

He called back and was heading to the spot after he finished loading hay. I called 911 to get the local Game Warden, Chris Queen. It’s a grueling sight to see an animal being eaten alive. 44 mag and could have popped him, but knowing the penalty for killing a wolf, I pulled out the camera instead and took a picture of him while he was running away. I charged him with the ATV and he ran to my right and stopped 25 yds.

The wolf on the cow jumped off and stood on the road. The two wolves ran to my right and stopped about 50 yds away. Just beyond the two was another wolf on the hind end of a cow pulling a chunk of flesh from the cow that was still alive. The herd parted and 2 wolves popped out to look at me. I unloaded the ATV and was headed to an area called the “Natural Corral” on Bald Ridge.Ībout ½ mile down the dirt road I came upon a herd of cattle running around in a circle and making all sorts of sounds. Nothing appeared so, thinking that there were probably no elk in this spot, I headed back to the truck. It was just getting light so, I hung out for a while hoping to get a look at the wolves. I was walking into an area I spotted 5 bulls last weekend when wolves started howling, growling and snarling about 300 yds away in the timber below me. I had one heck of an experience this past Friday. The author was apparently in Wyoming where wolves are having a hey day on game animals. What does this have to do with Mule Deer? I’ll let you figure that out. I consider the source reliable and the pictures substantiate the story. I will let my subscription expire and pick up the Wyoming G&F newspaper as it fills that need. While reading about other living creatures and our environment may appeal to yuppies, us hunters have stopped reading. I loved getting that publication decades ago to read about hunting adventures. Wyoming Wildlife is not what it used to be. The black-footed ferret and the Wyoming Toad are just two examples.

They waste thousands if not millions of dollars supporting non-game species. We only wish they would devote more time and money to solving the mule deer dilemma. Wyoming’s G&F makes more money selling deer licenses than any animal. They are the sharpest game animal to hunt. Their intelligence is keen and they travel alone or in pairs. Sure, there are still some trophies but the weather, oil exploration, predators, chronic wasting disease and related factors have seriously impacted mule deer there and all over the West. That was one of the last years for big bucks in that region. Frome hired me on to guide for mule deer in the famous Grey’s River. After a Labor Day antelope hunt with some friends northwest of Rawlins, I drove to Afton, where outfitter L.D. I’m probably going to blow my chances at getting any Wyoming Game & Fish draw licenses, but here goes.Īfter my graduation from the University of Wyoming in 1977, I had six months before I could get into my Army Cavalry Class at Fort Knox, Ky., in January 1978.
