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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 475126" data-attributes="member: 412">3 of us hunted Caribou on the N Slope of AK in 2011.&nbsp; We'd been hunting several days an hadn't seen a predator bigger than a big fluffy Red Fox that hung around camp.&nbsp; About midnight one night the unmistakable howl of wolves woke me up.&nbsp; The following morning was very foggy and while watching the coffee perk, sure enough, there's a wolf just sitting on the bank of the river.&nbsp; I carefully took a couple steps to nab my rifle, Binos, and sticks out of the tent.&nbsp; I can't get a range, the fog is too thick.&nbsp; That fact should've been a giant, glaring, stop thinking so hard, he CAN'T be that far moment, but it wasn't.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite15" alt=":cry:" title="Crying&nbsp; &nbsp; :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /> The wolf was sitting down just looking and smelling.&nbsp; It was on a small point that stuck out into the river and I was 100% certain it was the same point I had ranged a day before @ 300yds, there was too much fog for the LRF, it ranged &quot;everything&quot; @ 65ish yds.&nbsp; Someone not quite so &quot;excited&quot; about killing that wolf (season was open and I had 2 tags) would've taken a second to &quot;think&quot; about the upcoming &quot;300yd shot&quot;.&nbsp; You couldn't see 300yds in any direction.&nbsp; Alas, I leveled the horizontal cross-hair on top of the head, between the ears, and sent a bullet over the wolf's head.&nbsp; 14yrs later, that one still stings, a lot.I'd seen wolves in the wild before that.&nbsp; I've seen them since.&nbsp; But that day on the foggy river is the only time I've put one in the rifle scope as it's the only time it was legal to do so.Maybe someday........</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 475126, member: 412"] 3 of us hunted Caribou on the N Slope of AK in 2011. We'd been hunting several days an hadn't seen a predator bigger than a big fluffy Red Fox that hung around camp. About midnight one night the unmistakable howl of wolves woke me up. The following morning was very foggy and while watching the coffee perk, sure enough, there's a wolf just sitting on the bank of the river. I carefully took a couple steps to nab my rifle, Binos, and sticks out of the tent. I can't get a range, the fog is too thick. That fact should've been a giant, glaring, stop thinking so hard, he CAN'T be that far moment, but it wasn't. :cry: The wolf was sitting down just looking and smelling. It was on a small point that stuck out into the river and I was 100% certain it was the same point I had ranged a day before @ 300yds, there was too much fog for the LRF, it ranged "everything" @ 65ish yds. Someone not quite so "excited" about killing that wolf (season was open and I had 2 tags) would've taken a second to "think" about the upcoming "300yd shot". You couldn't see 300yds in any direction. Alas, I leveled the horizontal cross-hair on top of the head, between the ears, and sent a bullet over the wolf's head. 14yrs later, that one still stings, a lot. I'd seen wolves in the wild before that. I've seen them since. But that day on the foggy river is the only time I've put one in the rifle scope as it's the only time it was legal to do so. Maybe someday........ [/QUOTE]

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