Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Good day for a hike with my oldest son up behind my house a few days ago👍

I took the pressure washer to this one. Winter killed dead head wild bull.


Matched set 380” bull. He took these to the antler rendezvous in Alpine Wyoming and turned down $1500.00 for them🤦‍♂️


Found a few others too. $1000.00 day at $19.00/pound not counting the two keepers.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Wow CH, those are phenomenal finds. I’d say your shed hunting was a worthy trade for a missed day of fishing! Would that first one be considered a non-typical ?

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Shed hunting is always a great way to spend the day! Some great finds, for sure, congrats! Too bad about losing that great bull to Winterkill.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Yes he is. Crazy points going everywhere and more than 6 points on a side. The eye guard was, obviously, manipulated when it was growing to bend down like that. My son took it home to hang in his trophy room. Many states won’t allow a person to pick up dead heads but we can here.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

We have lots of wolves here and he could have died that way but his carcass was pretty well in tact. Usually when a wolf kills something they don’t eat it so it could, very well, have been a wolf kill. That happens a bunch here and that why we can buy 5 wolf tags as residents here and the fish and game pays good money to trap them. $500.00 per wolf and $1000.00 in some areas.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Not a bad way to spend a non fishing day. Some of them look like tree branches there. Nice find Cat.

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

Very nice finds Cat. Guess I didn't know wolves don't eat their kill 🤔

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Hey Cat i had to look it up so i don't know if it is true or not given it is internet source but here is what i found about wolf kills.

Wolves will only eat their prey alive if they aren’t able to kill it first, which is usually the case when they go after larger animals of prey like elk or moose. The main reason for eating their prey alive is because they can’t kill it before eating it as their necks are too big for the wolf’s teeth.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

They do eat some of what they kill but they kill anything and everything they can catch. Most of it is just left and they’re off to kill something else. Primarily they will chase something away from a kill and steal it vs just killing their own food. They’re not much of a benefit to much. Especially these new “introduced” gray wolves. They’re not “re-introduced” they’ve wiped out the original “timber wolf” population as well as anything else they see and can catch. Dogs, cats, horses, cattle most domestic animals as well as any species of wildlife including other wolves that don’t belong to their pack. I don’t think very long before popping a cap at a gray wolf here. The big problem is they are super smart and they know humans cause some discomfort😎. Therefore you seldom see one within rifle range. That why trapping is a good avenue to control them. I carry a 300 win mag that’s pretty deadly out to about 800 yards with me operating it. I’ve seen lots of wolves since I’ve been here and most are 802 yards away😂. They’re that smart. We have a sniper trainer right across the canyon from us that can smack a 2 foot gong at a mile. Not many wolves make it, completely, across his place in one piece😂😂

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

That's some good shooting for sure lol 😆

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Not true here Plum. We had an elk die up on the ranch. We hauled it up the mountain and disposed of it on my boss’s place. It laid there for about 3 days before the birds and coyotes started working on it. Two days later a pack of 4 wolves came through and chased everything else off of it and spent the next couple days there eating on it before they left. What they do with live animals here is attack them from behind first. There’s usually at least to wolves and up to 8. Our biggest local pack has 8 loves in it. They do a lot of damage to the hind quarters on their victims. Once they get it stopped the other part of the pack attacks the head and neck. Most wolf kills I’ve found here have the hind quarters torn to pieces and the neck broken. Many times they eat portions of the throat area but not much of anything else. Then no other predators will touch it for a good couple weeks until they know the wolves have gone far enough away.

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

I use a bi-pod too. My big gun is capable of shooting further but I just can’t see well enough to attempt anything beyond 800 yards with optics I have. I can’t believe those 308s are shooting that distance accurately. It pretty amazing to me they can do that. I’ve seen em do it so I know they’re doing it. Crazy.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Well that's the internet for you. Real life lessons far better.

CoDen Loc: Little R, SC

Nice thread here Catfish. Enjoyed the read. Learned a little which is good. Only had to deal mostly with Coyotes in Adirondacks NYS. When I lived in NY, Had a camp up near Ft Drum. 🌴😎🌴