Wolves and wolverines

[starmac]

A friend of mine just called, he runs a trapline (part time) and was on his way in. He caught a black wolf and a wolverine. At thanksgiving dinner, he mentioned a wolverine was one of his goals as he had caught them a few times, but they always had gotten away previously.

[Mooseman]

Wolverines are "mini bears" with a worse attitude...Them are bad dudes and I have seen them destroy traps to get out and chew steel telegraph wire in two .

[starmac]

Yep, We were talking about that at thanksgiving dinner, every time he had one in a trap it leveled everything in as big of a circle as he had movement.

[waksupi]

We had to pack out and move a camp about 20 miles to get away from one in the Spotted Bear Wilderness. Destructive bastids.

[starmac]

For some reason they have always reminded me of an overgrown badger. lol Or tazmanian devil. lol

[montana_charlie]

For some reason they have always reminded me of an overgrown badger. lol Or tazmanian devil. lol
I believe the wolverine is cousin to the badgers, weasels, ferrets, and minks.
All are efficient killers, but the wolverine is probably pound for pound the meanest one.
CM

[MT Gianni]

An old friend, long dead had a mounted wolverine in his office. He was in what is now the spotted bear and believed it was stalking him.

[KCSO]

As a side note I was rereading "Silence of the North" this weekend and Olive had little good to say about either of them. In fact one chapter is Why I will Alwyas Hate Wolves. I have shot a few wolves but have never has a shot at a wolverine.