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12/08/2018 10:47AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
 
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12/08/2018 11:11AM  
So, what is in the middle of the white's area that they are avoiding?
 
PaddlinMadeline
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12/08/2018 11:36AM  
That’s really neat. The other day on MPR they had a story about finding the largest Jack Pine in the US while doing this wolf research.
 
thebotanyguy
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12/08/2018 12:26PM  
Unas10: "So, what is in the middle of the white's area that they are avoiding?"


It looks like it might be the intersection of Highway 53 and the Ash River Trail. That is the location of Jim's Ash Trail Store.
 
12/08/2018 12:41PM  
Very interesting. I wonder what percentage of the wolves have collars?
 
12/08/2018 12:55PM  
Fascinating! I'd say the red pack wins for symmetry. I'd love to see what a pack territory map looked like over the BWCA. I'm guessing a lot of our favorite portages are boarders.
 
mjmkjun
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12/08/2018 08:08PM  
How cool! I wonder if the yellow pack have frequent encounters with lots of gnashing of teeth.
 
Stumpy
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12/10/2018 05:00PM  
Keep those family pets nearby !
 
12/10/2018 06:54PM  
Super cool, I’m actually surprised that each packs area is that small, I thought their range was bigger.
 
12/10/2018 08:16PM  
Ragged: "Super cool, I’m actually surprised that each packs area is that small, I thought their range was bigger."


Mn DNR says on average wolf pack range is 54 sq. miles. I think around my area Brainerd,with a little more food and more fragmented ecosystem the ranges is much smaller and a little higher wolf population.
We found a last years wold den recently. Going to see in February if they return this year for pups.
 
12/10/2018 10:02PM  
Super cool.
 
mc2mens
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12/11/2018 08:35AM  
I saw this the other day and thought it was a cool map. Also wondered why the hole in the white wolf map. I suspect you could estimate potential den locations in the areas inundated with color patterns.
 
ellahallely
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12/11/2018 08:48AM  
Unas10: "So, what is in the middle of the white's area that they are avoiding?"

TGO's deer shack????
 
12/11/2018 09:34AM  
ellahallely: "
Unas10: "So, what is in the middle of the white's area that they are avoiding?"

TGO's deer shack????"

Sometimes they have like a no wolf zone between them.
 
THEGrandRapids
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12/14/2018 03:13PM  
And another surprise coming from Voyageurs- article about wolves fishing in the Duluth news tribune. Interesting stuff. Can't get the link to work right now. Maybe someone else can find the article and link it.
 
12/14/2018 05:55PM  
 
Duckman
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12/17/2018 06:40PM  
Awesome stuff
 
12/17/2018 08:40PM  
fadersup: " Wolves fishing. "


That's pretty easy pickins. A lot easier than tangling with a moose.

 
mgraber
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12/18/2018 12:08AM  
That's really neat. Two things struck me about it.One, it;s unbelievable how well they respect each others borders, they must do a really good job of marking their borders and then be willing to respect them. Two, the map looked a lot like the way a map of a continent with the countries shown in different color might look. I wonder if the borders are sort of arbitrary, or if they follow some kind of a natural border like a stream or fence, and what kind of "wolf wars" took place to establish them. Very fascinating.
 
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12/18/2018 12:08AM  
 
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