Posted on 11/23/2015 3:55:05 PM PST by marktwain
Wolf attacks are extremely rare, less common than mountain lion or bear attacks in North America. It is not hard to understand skepticism about a hunter’s account of a wolf attack where he used a .380 pistol to successfully defend himself, in central Wisconsin. The pistol used was a Walther PK.
The Department of Natural Resources investigated. They believed the account, but did not list it as a wolf attack, because there was no injury to the defending human.
The first wolf came in from the right, mouth open, fangs ready to rip into Nellesen's leg. A swift kick from the man's boot landed square on the wolf's face and deflected the bite.
"That first wolf missed my leg by 8-10 inches," he said.
The other two wolves weren’t far behind. As the next wolf leapt toward Nellessen, the man jumped back and was able to fire a single round into the animal. Nellessen was unsure of the lethality of the hit, but two wolves immediately retreated for the bush at the sound of the gunshot and the third limped away "like a gut-shot deer," said Nellessen.
Another account from the same area lends credibility to Nellesen’s story. A father and son were in the area for a youth deer hunt on October 10th, a little more than two weeks after the first incident.
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You are full of crap.
A little old, hadn't noticed this, but posting since there was a long discussion of the first incident. Wisconsin Deer Hunter Fends off Wolves with Walther PK .380
Another wolf attack in WI.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Lock and load. LOL!
Wolves are highly over-rated.
Wolf attack? Just can’t be true as federal judge Barb Crabb said Wisconsin wolves are big puppies and need endangered status to be left alone by nasty mean hunters.
Thanks for the ping. I saw a wolf a couple miles from my farm last winter. I was driving, saw him cross the road. I pulled over to observe him as he trotted across the field.
2 years ago a huge top weight coyote was 200 feet from my kitchen window where I was doing dishes. I saw this huge furry thing, looked like a big dog with long legs and huge ear to head ratio. That ratio is how I identified it as a large coyote and not a small wolf. I went to the DNR site for that info. He was very large and it was unsettling. I took my gun with me outside for a while after that. I was worried he’d harass the horses. My husband had seen him a week before, but I didn’t “get it” until I saw for myself how big this thing was.
(End of coyote-wolf rant)
Maybe that is what I saw here, a wolf-coyote hybrid. It was huge. (I have a previous post about my sightings)
Dear Gov. Walker. please kill the DNR.
Takes DNA to tell what it is. IMO, in a great many cased a mutt. Since eastern wolves are coyote-wolf mutts, maybe a double mutt. Which makes enforcement of regulations, wolf federally protected, coyote, shoot anytime, interesting.
The weird thing about that big “thing” I saw, was it was a beautiful red-blonde color and a long coat too. It was fall when I saw it. Probably had a thicker winter coat. It almost looked like a very big reddish blonde colored big Golden Retriever but had longer legs. This thing was huge. I have Dobermans and I estimated the creature I saw to be as tall as my Dobermans, but it looked beefier due to the long thick coat. My dogs weigh around 100 pounds. This thing’s fur made it look heavier than it was, I estimate at around 70 pounds.
I think you are right, that I saw a hybrid. The color was within coyote colors and the huge ears were, but the size of the body was too big for just a coyote. Left a big impression on me, obviously. I’d never seen anything like it before.
Just a piece of advice there Lucien; wolves are NOT just a jumped up, supercharged, domesticated dog.
My medium sized dogs go from 90 to 115 pounds, my big dogs go from 100 to 143 pounds, but they PROBABLY won’t eat me if I break my leg out in the field.
Take it from a very old, but still alive varmint hunter; NEVER TRUST A WILD CARNIVOROUS, OMNIVOROUS, or HERBIVOROUS ANIMAL, whether you raised it from a pup, piglet, or calf.
The rules of NATURE CANNOT BE CHANGED by the rules of NURTURE.
Wouldn’t call it an accident; predators just do what comes natural, IF IT RUNS, IT’S FOOD.
Or as my son would say, “ONLY FOOD RUNS”.
Recently, Another large wolf in Adams County. If familiar with the area it was around the intersection of Highway 82 and Highway 13. This is only about 2 miles from my home. The Dells are 15 minutes to the south, Friendship is 15 minutes to the north, Mauston is 15 minutes to the west and Oxford (US39) is 15 minutes to the east. A land owner had traps set for coyote. Huge wolf got his paw caught. He is a member of local government and did release the wolf. Wolf appeared uninjured from the video. Many landowners would just use the SSS method.....shoot shovel and shut-up.
Screw you. You don’t know me. If you did, you’d know it to be true.
Thanks for your advice. I did consider him a much different beast than any dog I had owned or known. Clearly, he was not a “jumped up supercharged domesticated dog”. I don’t have your knowledge and have been told by others that I was lucky, or it was just a matter of time and circumstances before he turned Appreciate you taking the time to warn me.
Just remember; without a strong hand (doesn’t mean you can’t be loving and kind, everybody in my pack is daddy’s baby) any Alpha type personality in a canine pack will try for dominance.
All canines have a genetic imperative for an Alpha male and an Alpha female (the male may be subordinate to the female, but always second in the chain of command); in my pack I am the Alpha male and my wife is without any doubt, the Alpha female.
Dogs will fight for pack dominance; usually without killing, wolves will kill if they sense any weakness.
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