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andym
06/25/2023 03:45PM
 
What a fantastic experience!


Maybe it was thinking, “campers are so interesting. Never thought I’d get so close.”
 
bobbernumber3
06/25/2023 03:40PM
 
Fantastic! Great sighting.
 
scat
06/25/2023 03:43PM
 
Sweet! Watching it swim across the lake must have been cool.
 
iCallitMaize
06/25/2023 04:04PM
 
Such an amazing experience.
 
tumblehome
06/26/2023 07:06AM
 
That's a once in a lifetime experience!!


I saw a wolf on a portage trail last year heading out of Tuscarora Lake. We met each other right on the trail.
Had the same thing happen in Quetico several years ago.


Heard wolves howling in Quetico this year. They are out there.


Tom
 
minnesotashooter
06/26/2023 07:20AM
 
We were on an island site on Gabbro several years ago and had a lone wolf on the opposite shoreline just casually walking around the shoreline. It was awesome. Had wolves howling on Crocodile just two weeks ago.
 
deerfoot
06/26/2023 12:11PM
 
What a great experience - a lifetime memory.
 
ducks
06/26/2023 10:07AM
 
Very cool. Memory of a lifetime.


I saw wolves swimming around in Horseshoe one time a few days after ice out. At first I thought their heads were ducks until I got close enough to see them. They were just swimming around and frolicking in the water. So cool, especially when they got out of the water and they walked the shoreline.
 
IBFLY
06/28/2023 08:32PM
 
What a great experience you had. So fortunate!
You don't get that by staying at home and watching Succession.

 
HowardSprague
06/29/2023 08:22AM
 
Wow, what a cool experience! I've had wolves within 40 yards or so while sitting by the fire grate, but it was dark out and I couldn't see them like you were able to.

 
YetiJedi
06/25/2023 04:59PM
 
Wow! Such a cool experience for you and your daughter to share!
 
SouthernExposure
06/25/2023 01:59PM
 
Last Friday my daughter and I had set up camp on Seagull in preparation for an early departure to EP54 the next morning. About 3:00 pm we were sitting and talking near the lake, enjoying the cool breezes blowing forest fire smoke in from Canada. She suddenly grabs my arm and at first I thought she had seen a beaver right in front of us, or something like that. I turned to see where she was looking and saw right past her that there was a full grown wolf standing right next to our canoe 20 yards away. It appeared to be a female and was wearing the light summer tawny colors. She saw us, turned, walked over to the water's edge, jumped in, swam across to the adjacent shore, climbed the steep bank, stopped and looked back at us and turned disappearing into the brush.



In all of my BWCA travels I have always had 'hearing wolves howling' on my bucket list. I am now crossing that item off of the list for the stunning close encounter that I never imagined would ever happen.

Cheers

SE


 
x2jmorris
06/25/2023 06:17PM
 
That is a super crazy experience. Will be a cool memory forever.
 
HangLoose
06/25/2023 08:01PM
 
You could spend your lifetime in the wilderness and never experience that type of wolf encounter. So special!
 
Frenchy19
06/26/2023 11:54AM
 
Incredible!
 
timatkn
06/25/2023 08:12PM
 
Once in a lifetime experience for sure!