excitement at my cabin

[billrquimby]

Elk regularly move past our cabin here in Greer in the evenings on their way to spend the night grazing in the meadow across the road from us, but we've never seen more than five or six at a time. I'm sure there are more, but most of them move through after dark and we don't see them.

 

Last evening, though, we counted 34, including maybe 10 small calves just before sundown. They walked down our driveway and then suddenly stopped when they saw two wolves waiting in the middle of the road. I didn't see any collars on them, but they definitely were wolves.

 

There was a Mexican standoff for a couple of minutes, with the wolves and the elk staring at each other, then one of the wolves moved into the brush and began to try to circle the herd. The other wolf, simply sat on his rump and watched the elk. When this happened, the elk turned around and walked briskly back up the canyon. The wolf in the road followed them, but I never saw his companion again.

 

Those wolves obviously were after the calves, but did not seem to be truly serious about it.

 

Not much happens in Greer, and this certainly livened things up for us! We watched everything from our living room window, less than 50 yards from the action.

 

As far as I know, this is the first sighting of wolves in the Little Colorado River valley at Greer. I saw a pair over the hill near White Mountain Reservoir a couple of years ago, and my wife and I saw three along the side of the road near McNary that same year.

 

Bill Quimby

[125coues]

Sure it was not two yotes,maybe you should have shot them to get a better look

[bonecollector]

That had to be interesting to see "The stand off"

[AntlerObsession]

Where is your cabin? We have a cabin in Greer a stones throw from Tinstar inn (Circle B ). I have seen everything in that little Colorado river valley, but never a wolf. There was a handful living North of Eagar off of Water Canyon Road. A little further East but that was even too close for comfort. Crazy to think how quickly they are moving west.

[DUG]

Mr. Quimby, where was your camera? Just kiddin', I bet that was cool to see!

[CouesWhitetail]

yes, where was your camera?? And do you guys still have your game cam out by your cabin? Maybe you will be getting some wolf pics on that one.

[Camofreak]

I wonder why you never saw the other wolf again?? Hmmmm!

[.270]

the paper said somebody capped one around there somewhere a few days ago. was it you bill? if it was send me a pm and i'll split the bounty with ya. you'll have to do the time tho. the only ones i've seen were always waiting on their "handlers" to go with em. Lark.

[Pine Donkey]

We have a place in Dry Valley, just west of Nutrioso. Large numbers of elk is the norm, but wolves have been pretty rare until recently. We used to see wolves about once a year, now it is once every two weeks. Last week we saw four different groups. One by the cabin. four on road 88 just short of Water Canyon road, two at the end of Rogers lake, and two in the OD's. Some had collers, some did not.

 

The calf drop may be drawing them out, but I think the packs are expanding rapidly.

[billrquimby]

Where is your cabin? We have a cabin in Greer a stones throw from Tinstar inn (Circle B ). I have seen everything in that little Colorado river valley, but never a wolf. There was a handful living North of Eagar off of Water Canyon Road. A little further East but that was even too close for comfort. Crazy to think how quickly they are moving west.

 

Pine Donkey:

 

Our cabin is on Becker Lane, reached via Osborne Road. Badger Creek cuts through our property and the forest service's path to Badger Pond starts at the edge of it, where Becker Lane turns sharply to the right.

 

If you're a "stone's throw" from the Circle B (I have trouble calling it the Tin Star), you know the meadow that is across from us. Someone bought it a few years ago and started to subdivide it, then stopped.

 

The elk come down canyon past Badger Pond at last light, move across our land, and either spend the night in that meadow or follow the Little Colorado and cross the highway in the willows below Circle B and hang around River and Tunnel lakes before moving back into the canyon above our cabin at first light.

 

It's the first I've seen wolves here, too. I don't think they're moving west. I suspect these came from the bunch they've been releasing near Green's Peak and Carnero Lake. In air miles, neither is very far from us. Someone is grazing sheep in the forest land next to Herb Owen's place neart the junction, and that may have brought the wolves over here, too.

 

Bill Quimby

 

 

 

 

[cbryant11]

a few years ago me and my father in law saw a collard wolf just about 3 miles in towards greer from the highway

[Broken Wheels]

About 9 miles south of Alpine off of Middle Mountain I was visited by some wolves during archery Elk season around 2am as they were sniffing my 5X6 bull hanging in camp. No mistaking these fellas as that long lonesome howl gave me chills and you just can't mistake that! I love wolves as part of our eco system but I also think there should be open season on them 365 days a year! Just saying...

[luvcoues]

hey bill , i was your neihgbor for the last 4 days. i renteda cabin at the end of becker . didnt see the wolves but the funny thing you mentioned was you saw three by mcnary. on my way home this morning i saw three wolves riht before mcnary. jim

[jim]

Bill I saw 1 last year right above the turn off to greer. He was stalking elk on the ridge just above the big ranch on the right when you turn on the greer road.

[billrquimby]

hey bill , i was your neihgbor for the last 4 days. i renteda cabin at the end of becker . didnt see the wolves but the funny thing you mentioned was you saw three by mcnary. on my way home this morning i saw three wolves riht before mcnary. jim

 

If they're back in the McNary area, I would suspect they won't be there long. I read somewhere that those my wife and I saw there were "removed" by the White Mountain tribe soon after we saw them.

 

Bill Quimby