The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-09-29
DEPREDATIONS OF WOLVES
Much Valuable Stock Killed by Lobo
Wolves Stockmen Institute Wig
orous Measures to Extermi-
nate the Pest.

hoNS hhS
NJ B. Pulliam, March IL Thorn
ton, Bird IL Mertz, Stanley Tur-
ner, the Pulliam boys, Joe Funk
and several other ranchmen have
been caused much worry and con-
siderable pecuniary loss by the
depredations of lobo wolves and
have been resorting to vigorous
measures to rid their ranches of
those troublesome and voracious
animals. A drove of loboes came
into the section of country occu-
pied by the ranches of the fore
going stockmen in the latter part
of last winter or early this spring.
The wolves made their headquart.
ers on North Concho, but ranged
over several counties in their
stock killing expeditions.
Probably thousand dollars
worth of stock has been killed by
these wolves since the beginning
of this spring. They killed not
only calves and grown cows but
big steers as we'll. In fact, a big
steer is easily killed by even one
wolf, the method of the lobo being
TO hamstring the steer and the
rest is easy With one vicious
bite, he cuts the hamstring on the
steer or cows hind leg and the
animal drops Immediately.
Mr.. Pulliam said this pack of
wolves had killed for him alone
several grown steers, cows and
yearlings, besides about % calves ;
altogether they made away with
over 5000 worth of his stock
Other ranchmen had Jared equally
as bad
Finally an expert wolf trapper
was sought and j. M. Glaze was
secured. Mr.. Glaze IS an expert.
enced hunter and wolf-killer and
knows every habit and idiosyn.
Grassy of this willy animal. He
can tell by the tracks and signs
left by the wolves just how many
of them there are, how long they
have been around, where they
were going, and, in fact, Mr.
! VOLTS business Is about rs clear.
ly known to Mr.. Glaze as to the
wolf.
In trapping these beasts Mr.
Glaze uses no bait and does no,
place his traps in the cattle trails
Instead he pours certain drug
around the traps, the peculiar
odor of which attracts the wolves
as they seem very fond of it, and
the traps are placed alongside
the trails.
There were eight loboes in this
pack. Mr.. Glaze caught four OF
them, one was roped and killed
by one of the men and Marx
Pulliam roped and slew two 9th
ers. Mark achieved quite feat
in roping these two big wolves as
he ran down one and roped it and
then turned his horse and ran
another, roping and killing il
also. He was mounted on u fine
horse or he could never have sue.
ceeded in catching the varmints
and he is also, it may be men
toned, an expert horseman. The
hard riding nearly killed the horse
but the killing of the wolves was
worth more than a horse. TC
rope and kill two of these loboes
one after the other in one chase
is an achievement that is rarely
if it has ever been, equalled in the
west.
Glaze was paid $42 80 for eact
wolf he trapped, the various
stockmen contributing to make
up the money.
One wolf is left and continue:
to depredate. All efforts so fal
to kill this wolf have been un
availing. This is an old she-wol
and her progeny having been
killed, she has become too smart
to be caught. The night the last
one of her sons was trapped, sh'
howled all night and since thel
she will walk all around a tral
and smell of it but will neveI
spring it. The stockmen propose
however, to continue unremittlng
ly in their efforts until this las
survivor of the pack has beef
destroyed.
A 2nuIS MIA Dido Enr 1 lie