Wolf Hunting.

[Mickey Finn 3,035]

Say good by to your game then.

[beast 1,884]

animals such as wolves, when kept in captivity or even more so bred in captivity, very easily learn that men are not dangerous. not only do they possess the intelligence to learn this, but also their predatory instincts are still very strong. add to this the fact that an escapee might be hungry/stressed/defensive/some other exacerbating factor, and you potentially have an extremely dangerous animal on your hands. i certainly wouldnt want to take a gamble that such an animal was likely to avoid contact with man, and if i knew there was an escaped wolf somewhere near my family i would shoot it without a second thought. it would be a different matter if it was a truly wild wolf, born and bred, but this one wasnt. hitchin is about 20 miles from whipsnade by road, shows how mobile a wolf is. dont think trapping would have been a realistic option in this instance

[sandymere 8,263]

Indeed it was heading into a wood where it may have been lost again and who knows where it may have ended up, even an unfit wolf can cover some ground.

[baw 4,360]

Is that your dad that shot that sandy?

[baw 4,360]

I can't believe you guys swallowed the bait especially you wilf

[sandymere 8,263]

Indeed it was Baw. I was only 3 but heard about it as I grew up from the old man.

 

As an adition to my above post.

 

Now this is pushing my memory somewhat, but if I remember right to discussions of this incident in the years following, it had been normal routine to feed the wolves by taking a wheelbarrow of meat into the enclosure and throw individual pieces to individual wolves to try to ensure that the submissive pack members got a share. Basically the wolves saw humans as a source of food. This was stopped when a woman climbed the outer fence and put her arm throw the inner into the enclosure, a wolf got hold of her and had to be beaten on by the keepers with brooms. After this it was decided to be to dangerous for the keeper to hand feed or enter the enclosure So these particular animals were a real threat to people especially when hungry, scared etc.

Edited February 25, 2014 by sandymere

[baw 4,360]

That's something to brag about mate. Wouldn't mind hearing the story behind it if you'd like to share.

[South hams hunter 8,935]

Agree with baw for once, story time please sandy

[baw 4,360]

Pm me it sandy, f**k that south ham c**t

[sandymere 8,263]

Not a lot to tell, just discussed a couple of times when I was a kid, the wolf was heading towards the wood so he took the shot, it went over but was straight up and into the wood. He said he knew it wasn't going far as the shot had done the job, they went into the wood and finished it off. It had travelled a fair few miles and evaded the hunter well up to then.

[South hams hunter 8,935]

Behave baw ya little bitch lol

[South hams hunter 8,935]

Any more wolf stories sandy?

[baw 4,360]

Aye, I want to know how they discovered it missing, the panic, who all knew it was missing, how long was it missing, how was your dad feeling, was he a huntsman, did he track it or was it luck. Was the wolf fleeing from them, how many were hunting it, was he a hero for shooting it, was he frightened..... You know, just a wee bit of background mate lol. The guys a hero in my book

[The one 8,513]

Getting back to the Scottish billionaire trying to rein introduce animals back into a free to roam wild life park , because of escapee's isn't that how we ended up with the grey squirrel . mutjac deer etc and other non native species

[baw 4,360]

Errr have you seen the size difference between a grey squirrel and a wolf?