What about "Bob"

[bigredopie]

Checking out a new hunting spot. Here are some of the neighbors.

Bobcat


Timber Wolf


Even some deer

[EJ45]

Great pics!

[j.krug]

Nice pics of some not so nice neighbours. Good looking deer there and he seems to like the camera. I hope he likes your bow just as much. Good luck with your new spot.

[blackjack]

looks like an awesome spot mate. good luck, but from the look of things you wont need it ah

[Louvp]

Nice! Looks like you're starting to compile your hit list. Nice 10ptr,he should be even nicer by next season

[papa bear1]

Are you serious,
WOLVES, in mo. I never knew that, I'll bet you watch your back when you go out before daylight,
Looks like a great hunt in your future, Do you have any mt. lions, or black bears, in your area ? I have heard of bear sighting,s in our area, but have not seen them personaly, our latest thing is armadilo's they are a real pest,
Good luck w/your future hunts,

Dave

[vixenmaster]

Wolves & Bobs, wow! I no have saw any here nor any Bears but have a stinking big cat (Mtn. Lion) here. Looks like yer Buck is waiting on you!

[bugs]

I am not that brave I just learned to deal with the dark as it is. Lots of action though and you wont be bored in that stand

[Ont_Excal]

I am not that brave I just learned to deal with the dark as it is.

[bigredopie]

I have had the wolf pass under a different hunting stand a couple years ago, at least I think it was the same one. It also passed within 5 yds of my brothers ground blind but kept on going. Fortunately both encounters were during gun season so we were well equiped in case it got too frisky.

I was really shocked to see the bobcat pic. My dad used to trap them, along with other cats, beaver, etc when I was small and we lived in Princeton BC. I don't see many this far south and that is the first one I have run into up in the hills. I saw another one last summer in Blytheville AR just pop straight up out of the grass about 20 ft away to go after something. I thought I was seeing things but we had it on security camera crossing the road a week later.

I have heard about cougar and bear sightings but I have yet to see either one outside of the Rockies of AB or BC.

Bet I keep my ruger close at hand from here on out though.

[GaryM]

What makes you think that's a timber wolf and not a coyote? Gary

[Ont_Excal]

What makes you think that's a timber wolf and not a coyote? Gary

I was thinking the same thing.
Looks more like a yote to me.

[bigredopie]

Certainly possible as I don't profess to be an expert in either species, but it seemed to be awfully large for the coyotes I have normally seen in the area.

The first time I had seen wolves in this area a couple years ago I assumed they were coyotes but they had also passed by several other hunters including a retired conservation officer who all seemed to agree that they were wolves rather than coyotes.

Either way they sure scatter the deer as they pass through.

[maple]

There's a lot of interbreeding that goes on between coyotes and wolves. Lots of hybrids.

In eastern Canada 50 years ago, we had a long standing and stable population of what we called "brush wolves", which were very large coyote x wolf hybrids. Recently, the smaller southern coyotes have moved in and are breeding with them to produce everything from big to small coyotes. Now they could be 10% wolf or 90% wolf.