Posted on 08/02/2007 8:51:10 AM PDT by george76
I can’t imagine people going into the wild like this guy did and not taking a firearm for protection. The odds of ever having to use it are very small but don’t try to convince this guy of that.
Do you know if it’s legal in Canada to carry a firearm in the wild? I know we can’t take them into Canada when traveling.
Predatory wolf? Are there vegetarian wolves?
;’) Thanks G76.
I believe that Americans can carry hunting rifles in Canada. There are lots of paper work. But illegal for hand guns ?
Only having a small knife against a brown bear ( not just a wolf ) would not be best.
The odds maybe small, but it would be handy on a long trip by yourself in a sea kayak to have some deadly force ? Nasties in the ocean with big teeth too.
When I lived in Canada, I had hunting rifles and shotguns. Don’t know what the regs were to carry them, but in the more remote areas (i.e. deep bear country) I imagine they’re a bit relaxed. Never owned a handgun there.
In Alaska, I have a 12ga w/slugs (Brenekke’s & sabots) when fishing. Thinking about a .44 or a .454 for when I kayak here.
Thanks.
This guy may have brought a recorder to document his demise ?
But no weapon.
Let's take a trip down memory lane - anyone else recall the insistent bleating on the part of the ecochondriacs that "There's never been a recorded attack on a human by a wolf in the North American continent, ever"? This guy may have some, ah, "input" on that issue.
Thanks for posting this. I don’t subscribe to the idiot notion that nature is a warm, fuzzy place resembling the Garden of Eden, but I’ve always read that the only documented attack by a wolf against a human being in North America was some guy in Manitoba in the 1940s riding a handcar along a railway line who was set upon by a rabid wolf, which hung on for a half hour before the guy got rid of it. (Yes, yes, I know that I could have looked this up on the Internet, but I think the facts are somewhat correct.) Nevertheless, here are two instances of wolf attacks in this article. Interesting stuff. Around here (about 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle), we always head into the forest and mountains armed, and we respect the land and wildlife. Thanks for posting this - I wonder if the info I was given about that lone wolf attack was true until the recent past, or whether it was just bad info.
A good resource for wolf attacks and scary encouters can be found here:
http://www.wc.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/techpubs/research_pdfs/techb13p3.pdf
That wolf attack I remember is from Poulin, Ontario, from 1942, and did include a handcar on the railroad with the man fighting off the wolf for 25 minutes with a handaxe. (Case 50 in the above report). I also ran across some other sources that insist that this is the only wolf attack in North America, but the report above has many, many other instances of wolf attacks and encounters. Thanks again for posting this article and improving my understanding of things.
> This guy is a maroon if his only weapon is a knife with a 4” blade.
No, he’s a Canadian. Any blade much bigger than that is likely to get you into trouble.
The starving wolf was on an island and being old could not eak out an exixtance from normal prey
Let's not be hasty and cast asparagus on the wolf, now. ;) The wolf WAS hungry after all, so could we really call this an "attack?" Maybe he was just fixin' to have a little snack to tide him over.
Heeyyyyy...roast brisket of wolf with a side of ‘sperrygrass. I’m thinking a nice young Beaujolais to clear the palate. Yum!
> Let’s take a trip down memory lane - anyone else recall the insistent bleating on the part of the ecochondriacs that “There’s never been a recorded attack on a human by a wolf in the North American continent, ever”? This guy may have some, ah, “input” on that issue.
Wolves are large dogs, and large dogs sometimes attack humans. No surprises there. They also have a very sophisticated social structure with unwritten yet well understood rules — amongst other wolves. They are beautiful animals, extremely intelligent and not necessarily a threat to humans. Like humans, they use Strategy and teamwork when they hunt.
I have seen wolves a few times, when I lived in Canada. They never ceased to amaze and fascinate me. They tended to mind their own business and keep their distance. That said, I would never contemplate going up and petting one, either...
When you are out in the bush, you are either a guest or an intruder in their world: and they get to decide which of the two it is. Same deal with bears and cougars and wolverines. So be polite, but best go armed anyrate.
Like all large dogs, wolves should be treated with Respect and commonsense. As should all animals, wild or domestic.
I don't know if it has changed lately, but several years ago I went on a camping trip way up north into BC, off the alcan highway.
At the border crossing, the Canadian customs guy took a look at my truck and gear and the boat on the back... just asked "how many guns and of what kind do you have?" I told him we had a couple of rifles and a shotgun. No handguns (I'd studied the customs rules ahead of time). After that it was just checking to make sure we only brought two cartons of American smokes and two cases of American beer per person... and he wished us well and off we went.
The funny part was that he merely asked "how many", not "do you have any" guns. Apparently it was obvious from out appearance.
Thanks...I must have been mistaken thinking a good friend tried to take a rifle in instead of a handgun, this has been fifteen or so years ago.
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