Wolf tracks!

Wolf prints following our snowmobile tracks. There is a ton of moose sign in these logging blocks - they are likely following them. The pictures are a little dark but the sun was setting and there was little light left in the day.

My hand is close to 7" long from longest fingertip to wrist - this wolf print was over 5" across. There were a variety of foot sizes in the pack. This must be the alpha male!

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The kids and I went with Tim yesterday to set out some marten boxes. We had been up in that area two days before to get a Christmas tree and broke the trail open. In the 48 or so hours that we were away - a pack of wolves went through on our snowmobile tracks! We tried to count the sets of prints and figure there are at least 6. The same 6 or so Tim and Paul figure that took down a moose about 10km up the road and feasted for a few days, rolling around (likely too full to go anywhere!) and bedding down right in the middle of the trail. Still, yet, we have heard no howling. Now that the lake is frozen, maybe they will cross. In speaking with 2 past residents of these cabins, we found that both have seen wolf packs cross the ice, and one has seen a wolf pack take down a caribou on the ice. Sounds violent, I guess, but, that is nature!