tamarack
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A neighbour phoned the other day and told me that a wolf or cougar got a 500lb heifer in his pasture next to his house. He had phoned the F&W and they came out and confirmed it so they will pay 80% of market price ( I think because that is what they paid me a few years ago) I thought it must have been a wolf as I have never saw a cougar or a track in our area. A few days later I was having coffee with another friend a couple of miles away at 11 am and his dog started making a fuss we looked outside and a big grey wolf was chasing the dog to the porch my friend stepped out and hollered scaring the wolf away he only had a few more steps to get the dog. My rifle was in the truck and by the time I got it the wolf was too far away we went in pursuit but too many fences and gates to open lost him in my pasture. Have been on lookout for days but not a sign I put a few trail cams out but no sign. Think I will have to move cattle to home 1/4 where there is less bush to watch but will have to feed hay but even one calf will buy a lot of hay. We live on the edge of wolf country and the ones we get here are the old loners that are kicked out of the pack they are too old to keep up with the rest and are not good killers any more but they pick on the easy ones and pets. Gives one the creeps when out in barnyard at night.