A problem I'm glad we don't have in Indiana

[phylodog]

I like wolves. They're beautiful, fascinating and impressive predators and I believe they play an integral role in the ecosystems where there is space for them to exist naturally. I'm also glad Indiana is not one of those places.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Not yet.

 

[Cavman]

They're definitely making way more south. Ny brother in law and sister live in South western Wisconsin in the farm country. He got a picture of a wolf and bear this year

 

[Bleachey]

Wow. I have had yotes talking close by on the way to my deer stand in the morning, and while I wouldn't say I was scared, it definitely makes you be very alert. Can't imagine wolves. Pretty sure I can hold my own against coyotes, but a pack of wolves might be a little different.

 

[phylodog]

We had one evening out in Fountain Co several years ago where there were so many fired up that I don't think I would have gotten out of the stand if we'd been in the middle of all of the packs screaming. I've never heard anything like it and that's the only time I've ever been concerned about coyotes.

 

[bwframe]

My old fishing buddy recounts when they tried to introduce elk into the Brown County State Park in the 50s.

Said it was pretty neat for a year or two, until the elk figured out there were fields of crops surrounding the park for them to decimate.

The elk strangely disappeared.

 

[model1994]

wolves, bears, elk, woodland bison, various small game & birds… I wish we had them all still. But with like 97% private land (primarily industry and agriculture, too) I can’t see many species we don’t want lasting long here

 

[Bleachey]

wolves, bears, elk, woodland bison, various small game & birds… I wish we had them all still. But with like 97% private land (primarily industry and agriculture, too) I can’t see many species we don’t want lasting long here

Quail are slowly making a comeback in Southern Indiana. Yotes are getting bad, and I have actually seen bobcats fairly close to houses when it used to only be a deep woods.

 

[Mgderf]

We have dozens of wolves in Tippecanoe county, but they're all penned up.

 

[Leo]

We have dozens of wolves in Tippecanoe county, but they're all penned up.

Are you talking about the wolf sanctuary by Brookston?

 

[eric001]

I heard a pack of yotes in Greene-Sullivan a couple of years ago that made me wish I'd been carrying extra mags... Must have been 30 to 40 of them judging by the number of voices, and they covered about 180 degrees of the area. They were only a couple ridges over from me, and I was seriously wondering what would happen if they came my way. I was...concerned.

If that had been actual wolves, I would more than likely have been scared ****-less.

 

[OutdoorDad]

There are more Coyotes inside the city limits of Indianapolis than most can comprehend.

Don't need wolves.

Not sayin.

Just sayin.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I heard a pack of yotes in Greene-Sullivan a couple of years ago that made me wish I'd been carrying extra mags... Must have been 30 to 40 of them judging by the number of voices, and they covered about 180 degrees of the area. They were only a couple ridges over from me, and I was seriously wondering what would happen if they came my way. I was...concerned.

If that had been actual wolves, I would more than likely have been scared ****-less.

When we would camp down at Monroe (not in a campground), I used to hear a bunch of them when I would be out "doing my business" in the woods at night. That's a little... disconcerting! They would always sound like they were just one ridge over. I was always armed but still...

 

[Mgderf]

Are you talking about the wolf sanctuary by Brookston?

Yes, it's called Wolf Park, and it's a nice little attraction.
Actually between Brookston and Battleground.
They hold "howl nights" and other obsevation/conservation events throughout the year.
Kids love it.

 

[littletommy]

We were watching a show on tv a couple weeks ago that had quite a few scenes involving wolves. There was a fairly long scene where the wolves were howling. Our shepherd was laying on the couch sound asleep, but perked up when the howling started, then HE started howling! Our other two dogs got up and went in the other room.

 

[JTKelly]

SSS, especially S

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I used to hunt a woods that wasn't far from a small private zoo. It was pretty strange to be sitting in my tree stand in the Indiana woods, and hear their big male lion roaring in the distance.

 

[duanewade]

We have our fair share of coyotes around our farm and wolves would give me the willies. Just another reason to carry everywhere even around the home. Anytime I go back to the woods or into the prairie grass field I've got at least my EDC and a spare mag on my body. A lot of the time when I'm cutting wood my EDC is on me I have my .44 lever gun or my AR in the vmcab of the truck.

 

[BigRed]

Some years ago, I got a deer down in the back of a field and needed help from a neighbor to get it out.

Unfortunately, the neighbor was an hour and a half away. So, I decided to stretch out near the deer and enjoy the night sky.

I heard something running around in the woods... finally got a light on them....big pack of yotes.

I was a bit surprised they were that close and not howling, but I didn't ponder the matter long. Decided to wait up in the stand instead.

 

[OutdoorDad]

SSS, especially S

I'm thinking S would be better