Pictures of a wolf kill site.

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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I was tracking a pack of four wolves over spring break for 7 or 8 days. They saw me, but I never saw them. While following their tracks I found the remains of a bull moose.

There seems to be a bite mark on the lower jaw that split the bone. That's power, not to mention the fact that it was chewed in half. That's a lot of meat for four dogs. By my estimation, if that was say a 30" bull they'd get around 500 lbs of meat off that guy. There were beds right near the kill so I wonder if they just ate and slept until it was gone?

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I watched this site for several days, tried calling, and they were around but didn't come back to it. On the last day out I followed them to what was left of a caribou which might explain why they didn't bother with the moose bones. There was nothing to take a picture of though, it looked like someone drove over the caribou with a brush cutter. All that was left was bone fragments, hair and the hooves. I'll totally be keeping an eye on these sites once the bears come out.

Mike
 
Mike-

Those are some neat photos, but I think the experience of knowing they weren't far away would be a huge rush. The only difficulty I am having with the story is that you said it was during your spring break. But then again, you aren't exactly in sunny Florida.

Thanks for sharing those.
 
The bears will come get those leg bones and the skull if not cracked open. Depending on your regulations can you lay out a scent trail to the sites? Some guys up here for black bear bait sites do the trick of the every widening circle of sticky goo like molases. As critters walk through it they spread the scent around further to draw other bears into the bait barrel.

There already are reports of large bear tracks in the snow near a hiking trail in East Anchorage. Its about right as the dripping snow has been in full swing for two weeks now. That dripping water always seems to wake them up.
 
Ray,

We're not allowed to bait bears, but a natural kill site doesn't count as a bait as far as I know. Both kills were right along the lakeshore so if I can get a boat in that would be a nice setup. I could troll for Lakers and glass the pile. With the low water at ice out many launches are unusable.

I think bear season opens here on April 15th, but I've never seen one that early. We're just getting started on the melt here. Typically things won't be getting green until the end of May.

Are you looking for a bear this spring?
 
Ray,

Are you looking for a bear this spring?
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I will be in and out of town early this spring, but I plan on putting in some effort on black bear spot and stalk in May or June. I might get an opportunity during a field project in April down in Southeast, but handling the meat could be dicy due to lack of freezer space in the man camp. I'll take my tags and my .44 no matter what though. Best bear deterent on the planet is to have a bear tag in your pocket.
 
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