Posted on 10/26/2011 1:32:07 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Story of the Week WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG, BAD WOLF? MamamaMEEE!!
This wolf was shot recently in Drayton Valley , Alberta.which is near Edmonton about 3 hours North of Calgary. The wolf weighed over 230 lbs smashing the previous record of 175 lbs. Wouldn't want to run into this puppy in the woods. Apparently a bear hunter witnessed this wolf chase off a big black bear at his baiting station..
Drayton valley is only about 45 minutes from my place. On my old acreage northwest of Edmonton I used to get a lone wolf showing up time to time. I had a really good look at him a few times and I would easily put him at 150lbs, but this wolf in the picture... wow, that’s a big boy.
Wolves are everywhere again, even in Saskatchewan, a guy was killed by a pack while out for a walk, and the boys who work up north have to worry about the wolves wandering into camp. They lurk about the camp and wait for chances of food to drop, or an unsuspecting person wandering around.
Looks like a photo-shopped image to me.
Some interesting comments here:
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http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/11/27/albertas-record-size-wolf-fact-or-fiction/
I grew up with a 200 lb Mastiff that was smaller than that wolf.
When you right-click on the larger image downthread, the file name suggests it happened in 2009.
Alabama Boy Kills 1,051-Pound Monster Pig, Bigger Than 'Hogzilla"
This is they way it happens in a purely wild state. However, we now have domesticated herds of food walking around for predators to eat when their natural prey goes through the slump cycle. This keeps the predators at an unnaturally high population rate, and they keep killing wild animals and domesticated which makes the herds of wild prey animals stay very small and might actually cause the extinction of some of them over time.
This is the reason that we need predator control over wolves, lions, coyotes and some bears. There was a reason our forefathers killed off most of the predators. Granted we need some predators but don't cry over the death of a lion, there are plenty of them out there, regardless of what the greenies try to tell us, and they need to be kept down to a decent number along with wolves which should never have been introduced into the USA again without a decent hunting season set up to control them.
without predators of some type prey animals will eat themselves out of existence. The Kaibab national forest is a prime example of that happening back in the early days of the 20th century.
To save 100 elk. To save livestock. To save our own pets and (possibly kids) as the get closer and closer to our neighborhoods in Idaho.
If you want a real eye-opener, go to the Save Elk website, and you'll see why Canadian Gray wolves are the serial killers of the animal kingdom. They should never have been brought back to the West, and now that they're here, they need to be tightly controlled, and have their numbers reduced back to what was originally agreed to in the reintroduction plan.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
And since we have hijacked this thread :) I raise your Great White with a Sperm Whale.
That wolf would have taken down even Chuck Norris. My goodness, Al Gore beta watch out for that Alpha Male ...
Only one question, how did he pick up and hold a 230lb wolf like that, dead weight is hard to lift, I’m skeptical on this story and photo frankly.
You owe me a keyboard. Wasn’t expecting that! LOL
Holy Hanna! That wolf musta bred with a big bear!
I'm with you. But then again, perhaps our testosterone--and yours must not be much since I suspect you are a woman--doesn't drive our emotions to a great degree.
How does it feel to know you killed a pup's mother, father, sister or brother?How would it feel if someone murdered your mother, father, sister, brother etc?
It's the same thing. Though wolves cannot produce tears, they can clearly feel for losses in their family.
Source: EcoLocalizer (http://s.tt/12tvO)
Anyone got any Prilosec handy?
Bears as well. The wife and I spent a few days around Calgary in late August. While crossing the Rockies into B.C., we saw four bears by the side of the highway...a mother with two cubs and a while later further down the road what looked like a lone male. Large ones too. We've been to Glacier, Yellowstone, and other American parks known for bears. Never saw any until our trip to Canada.
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