majority of wolf specific hunts being offered in Canada. They can be taken incidentally in many places.

 

[MS 9x56]

Saw my first wolf in Minnesota while on a Moose hunt. Made the hair on my neck stand up when I notice him looking down upon me from 30 yards away atop a rock pile. Loved listening to them as we sat around the camp fires in the evening. They were protected then UT I believe there is an open season now. Never had an inclination to kill one.

 

[Wade J VanGinkel]

I got mine in Ontario Canada, but if I wasn't worried about the cost Alberta has a really good outfit. Wolf hunting adventures. They got 28 this year.
Minnesota, michigan, and wisconsin currently do not have a season.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Please come to Alberta and relieve us of a few. There are plenty of Outfitters that will be happy to assist.

We even gave some to Montana so they could enjoy them.

 

[Brod]

I was actually talking to an outfitter last night about this at a show. His hunts are over bait in Alberta during Jan/Feb, only books 2 hunters at a time, and claims 80% success on opportunity. PM me if you want his contact information.

 

[HankBuck]

Hi everybody,
I am from Portugal.
I would like to go hunt specifically for wolf in 25.
i wonder if you could tell me your ideas where to go and if early or later in the season to have the best chance.
Much appreciated.

Indi: Wolf Hunts - even Guided - seem to have a Low success rate. Whatever Guide/Outfitter you select you may want to ask these 3 Questions:
1). How many Wolf Hunters did you take each of the last 3 Years?
2). Of those “Wolf Hunters” - How many Killed a Wolf?
3). Names of 4 Hunters in the past 3 years as references (2 that killed, 2 that failed),
You should be able to get very straight answers to these questions and that will give you a good idea “what to expect”. Some answers that always make me concerned are When a Guide stresses: How many Hunters had an “opportunity” or how many “missed” - because the word “opportunity” could be “a glimpse of a Wolf” or one “running at 300-400 yrds away”. Also, ”misses” carry the same vague definition: 200 yrds ‘Standing’ or 400 yards ‘running’…?
It’s never gonna be a sure thing and weather also plays a big factor but these are questions that I ask to “narrow it down”

 

[Indi]

Thanks guys for your inputs.
I am really considering Alberta , could you give me some names you consider please?
Cheers