There was a man in the mountains in Silvercliff who ran a wolf sanctuary and who went all around the country with a couple of wolves to “educate” people about them and dispel the “myths” about them. The farmers used to donate dead cattle for meat. And people wonder why they go after livestock? One of this man’s dogs came to my home to wipe out MY livestock. She had a juvenile with her she was teaching to hu.nt. My little boy was playing outside and had sense enough to hide on the haystack. When she bit into the turkey, I stepped outside to yell at her, she decided to charge at me. My husband dropped the rifle onto my shoulder and said don’t move. She was in mid air when he fired, killed her instantly. The length from nose to tail tip was agood 6 feet or more. Her head was huge and her canines curled into each other to form a clamp. A most excellent tool for holding flesh from getting way.
We called the sheriff and told him what happened and he contacted the wolf sanctuary guy.
When he came after several hours, he was totally pissed off and tried to give us his schpiel reserved for the ignorant. But then the baby popped out of my bed...he was stunned. The baby was sweet and friendly so we held her in the house so he could retrieve her. He realized then that we weren’t haters. He apologised of course. My daughter began going up there a lot and learned to work with the wild wolves. They liked her, and we trained a horse for him.
Neither of us pressed charges against the other and we became respected neighbors.
People have a constitutional right to protect their lives and livelihoods. People need to step up and protect those rights by challenging laws that usurp those rights. It’s even written in federal laws that the states don’t have the right to usurp constitutionally authorized laws.
Thankfully, turkeys have fluffy loose feathers so the wolf only got a mouthful of feathers. Jack’s back was naked but he was otherwise unharmed.
Keep a shovel or backhoe nearby.
Great story, thanks for posting.