This wolf was found just out of Edson , Alberta .. Edson is just east of where
many of our Yellowstone wolves came ( not sure what ‘found’ means.)
Hi… I live in Buck lake Alberta Canada…. 20 min from Drayton Valley where the big wolf was shot… I found more photos of it and its said to weighed 197 pounds… The hunters were said to been baiting bear and the wolf chased off a large bear… we had a malamute husky that was this big.. as big as this wolf… the tracks are from a wolf that been eating our cows 2 or 3 a week… I’m sure if we fed our husky a large calf every couple days he would of been larger than the wolf…
remember the camera angle can make things look bigger… like a hunter sitting behind a elk… makes the elk look bigger… believe it or not my brother who weighed 190 pounds grabbed my cousin who weighed 250 pounds and bench pressed him off the ceiling, he worked the service rigs… any man can easily lift a 200 pound wolf like these men are…
I’ve seen the wolfs twice that have been taking down the cows and they look large to me… wolf hunter are welcome… happy hunting
July 24th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Is this real? No one has provided enough information to verify this kill. Most trophy hunters brag themelves right off their barstools with something like this. What gives?
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July 30th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Same question. This was just sent to me but why has it not made national news. What is the size of this, I have never seen a wolf this big.. comments or verification please.
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August 17th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Just cuz it’s not all over the news doesn’t mean it’s not real. That is a big wolf, and hard to believe it could get that big but Andre the giant is huge and hes real. Why can’t u believe this thing is real??
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August 25th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
I killed a bigger one. I used it to carpet my entire first floor.
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August 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I have a hard time thinking this is true. No details and now I just got a e-mail saying it was Shot near Gogama, Ontario Canada over a bear bait last week near the water-shed. If you do a google image search for bigbadwolf or bigbadwolf1 you can see the image on this and another website. One website has removed the image. I need a little more proof before I send this picture to everyone I know. If it’s true What a nice Wolf it is!
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September 6th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Did a lot of time in the woods hunting, fishing, trapping but have never come across anything that used steroids like this wolf. Must be the one ate little red riding hood and her grandmother…lol
None of what is available is clear evidence to support this photo or story. I too need more information….
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September 7th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
By the looks of that pic the wolf would weigh about 200 lb.Soooo if it’s real how did that guy pic it up. He dosn’t look like he weighs that much.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 5:47 am
I just got this in an email but it was attributed to a hunt in Gogama Ontario. Ebaums is featuring it as a Gogama kill as well.
Makes me think it is a hoax…. nothing on snopes about it yet though.
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October 1st, 2009 at 7:31 am
I agree, if it was real there wouldn’t be any way he could pick it up like that. It would be too heavy. His arms are the same height as his shoulders. You get a two hundred pound sand bag and see if you can hold it like that!
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October 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
It’s 100% real.
The entire video was shown on Wild T.V.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:53 am
You don’t have to be a huge man to lift 200 pounds. I lift that much and more many times at the gym every day!!! And I imagine he didn’t have to hold it but for a few seconds for the picture.
You people need to get a life and quit being such party poopers. We used to beat up people like you in school!!! LOL!!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
has it occurred to anyone that it is not a case of an oversized wold but in fact an undersized man. i suspect that shooting animals is the only way this man can make up for his many shortcomings.
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October 28th, 2009 at 3:19 am
This is fake look at the mans arms you should be able to see his left arm wraped around the animal but you dont and his right arm must be alot longer than his left the way he is holding it in the picture. This picture has been photo shopped!
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Has someone with expertise in wild animals examined this? I know it will sound bizarre but people in paranormal and UFO investigations are running into cases with very unsual animals. If you could get a sample of hair with the roots, we might be able to find someone to examine this. Please write me off-line.
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November 19th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
David,
If you look closely, you will notice that his left hand is locked onto his right hand. You just can’t see his arm due to the fur and wolf’s position.
A man can easily hold 200 lbs like these guys are doing. Nothing says that they lifted them. I would imagine that they helped to position the wolf for the photos and then the guy in each picture just stood there and held it. He did not have to lift it, move it or do anything other than lock hands for a few seconds for the photo.
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December 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
it appears to me that this wolf was either caught in a snre and the snare was cut or the loose end of end a strong small rope is hanging from its neck….it is very easy to remove the susending wire or rope from the photo…..I believe that the photo of the man holding this very large wolf …has been photoshopped…the fur line on either side of the loop around its neck is visible…as the fur is shown to go in two differnt directions ..consistent with a tight loop around its neck…likely from being strung up
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January 23rd, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Big or small, what difference does it make?! The question is why did someone had to kill him?! Wolves are endangered species, just because humans slaughtered them nearly completely out of the Earth´s surface. They have feelings, very tight social lives, they mourn the loss of their mates, are highly intelligent and solve problems. Why do some people kill them just ´cause they can, is beyond understanding and ethics!!!
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January 28th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I received an email with the first picture in it and they say it was killed in Quebec, Canada, in a city called “laTuque”… So…. not too sure if this is real!
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January 28th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
If you read Richman Hobson Jr’s book “Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy” you will see Black Timber Wolves weighing as much as 275 pounds mentioned, killing full size Moose. These wolves are said to run in packs up to 25. He wrote 3 books “Grass Beyond the Mountains”,”Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy” and “The Rancher Takes a Wife”. These are non-fiction books about the first cowboys to move cattle into wilderness areas of Western British Colombia. Great reads for all you adventerous types. Real American hero’s for sure. So the wolf is large and probably a Black Timber Wolf, but not as big as they get. There are about 5 different species of wolves in that area and Alaska according to the books I read.
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January 30th, 2010 at 10:40 am
what a shame. Gorgeous animal – killed for no reason other than to make a “man” feel more like a man. Didn’t work. Disgusting.
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January 31st, 2010 at 9:30 am
u idiots shut up this is to real it in a magazine
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January 31st, 2010 at 9:06 pm
It’s fake. I’ve seen pics of the same wolf with different guys holding the poor creature. The cowards and the location of the pics are all from different provinces. Man. …that wolf gets around! I wish it was real and alive!
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February 8th, 2010 at 1:28 am
what if the men are just really really small?
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February 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
I’m surprised too see so many questions about the wolf’s size. The average male wolf can weigh between 170-190 lbs so yes, he’s a big boy but not shocking. I’m sure we could have had a lot more info of how he got that big if there was research on other wolves in that area that are, you know..breathing.
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February 8th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Its an incredible animal and there is no doubt its 100 percent real . Im a hunter and have seen first hand the size this magnificent animal can grow to .the fact is that its a game animal like every thing else is its no longer endangered,so people need to just get a life,people will hunt and things will die. thats how the world works .GET OVER IT!
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February 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
It was on wild tv, its true story. wolves get bigger than that in alaska..
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February 13th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
http://www.saveelk.com/index.html
Some of you tree huggers need to grow a pair. The wolf is real. Wolves are very dangerous and kill for fun. They will kill you also for fun. Take a look at the website I linked up to take a look at what wolves do. If a wolf of this size can kill a grizzly then you are no match for it.
Clearly in the photo of the guy holding the wolf up you can tell that he is carrying weight on him because he is leaning backwards and straining with the weight.
And for some of you weaklings that think that a person can’t lift 200lbs then how come people lift other people all the time. You know like a soldier lifting up another soldier and carrying him. A soldier has a 70lb pack and a 200lb guy on his shoulder and a rifle in the other hand.
I’ve seen pics of wolves that had been killed that are around this big.
This is the reason why city folk should not be making any decisions about what goes on in the country. They do not have a clue.
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February 15th, 2010 at 10:07 am
Come on…this is so BS. The pictures of the paw prints are taken with a much better camera. Not to mention you can see some photoshop clone stamping flaws around the arms on the first picture.
Nice try. But it’s bollocks.
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February 16th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I have seen a timber wolf as large as this as a full mount. It is now in the DEC museum in Sherbourne NY. I could not believe it either when I first saw it, a mans head would easily fit in it’s mouth. It’s an awsome animal indeed.
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February 16th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Whether this picture is real or fiction I find taking pride in this sort of thing disgusting.
Adam, wolves kill for instinct. Not for fun you jack ass. Without killing they would not have food. And if they do kill without the need for food, especially when its humans, it is almost always because they are provoked. They move into areas populated by humans because we, being the delightful little species that we are, over hunt the food that THEY need just so we can hang a head on the wall.
And if they were, in fact, killing us “for fun” it could simply be justified for the fact that our species kills theirs for fun as well. So whats the difference?
Be as nature intended. Kill for FOOD, not for fun.
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February 18th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
“This is the reason why city folk should not be making any decisions about what goes on in the country. They do not have a clue”
Same could be said for trigger-happy rednecks. But of course it won’t come to that because I’m sure we’re all mature adults here.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 6:16 am
Wolves kill just for the joy of killing, eating only parts leaving most on the ground. They are predators and yes they need to eat. Many years ago the people used wolfhounds to control the wolf population, there was a need for this. We hunters hunt for the food, yes there are some who hunt only for the big antlers. Hunters kill more humanly then the meat you purchase in the store.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Deep in the heart of the Idaho forest, I am sure we could find at least one wolf of this size in the 100s of packs that are now all over the state. These wolves are from the northwest territory and are much bigger than anything that was here when they were endangered. If anyone would like to get another picute, be my guest but what you see is probably pretty close to what you get.
801 / 208 represent
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February 25th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
well i looked at the photo and the underbelly didnt look right on first pic.Underbelly hair was blurred compared to rest of it. SO i asked my cuz for his imput since he has a degree in Graphic Design and this is what he said
” I would say it’s a fake, if you look some of the photo is very crisp (parts of the grass) and some are very low res (the trees) so that right there tells me its a composite, than look at the inside of the tail, looks kinda nice and neat, as oppose to the fluffy outer tail. Finally look at the inner paw and his elbow…it looks blurred, you should … See u should be more able to make out whats going on there, you cant tell if its going over his arm or under. That’s just my thoughts on it. Plus if it was real, what a dumb ass for killing it…”
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February 27th, 2010 at 8:22 am
I think its a nice wolf,but thoughs pictures look kind of funny -look at all 3 shots check the back ground not the same in all three pictures,but if it is real nice wolf
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March 4th, 2010 at 10:08 am
To comment on Scott’s cuz opinion: the inner side of the tail in the photo is the man’s right leg and therefore not “fluffy”. ..and I’m not really interested in his opinion on hunting.
Digital photos that are enlarge then sent and resent start to look distorted, though I see no need to debate if these are fake or not….what I am curious about is why obvious anti-hunting folks are frequenting a site for hunters? Hunting is legal and socially acceptable. You are entitled to your opinion and I would suggest if the notion of legal hunting is distasteful to you, then you may want to stick to sites that offer photos of living animals.
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March 5th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
One wolf, EATING 2 or 3 cows a week?
Get real.
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March 7th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Sigh… I live near Edson, Alberta, and yup, there are plenty of wolves around… and cougers, and bears… the woods are full of em. And we see big wolves regularly. Sure this one is quite big, but not absurdly enough to fuss over it being photoshopped, I’m six foot five, and still a human. I imagine a lot of the people who fuss over this photo being a photo shop live in cities and urban areas. Also, the man holding the wolf is probably not six five, but maybe just over the five and a half foot range. Still, the size is not outrageous.
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March 7th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
U F-ing dick’s y did u kill it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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March 7th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
….again, Elliot, buddy….move on to a non-hunting site….we’re not interested in your opinion here. Hunting is legal and socially acceptable….Thanks.
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March 18th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Elliot they killed it because it was legal and every hunter dreams of a trophy like that. It’s douches like you who dont understand that hunting is necessary to keep the population under control. You watch to many disney movies, do you think the wolf gets old and dies at home with its family? No it gets to old to feed itself and starves and or freezes to death.
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March 19th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
While I have no problem with people hunting elk and deer and animals like that, I can’t help but wonder why someone could look at an animal as majestic as this one and kill it for fun. Complete masturbatory self indulgence.
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March 22nd, 2010 at 4:06 pm
you people are sick! just plain sick! to hurt and kill one of these magnificent beautiful creatures???!!! terrible just terrible!!!! STOP KILLING AND STOP HUNTING!!!!
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March 23rd, 2010 at 11:15 am
I write this to John from response #42 because I know even though you are not a hunter you will check back to see if anyone commented on your comment (talk about masturbatory self indulgence)….it is beyond me why you and lately response #43 cierra, are frequenting a hunting site….you obviously get off on harassing folks who occupy themselves in a legal socially accepted sport. I would urge the likes of jake in #41, not to attempt to justify anything to these folks, there is no need. It is none of their business.
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March 25th, 2010 at 5:39 am
I’m going to be 40 this year, and I have lived in northern Ontario in the country for most of them.
I have been seeing more and more wolves, coyotes, bears and cougars in the past few years.
The nearby city’s have been growing, developing new subdivisions and even more city people moving to northern Ontario.
They don’t want cougars and bears attacking there pets or there kids witch is understandable, but until it happens to them they are all against the hunting of these animals.
Humans CANNOT occupy the same space as the wild.
You built your house and moved up here and should learn to adapt to our lifestyle, not try to make the rest of us adapt to what YOU THINK should be our lifestyle…
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March 25th, 2010 at 5:46 am
BTW… I have seen many wolves in my years of logging and have seen at least 3 the size of the one in this picture.
One near the water shed (just south of Gogama)and the other 2 in South River ON.
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March 25th, 2010 at 10:29 am
I agree with you Stephen for the most part….we have the same issues in rural Eastern Ontario…city folks move out to the country and try to prevent us from carrying on our legal activites. I have friends in the South River area and have been there many times and I know they have the same issue with city folk….interesting you saw a large wolf in that area…
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March 27th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Hi
I am from Gogama.I got my hunting license at a very young age.It is not for me ,but i have learned to respect the love that others have.I have never seen a wolf that size.But i have never seen a wolf period.I can tell you that it is not a prey that would be hunted in that town as they pose no treat.The people are caring and loving and would be rebellious at such a kill.
There is small game and Mose.But nothing goes wasted.
I don’t know the person in the picture and i have made no inquirers,but i can tell you that it is probably not some one from that town.It looks like a bear to me.I would never hurt such beauty.Better left alive.But i do love fishing and all the love that town has to offer.
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March 28th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
I sure hope this thing is fake because if you bastards killed something like that you should be ashamed of yourselves GOD I HATE MOTHER******* LIKE YOU
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:43 am
First of all the fact that a wolf looking exactly the same in different pictures and provinces can only logically lead to the determination that wolves look a like, not that a single wolf is being sent around for photoshoots throughout Canada. Secondly, if you will read, these fellas own a farm and the wolf has been eating their livestock several times a week. Personally, I wouldn’t want a 200lbs wolf knowing where a live just in case I come out at the wrong time of night and he decides to take me on. Lastly, the further north you travel the larger the animals, they need the size to survive the winters, i.e. moose ever see one in florida? Lastly, if you have issues with hunting, petition your legislator to change the law, otherwise stfu. If you weren’t wasting everyday sitting on the internet looking to a hunter’s website to bash, you wouldn’t be so pissed off, probably because you are a c*ck$ucker.
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:49 am
and for those of you sure this was photoshopped. Just because every picture is not identical doesnt mean its PSed, just that people holding a several hundred lbs animal cant take the same shot three times. And wen you pick ur drunk friend up under the arms, are ur arms fully visible? No, because his slumping body covers part of yours. Get real. Get your head out of you ass.
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April 6th, 2010 at 3:11 am
I agree with Katrina:
Katerina Says:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:12 pm
“Big or small, what difference does it make?! The question is why did someone had to kill him?! Wolves are endangered species, just because humans slaughtered them nearly completely out of the Earth´s surface. They have feelings, very tight social lives, they mourn the loss of their mates, are highly intelligent and solve problems. Why do some people kill them just ´cause they can, is beyond understanding and ethics!!!”
- What kind of dirtbag would kill such a beautiful animal..? What does this prove..youre still little weak looking men.
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April 11th, 2010 at 5:15 am
Thanks Harold but no thanks, this is a hunting site, please move along to a PETA site or something of the sort. I would ask you and Katerina to please stop harassing legal hunters.
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April 13th, 2010 at 9:53 am
I rencently lost my wolf hybrid to poison and he was just half as heavy, but being dead, he was twice as heavy.
Those pictues seem to me like somebody blew up the wolf compared to the hunter. If there was a wolf like that anywhere in Canada, people would know about them and not only from a hunter who apprarently shot him. Is like big foot. Wikipedia will tell you that no wolf on earth will grow up to this size unless it came from the age of dinosaurs
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April 13th, 2010 at 9:58 am
so and then. Was the wolf killed in Manitoba or in Drayton valley Alberta?
Make up your mind!
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April 23rd, 2010 at 3:58 pm
in regards to Tanja, of 54. & 55.
Wikipedia will, in fact, tell you that wolves as large as 190 pounds have been recorded, and 160 in northern territories isn’t particularly rare.
doesn’t mean this wasn’t faked. i have no opinion as to that.
but it does mean that if it WAS faked, they should have come up with slightly more outrageous dimensions, lol. ttyl.
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April 25th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
ALL y’all are morons. Don’t matter if the wolf’s real or not. its dead. there ain’t a damn thing any of you can do bout it. wolves don’t kill for fun. they kill for food you damn mother&^%#@. And as for your damn livestock. KEEP A BETTER WATCH OVER THEM OR GROW A SET AND GET OVER IT
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April 30th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
It sounds like you all up north have more liberal animal cuddlers than we do down in the US. I say true or fake KILL EM ALL
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May 7th, 2010 at 7:10 am
What the f*&%.
Big ass wolf god damn!
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May 24th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Look at North American Hunter magazine feb/mar 2010 issue page 80. Tells the whole story.
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May 30th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
My sister had an Alaskan Malamute about the same size as that wolf.
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July 8th, 2010 at 6:54 am
ok everyone that wolf is real because see the blood on the paws that is where the hunters draged the wolf off the ground. And I think hunting is dumb
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July 30th, 2010 at 10:35 am
You know I am not a tree hugger or anything like that but you guys suck. I mean these are beautiful animals that have grown to such impressive sizes and you go a kill them you suck. WTF is wrong f*@% the cows guy Maybe you should get a better fence O thats right with a small penis you need to kill animals I bet you drive a really big truck. Loser
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August 13th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I say good job kill them all the treehuggers cried over them introduced them to our country now they are out of control they need to be responsible monetarly for the depradation their sweet little wolves are causing
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August 24th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
I am an animal lover but yet i understand that if this animal (along w/many others)is allowed to breed and make more babies and so on that the population would be overwhelming…and as far as the animal killing lifestock its nature. they have to find food as well…..i was saddend to see this giant dead but what can i say! These hunters have their rights so all the haters just need to shut their mouths and get on w/there own life….what happens…happens
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