I got to watch one for about twenty minutes while black bear hunting last spring in alberta  My friend has the video of it.  I will see if he can upload it for me. The guide said he has seen one in the area only twice in the past and was very happy to see the video we took.

Use to read the story's about wolverines in the old outdoor life magazines. They made'em sound perty mean!

Cool pics!

Jason

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There is a documentary on Netflix and other places called Wolverine:Chasing the Phantom. Watching that will give you a healthy respect for how rare and tough they are. I can't imagine how you could hunt something that moves that fast without putting out a deer quarter as bait. I am in awe that trad gangers have taken them, that's beyond impressive!
Thom

I've seen that one! Pretty cool show!

Cool animal.....always read about them in hunting stories when I was a kid. Heck of a lot tougher and meaner than a fisher.

Not knocking anyone who has, but I'm not sure I could shoot one.  They're pretty rare.  There was a Nature episode on PBS just a few weeks ago about them.  One of the toughest animals out there in the wild.

QuoteOriginally posted by NormanDale33:
We saw one on an elk bowhunting trip in the San Juans of CO one year. There was some growling and rustling in a bush and it took off out of there as we went by on our horses. Our high school mascot was a wolverine and we have a stuffed one in our school entry and that is how I recognized it. My dad is a biologist as well, and was pretty certain on the identification. Never saw tracks or anything else of one though.

Do they range that far south?

Great pic, those teeth look inviting, just not to me.

My cousin has trail cam pics. He's actually been hired by the govt. to get pics of nocturnal and rare species of animals. I'll get him on here...Ryan

Yep...just verified it with him...really good pix too! He's even a stickbow guy!

I saw the Nature show as well.  It was interesting.  They were using trail cams to try to document and id wolverines.

My manager had this one and it's mate steal all but a front quarter of a caribou last fall.  They took the picture and thought it was only fair to let them live as they were only doing what they do.  They had hidden the bou above tree line in the snow covered with large rocks.  Wolverines can and do dispatch large game animals that are sick or on their way out.
  ~CB

They look like deviant little buggers!

Wolverines are the largest member of the weasel family, so, like skunks and minks, they have scent glands but do not spray like a skunk. They are always on the go, traveling many miles a day. And they are extremely aggressive, at least to other animals. They have been documented as chasing a grizzly from the bear's own kill! They are a trapper's worst nightmare. When a wolverine locates a trapper's trapline, it will steal the trapper's catch at every set, every night, on the entire line, causing the trapper to locate a new area in which to trap. They are very intelligent and are very difficult to hold in a leg-hold trap. They can chew through large bones like they were toothpicks. They are my favorite of all mammals.

I remember there was another TGer from Alaska who arrowed one and thought he missed only to find it later on. Cant remember his name but he did live up there.

All members of the weasel family are the toughest animals pound for pound that walk the earth.The only animal tougher than a wolverine is the fisher his smaller cousin. I think I would be nervous to hit one with an arrow if I did have the chance.  viscous viscous critter!      

They sure look like mean little buggers.

One of those animals I might enjoy watching more than killing but praise to those that have done it

Saw two at the zoo. They were very active, noisy and aggresive. Constantly growling and snarling at each other. I watched them for several minutes. They are remarkable animals.

Rustic, that sounds alot like my two sons!

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Rustic, that sounds alot like my two sons!

       

Same here!