Wolves prefer to eat large mammals such as moose, deer, and caribou but they also eat birds, fish, mice, snowshoe hares, beavers, and muskrats. Wolves usually hunt in packs but in the spring and summer when there is plenty of prey available they hunt alone. Some people have noticed that ravens circle in the air around sick deer or moose. The wolves notice the circling ravens and realize that prey is close by. It is difficult to tell the difference between wolves and coyotes.
Coyotes are usually about half the size of wolves and they have larger ears and longer noses.
Wolves also howl in long tones, while coyotes call out in yups and yaps. When wolves walk they place their back feet in the print of the front feet but dogs walk so that their prints do not overlap. Wolf tracks are about 9-14 inches wide. Wolves live in groups called packs. Packs usually consist of 4 to 8 wolves.