We have too many wolves here along the Upper Yukon in Ak. I took a ride down the road outta our rural community and saw 2 then another one about 5 miles away from the first two. Couldn't get a shot at any of them. The second one was walkin up the road when it saw the truck, was like a blur, off road in the woods outta sight in like half a second. We do get some come fall when the caribou come through as the wolves and grizz tend to follow the migrating caribou. ONe spot we have gotten a few, a pull off along the road. I throw some bait out along the road maybe 100 yards from where I'm parked. Then I sit on a box in trk bed leaning over the cab. Wolves stroll down the road every night about 8 pm, they stay in area cause the caribou cross there. WE have gotten a few right there, as they stop when they smell the rotten fish & meat and we get a shot off. You can run them down with snowmachines in deep new snow in the right places like on an open lake and cut them off if they try and get to cover. They actually tire out quick and will slow down and when you hit them, they will actually try grabbing front cowling of snowmachine. Most times they are stunned when you dust them and then we shoot them with AR's. Everybody around here is trying to get the wolf numbers down as they are wiping the moose and young caribou calves out. Most effective and practical way is with heli-control, but even then they wise up quick and stay in the trees. Palin was the only governor I;ve seen up here with enough guts to challenge the wolf luvers and kill some wolves with arial control.
My neighbor had to run out in his driveway and shoot a wolf that had his springer spaniel by the neck. wolf wouldn't let go even when my neigbor was 5 foot from wolf, neighbor sprayed blood all over the snow. We have had wolves get into our garbage cans early winter at 3 am. Also every couple years have young pups walk up our lane after they've been kicked out by their mum. Those young wolves are scared, hungry, and don't know what to do but eventually, they pack up or die. Those young wolves aactually hang around people picking off all the cats & dogs and local rabbits they can. My son would call them in early september at school bus stop with mouth squealer. Wolf would stay in woods on other side of road and look the kids over, scared to try anything.
We like having wolves around, just not too many of them and if they stay across the river.