Cosmoline
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The freakishly light snowfall up here has apparently been prompting some unusual behavior in the local packs. First a village in the interior got strafed by a pack, then some dogs in Fairbanks got hit. Now they're coming into Anchorage. All these are different packs, of course, but the weather conditions are weirdly warm through the whole state. That means a lot of very happy moose and a lot of very hungry wolves.
Sinnott's rhetoric aside, this last encounter has all the hallmarks of predatory behavior--on a human this time. I've always heard there's no bluffing a wolf, which is the main way they're different from bear or wild dogs. If they're interested in a target, there's no scaring them off by trying to look or sound scary. They almost never attack people, but then again the pack as a whole is one of the most effective predators on the planet. They plan ahead and can orchestrate a combined assault from different directions. If they took a mind to it they could be extremely dangerous. Way more so than a big dumb griz.
So what, if any, firearm would be best if I take a mountain bike trip out into the urban parkland this weekend? Within reason, of course. I'm actually thinking my paratroop SKS.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/wolves/story/9514718p-9424671c.html
Sinnott's rhetoric aside, this last encounter has all the hallmarks of predatory behavior--on a human this time. I've always heard there's no bluffing a wolf, which is the main way they're different from bear or wild dogs. If they're interested in a target, there's no scaring them off by trying to look or sound scary. They almost never attack people, but then again the pack as a whole is one of the most effective predators on the planet. They plan ahead and can orchestrate a combined assault from different directions. If they took a mind to it they could be extremely dangerous. Way more so than a big dumb griz.
So what, if any, firearm would be best if I take a mountain bike trip out into the urban parkland this weekend? Within reason, of course. I'm actually thinking my paratroop SKS.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/wolves/story/9514718p-9424671c.html
The most recent encounter came Saturday, when Janet Read was walking two dogs on a gravel road northwest of Elmendorf's flight line, Sinnott said. Once again, a black wolf appeared on the trail, about 50 yards behind her, the lab-retriever mix and a friend's golden retriever.
When Read yelled at the wolf, it walked back into the woods, Sinnott said. But moments later, the black wolf reappeared, this time with two gray wolves. They followed her for about 15 minutes until she reached the main road and her vehicle, despite her yelling at them the whole way, Sinnott said.