[jazusamo]

Hat tip to girlangler for this article.

This is not only a documented wolf attack on a human but a good piece re the decline of hunting and the effect it is making on the encounters of man and predators.

[jazusamo]

Outdoor Ping!

[Nachum]

I would NOT want to meet an angry Brian Urlacher on the golf course.

[LiberConservative]

Governor Palin took a lot of heat for the way she allowed culling in AK, but it’s necessary. She would make a great Secretary of the Interior.

[Inyo-Mono]

Thanks for posting this jazusamo.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Something is amiss in this situation, for two reasons. First of all, the unusual wolf behavior in being aggressive to humans. Second, where there is a pair of wolves, not a pack.

I would suggest examining the DNA of these wolves carefully. My first suspicion is that they are not pure bred, but have some dog, or possibly coyote in them. This is because domestic dogs are both much more prone to aggressive behavior against humans, and tend to form breeding pairs as much as a pack. With a breeding pair, I would expect aggression if approaching their den with a litter in it.

As far as a wolf-coyote mix, it would be an animal so intelligent that it should be killed. It would be the canine equivalent of a leopard, and would quickly figure out that humans were generally easy prey.

Wolves and coyotes are not only intelligent, but have very different kinds of intelligence. A good way of describing it is that wolves have strategic intelligence, and coyotes have tactical intelligence. Combined, especially if there was more than one, a gun might not be enough to defend yourself.

[RichInOC]

[cue “I’m Alright” by Kenny Loggins]

[Clemenza]

A bigger problem in my part of New Jersey are the deer (they often fail to move out of the way of a good drive) and the Canadian Geese (turning the golf course into a minefield with their endless source of manure).

Pharmboy, have their been any reports of black bears on the golf courses up by you?

[dsc]

Saw a small black bear last year at a campground near Arrowrock, in southern Idaho. It didn’t seem too afraid of people or cars.

I was going to get out of the car and go hand to hand with it over possession of the campground, but my wife grabbed my arms and held me back.