Watford City Wolf

[Obi-Wan]

http://www.timberwolfinformation.org/nd-n-d-hunter-shoots-what-appears-to-be-a-wolf/

Can't find any other info on this it might be fake don't know

 

[Paddledogger]

Co-worker sent me a picture of someone who shot a what appeared to be a wolf, but the lady looks to be in a lot warmer weather than North Dakota. The ground looks a bit too sandy with a little green vegetation. So I'm thinking....story is a rumor or so friggin old!!!
:;:duel

Here's the picture he sent....what does everyone else think!!! True or BS?

 

[SupressYourself]

I know a guy that shot a wolf-like creature (that looked very much like the above picture) in central SD about a year ago. DNA testing showed that it actually wasn't "enough wolf" to be considered a wolf, so the Feds dropped the case and he even got the pelt back, but there could have been charges depending on how big of dicks the Feds wanted to be.
Moral of the story: Bring a shovel with when you're coyote hunting.

 

[Account Deleted]

That it is/was a wolf? Yah, probably. That the hunter felt ‘threatened’? Likely bullshit.

 

[Ericb]

A quick online search shows that is a wolf shot in Idaho in 2013.

But that's truly bad add if she shot that with the revolver!

 

[dust in the wind]

take it for what it's worth -- ol' timmy posted on his facebook page that the pic above Happened in Idaho, not Watford

A link I found says Sept 29th 2011 for the pic above in Idaho.
http://www.huntfishnw.com/index.php?topic=6819.0

 

[KDM]

Darn big critter to be chasin' with a wheel gun.

 

[AR-15]

SSS, after the pictures

 

[Zogman]

That was my Girl Friend. We were on a beach in LOW Ontario. I dumped her when I saw how good she handled that wheel gun. Don't tell the wife.

 

[WormWiggler]

that is actually my cousin Robert, he identifies as Rhonda now. He/she was on a camel expedition around the Antartic circle, had just stepped over the New Jersey line and the wolf appeared demanding Cheetos, It was a no brainer to fire. Lucky shot though, should have just let the camel talk the beast down.

 

[Fracman]

N.D. hunter shoots what appears to be a wolf


By: Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald


The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awaiting genetic results to confirm whether a large canine shot Nov. 24 south of Watford City, N.D., is a gray wolf.


Rich Grosz, an agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bismarck, said results from the testing will determine whether the federal agency conducts an investigation. Gray wolves remain under federal protection in North Dakota west of the Missouri River and U.S. Highway 83.


“If it’s a hybrid or not a wolf, there’s absolutely no investigation,” Grosz said.


According to Stephanie Tucker, furbearer biologist for the state Game and Fish Department, the animal was a young male that weighed 96 pounds. The hunter who killed the animal felt threatened and shot it, she said.


“From the physical characteristics, I would say there’s a good chance it will come back as a purebred wolf,” Tucker said.


If a wolf in North Dakota is shot east of the Missouri River and Highway 83, the Fish and Wildlife Service no longer would investigate. Wolves in the eastern two-thirds of North Dakota are part of the Great Lakes population segment, which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of Michigan, where wolves now are managed by the states.


If the animal is confirmed as a wolf, Tucker said it most likely dispersed from a western state such as Montana or Idaho rather than Minnesota. Wolves have been known to disperse as far as 200 miles, she said, but biologists haven’t documented cross-country treks such as those made by mountain lions.


According to Tucker, the last confirmed sighting of a gray wolf in North Dakota occurred in January 2011, when a coyote hunter mistakenly shot a wolf near Hillsboro, N.D. The Great Lakes wolf population still was under federal protection at that time, but the Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t charge the hunter, Grosz said.


Source

 

[WormWiggler]

wasn't the "wolf" by Hillsboro just a large dog riding in the front seat of a deputy's cruiser?

 

[Coyote Hunter]

N.D. hunter shoots what appears to be a wolf


By: Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald


The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awaiting genetic results to confirm whether a large canine shot Nov. 24 south of Watford City, N.D., is a gray wolf.


Rich Grosz, an agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bismarck, said results from the testing will determine whether the federal agency conducts an investigation. Gray wolves remain under federal protection in North Dakota west of the Missouri River and U.S. Highway 83.


“If it’s a hybrid or not a wolf, there’s absolutely no investigation,” Grosz said.


According to Stephanie Tucker, furbearer biologist for the state Game and Fish Department, the animal was a young male that weighed 96 pounds. The hunter who killed the animal felt threatened and shot it, she said.


“From the physical characteristics, I would say there’s a good chance it will come back as a purebred wolf,” Tucker said.


If a wolf in North Dakota is shot east of the Missouri River and Highway 83, the Fish and Wildlife Service no longer would investigate. Wolves in the eastern two-thirds of North Dakota are part of the Great Lakes population segment, which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of Michigan, where wolves now are managed by the states.


If the animal is confirmed as a wolf, Tucker said it most likely dispersed from a western state such as Montana or Idaho rather than Minnesota. Wolves have been known to disperse as far as 200 miles, she said, but biologists haven’t documented cross-country treks such as those made by mountain lions.


According to Tucker, the last confirmed sighting of a gray wolf in North Dakota occurred in January 2011, when a coyote hunter mistakenly shot a wolf near Hillsboro, N.D. The Great Lakes wolf population still was under federal protection at that time, but the Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t charge the hunter, Grosz said.


Source

This story was from November 30, 2012...

So, the original story is not true.

 

[sweeney]

And that's why the big coyotes get left in the field ;:;popcorn