The wolves need to eat too! 2025.

[oneeye]

I see this every winter on my logging jobs here in MN. It's amazing how much venison they can clean up in one night's time! There is nothing left except the stomach contents, some hide patches and a blood stain.

[Tex_Cattleman]

Nature in action. Amazing.

[Landrover]

Yep, its what they do dang well.

[dustoffer]

And even more amazing how 15=20 hog carcasses can go away in 24 hours with buzzards, coyotes, caracaras and other hogs.

[Killer]

Wow I bet they can reck heck with the population there.

[32drawlength]

I grew up in Minnesota & hunted the northern woods with my dad a few times.
Each trip we would run into a wolf kill site exactly like your picture & it would sent chills up my spine knowing that they were in the area

[IowaHunter]

Wow! It looks like the deer found a claymore.

[Big pig]

thanks for sharing.

How have they affected the herd numbers in general ?
My gut feeling is a small healthier herd

[oneeye]

Our deer numbers are pretty low right now, but on the rebound due to 2 easy winters. A lot of people blame the wolves for it, but the biggest factor in mortality is our harsh winters. 2 and 3 winters back, we had snow depths of 3.5' from November into March. That alone kills alot of deer and also makes it easier for the wolves to kill them. To me, it's just Mother Nature at work.

[Zmaxhunter]

Kansas
1860ish
Of an evening, 2 Buffalo were killed, their carcasses tainted with strychnine. That night, the wolves feasted. The next morning, 72 wolves would be gathered. Once skinned, salted, and the wagon fully loaded, it was a 2 week 190 mile trip to Fort Leavenworth. Sell the hides/pelts, resupply and a 2 week trip back to what would be Ottawa county Ks.

Buffalo used to number about 50 million head, they are gone.. the wolves need to be gone along with them.

[oneeye]

Kansas
1860ish
Of an evening, 2 Buffalo were killed, their carcasses tainted with strychnine. That night, the wolves feasted. The next morning, 72 wolves would be gathered. Once skinned, salted, and the wagon fully loaded, it was a 2 week 190 mile trip to Fort Leavenworth. Sell the hides/pelts, resupply and a 2 week trip back to what would be Ottawa county Ks.

Buffalo used to number about 50 million head, they are gone.. the wolves need to be gone along with them.

I disagree. Managed, but not exterminated.

[ElkTipper]

The voyageur wolf project is pretty dang cool to follow if you arent already.
Dang cool footage with camera collars.

[Leverhunter]

Kansas
1860ish
Of an evening, 2 Buffalo were killed, their carcasses tainted with strychnine. That night, the wolves feasted. The next morning, 72 wolves would be gathered. Once skinned, salted, and the wagon fully loaded, it was a 2 week 190 mile trip to Fort Leavenworth. Sell the hides/pelts, resupply and a 2 week trip back to what would be Ottawa county Ks.

Buffalo used to number about 50 million head, they are gone.. the wolves need to be gone along with them.

They tried that once in a national park and it was a big fail. As soon as the wolves were gone the deer and elk herd grew too big. That caused over grazing, with little to no vegetation there was nothing to prevent erosion from water runoff. The erosion caused a river to change course and create other issues. They re-introduced wolves, got the deer and elk population back to normal number and everything went back to normal.