Six Wolves kill 650 pound yearling steer
ENNIS – Jim Nelson nearly had wolves at his doorstep Tuesday morning.
When feeding cattle in a nearby pasture in the Bear Creek area of the Madison Valley, Nelson was surprised to see six gray wolves feeding on a 650-pound yearling steer.
“He was so close that he could have thrown a baseball at them,” said his stepdaughter, Bennie Clark.
Clark said three houses are located within about 200 yards of the kill site.
“The kill was right in the center of all three,” she said.
That marked the fourth confirmed wolf kill in the Madison Valley in less than a week .
“We’re not moneyed people who can just absorb this kind of loss,” said Clark. She and her husband, Gary, owned the yearling that was killed. “This has a huge impact on us ... we’ve told Ed (Bangs) that we have to live here and want to make this work. Now we’re begging for help.”
By PERRY BACKUS
Montana Standard
People I know over near Libby, MT woke up on morning to find 3 wolves on their porch. I have seen tracks while hunting, but not the wolves themselves.