Confirmation from ODFW....wolf in Heppner Unit

huntercgr · 02-09-2012, 08:01 PM

ODFW confirmed a wolf had eaten on a dead elk calf that was found in the Tupper area. But they also said the wolf didn't kill it. They put a trail cam on the carcass, but the wolf never returned. They believe it's a lone wolf that did the scavenging.

This was reported in the Heppner Gazette.

Cliff D. · 02-10-2012, 05:52 AM

Too bad for the area. Miss hunting the Tupper, Madison, Texas area. Moved on after the wife and I tracked 4 different kitties in there without getting a shot at any of them or at an elk.
Glad now that I didn't drop the 5k on that hunting cabin down by the woodpecker.

Idahoan · 02-10-2012, 05:57 AM

Now Heppener, Baker, La Grande, Bend, Pendleton, Enterprise, Joesph, Prineville, and Klamath Falls. I would say the wolves are getting pretty spread throughout the state. A lot of areas for only supposedly 30 wolves. I wonder what the real number is 100+?

flipperdog · 02-10-2012, 06:12 AM

And the answer is?????
We may never know!!!

Keta · 02-10-2012, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cliff D.

Too bad for the area. Miss hunting the Tupper, Madison, Texas area. Moved on after the wife and I tracked 4 different kitties in there without getting a shot at any of them or at an elk.
Glad now that I didn't drop the 5k on that hunting cabin down by the woodpecker.

We moved south a few miles now but we had a camp west of the Tupper GS for years.

Ben Hur · 02-10-2012, 08:49 AM

Ah, Tupper, mud, jug and hollywood springs, Thorn Cr., Rutabagger and Upper Willow Cr. all locked up with no access.

Cliff D. · 02-11-2012, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben Hur

Ah, Tupper, mud, jug and hollywood springs, Thorn Cr., Rutabagger and Upper Willow Cr. all locked up with no access.

The OHV park was another factor in our move. Wasn't any area we hunted, just put the squeeze on the places that people could.

Cliff D. · 02-11-2012, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Keta

We moved south a few miles now but we had a camp west of the Tupper GS for years.

Camp used to be a mile or 2 south of the corral.

Keta · 02-11-2012, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cliff D.

Camp used to be a mile or 2 south of the corral.

We have crossed path in the mountains as well as the coast.

traks44 · 02-11-2012, 01:01 PM

Confirmation from ODFW....wolf in Heppner Unit

Very Old News

jimhs · 02-20-2012, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Idahoan

Now Heppener, Baker, La Grande, Bend, Pendleton, Enterprise, Joesph, Prineville, and Klamath Falls. I would say the wolves are getting pretty spread throughout the state. A lot of areas for only supposedly 30 wolves. I wonder what the real number is 100+?

I can tell you that there was a pack of wolves not 5 miles west of Trout Meadows as long as 3 years ago. My brother and I heard them howling behind our camp while coyote hunting over there. On two different occasions we heard a pack of wolves howling at night to the south of the Squaw Creek drainage not two to three hundred yards south of highway 52. We also found wolf tracks south of the Anthony Lakes area. There are more wolves here in Oregon that the ODFW will ever admit to.

olderthandirt · 02-21-2012, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhs

I can tell you that there was a pack of wolves not 5 miles west of Trout Meadows as long as 3 years ago. My brother and I heard them howling behind our camp while coyote hunting over there. On two different occasions we heard a pack of wolves howling at night to the south of the Squaw Creek drainage not two to three hundred yards south of highway 52. We also found wolf tracks south of the Anthony Lakes area. There are more wolves here in Oregon that the ODFW will ever admit to.

If there are no wolves you cant shoot one.

You cant be cited for shooting a mirage can you??????