Recieved an e-mail from someone at work and thought I'd pass it on. I didn't realize these things were so big. No wonder they can take down a moose. Actual photos? Little guys or big wolves? Photoshop? Those things aren't really that big are they? Holy schmack I say if these photos are real. Everything below this dashed line was in the e-mail, I didn't write it. I can neither confirm nor deny any agreement or disagreement with the e-mails writer. Except that it is poorly written!
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Just a few of the wolves killed this year with the Idaho wolf tag. Wish I could show you a few hundred more pictures. It is just amazing how big they are. Deer, elk, and livestock killing machines. The big question you have to ask yourself is why? These massive wolves are not the native wolf that lived in our area 100 years ago. There was a reason these things where exterminated nationwide. They sure do look cuddly and cute. I wonder if our city dwelling tree hugger society that never has left a city really understands the impact of these killing machines. I wonder if a Trantasaurus-Rex (sp?) was somewhere to be had that they would want to put them back in the wild.


p.s. it’s just a matter of time before one of our granola loving green peace hikers goes out on a hike and runs into a pack of these killers and becomes part of the food chain. If you are going into the Blues, Cascades, or up above Spokane hiking, game scouting, mushroom hunting, or something else you better start carrying a side arm. Can you even imagine being out by yourself and having 8 to 12 of these monsters surround you! Think about what kind of appetite a dozen of these must have and remember they are the only predator in our nation that kills for fun along with for food. The amount of animals they take are just a partial portion of what they need to eat. When elk are calving they will kill the calves just for fun after they have had all they can eat and leave the rest to rot.

Looks more like the fictional Dire wolves on HBOs Game of THrones :)

A very big wolf would weigh 150# (the largest ever recorded I believe was 175# in Alaska and a different species than we have in the lower 48) either those photos are fakes or it is an optical illusion due to the wolf being closer to the camera lens.

The first wolf pic has been claimed to have been killed in Alaska, Minnesota, Alberta, BC, and now Idaho. That also makes me doubt their authenticity. Sort of like that big northern picture everyone got a few years ago that everyone said their uncle caught :) that was really caught in Denmark.

I just cannot remember the last time I got one of these email chain letters that any of them had any truth in them? SO I just don't believe any of them anymore then I knwo I will be right 99.99% of the time :)

Either way cool pics to see. Thanks for sharing them.

T

it's like when you take a pic of a fish you caught, hold it in front of you to make it look bigger.

It's legal to shoot feral cats, and dogs that are chasing animals in MN, and a wolf is a dog right? So I suppose it is only a matter of time before farmers will be legally shooting wolves and no longer get reimbursed for animals lost to them.

These are said to be photo-shopped pics from some Idaho Fish & Game employees.

I don't know if IDF&G part is correct, but I deal with wolves for a living, and the biggest wolf I've ever seen in person was about 125 pounds. It had been shot and dumped near Warroad. It's head was nearly as big as the heads of those in the photos, but the body was much smaller, though still proportional. It was in no way emaciated or starving.

If these photos were real, these people would definitely need help to hold the animals up, in my opinion. As thick as they are (even without the fur), I think we'd be talking about wolves on the far side of 200 lbs. Unless they ARE real and the people holding them are midgets...

I figure the photos are either chopped or the wolves are full of winter fur and are fattened up for winter and the guys are small.
Most likely they are not real but they sure do look real. I thought they were kind of neat.