Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-07-29
HOW WOLVES PLAN.
In Some Respects They Are Even More
Sagacious Than the Foxes.

In Some Respects They Are Even More
Sagacious Than the Foxes.
No matter how hungry they may
be, wolves are so very fearful of be-
ing trapped that if hunter has to
leave deer or any other game ly-
ing on the ground and places in a
circle around it single strand of
rope, wire or Irvine, it will be per-
fectly safe, though so wolves may
prowl about it all night.
When ] couldn't find tree to
hang my deer on, have successful
~ tried this plan several times. Yet
the very same wolves, coming upon
him after dark, might attack well
armed man End kill him, even after
he had shot half dozen of them.
In the one case they braved known
danger; in the other the mystery of
the thing scared them. But a single
wolf will never attack a grown per-
son. Unless the beast has one or
two comrades he is too cautious to
do it. When / was a boy, there were
a great many wolves in our neigh
borhood. Ihave known them to plan
some strange things in order to get
prey. One night wolf came close
to where Carlo was watching the
sheppard. AS soon as the dog went
off after him two other wolves, who
had helped to play the trick, came
out of the woods, jumped over the
fence and killed no less than 18
sheep before Carlo came back from
his long chase. We knew all about
it by tracing the tracks next morn
ing. I could tell about score of like
clever lodges that | have personally
known of. For two years we had
pet deer, lovely doe, that I caught
when it was a little spotted fawn
only / day old We called it Fan,
after one of my sisters, and it was
so tame that it would follow any
one that it knew we'll anywhere.
One afternoon in March the pretty
thing went with me to the sugar
bush, half a mile from the house,
where one of our men, John Park,
was boiling down sap to make ma
pie sirup. Carlo didn't see us start,
so staid at home, A little while
before dark a wolf that seemed to
be badly crippled limped up within
so yards of the camp. | have no
doubt that he reconnoitered at some
distance and discovered that we had
no gun there.
why, that old rascal is so lame I
guess we can overhaul him, +" said
John. He caught up his ak, and both
of us started after the wolf, while
Fan, not liking the looks Of the
stranger, trotted homeward. The
wolf staggered and stumbled along
as if he would drop directly. At one
time we got within 20 feet of him,
but somehow we couldn't quite
catch up. We were going at right
angles to the road the deer was on.
When we got about 800 yards from
the camp, all of a sudden the wolf
up, turned in the di-
rection of the house and was out of
sight in moment. He'd been sham
ming all the time.
"Sure's you live, he'll get Fan,
shouted John Park, and we ran as
fast as we could. But we were too
late to save our pet. The wolf had
swept around and crouehed on the
path, not 200 yards from the house,
waiting for her. When we had come
near enough to see him again, he
had got the innocent thing down
and was savagely tearing at her.
However, his triumph was short.
Carlo had scented him and came
bounding up the lane, and before
the busy wolf saw him his strong
teeth were fastened in the beasts
cheek. Though the wolf plunged he
could not at once shake off that grip
He dragged the brave dog several
yards, and perhaps would have got
free had not John rushed up and
with his sharp ak made a third in
the tussle. Little Men and Women.