Mackinaw City Wolf

A wolf that was spotted along the shoreline in Mackinaw City, MI. At first was thought that it was a coyote in the distance, but by the time the camera came out, the wolf got closer at then it was clearly a wolf. It was clearly after the deer in the water, than the deer was found later.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Mackinaw City
• Wolf
• Northern Michigan

[preton03]

A large deer population does not mean it's a healthy population. Most of the deer herds lay their beds next to baitpiles and are dependent on that food supply. Hunters that do not continually feed the deer make it difficult for what is now a more lazy deer. Once hunting season is over, many or most hunters stop feeding deer entirely, exactly the time of year that finding food and staying alive is most hard on the deer. Wolves will make the deer move around and able to survive on their own.

[nicholasbhicks]

so are the wolves in michigan exactly like the wolves out west or are they more along the lines of wolf/coyote hybrids?

[mcmcurth1]

This is real,cool,and awesome

[ctompkins2006]

@agricola Bear and cougar don't nearly effect the herd like wolves and coyotes (and yes I would kill all coyotes). Look at the money the state makes from deer hunters and you support a thing that decreases the deer herd (in the U.P.) causes people to not want to hunt their anymore. Is that good for UP business' who rely on that revenue....and who's the idiot? NUFF SAID!

[ctompkins2006]

@johnpsorgi I have hunted in what is now "wolf country" for the last 20 years (probably only the last 5 have their really been a decent amount of wolves) and I can really tell the difference in heard size the past few seasons. Dogs are present everywhere and don't effect the deer herd AT ALL. The DNR needs to step up and control the wolves, to much much is made off of deer season to have a stupid animal destroy what you make money off of. SHOOT, SHOVEL, and SHUT UP!

[johnpsorgi]

@ctompkins2006 I have hunted for over 30 years and I have land in wolf country. Wolves and dogs are 99% identical...really no difference. There would BE no dogs if not for wolves. My sheppard, husky is 90 lbs and has killed every animal that walks and crawls even though she has been trained and disclplined not to...it is just thier instinct...they cant help it ! Wolves the same !

[johnpsorgi]

Nice video ! Wolves dont mean no harm. They aint no worse predator than we are ! I would of at least cut the back straps off that deer...seemed cold enough out to have been still able to do so ?

[johnpsorgi]

@AMSRussian14 Easy Gunnar !!! ALL animals need to eat. It probably ate all it could. Then would return later and so on to finish off the rest. Wolves dont cache and hide thier kill like cougars do. They just come back when they are hungry !

[northblackwolves11]

I live in michigan but not in the u.p. or not even near but people have told me that in the winter when the lake freezes wolves go across and I guess they get stuck here in the lower peninsula when the lakes ice melts I have always wanted to see a wolf up close but in the county I live in there would be no wolves and never will be wolves .

[jeffhardyfreak22]

i live in mac city