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newspaper clippings of a similar character recording the killing of 

 "Wolves" in northern Missouri and Illinois. Wolves were claimed to 

 have been killed in Nauvoo, Sterling and Whiteside counties, but as 

 no weights or measurements were given, we are left in doubt as to the 

 species. 



I am informed by Mr. James M. Lacey of Bath, Illinois, that some 

 twelve years ago he killed a "big Gray Wolf" near Moscow Lake, in 

 that locality which he describes as being "as tall as a large pointer dog. " 

 Weight is given to this record from the fact that Mr. Lacey is an ex- 

 perienced hunter and is familiar with Prairie Wolves which were not 

 uncommon in that locality. 



Of its occurrence in considerable numbers in northern Wisconsin, 

 however, there is no question, and records are too numerous to be 

 enumerated in detail. I have examined specimens or skulls of animals 

 of this species taken in Ashland, Oneida and Langlade counties. Jack- 

 son records it also from Forest and Bayfield counties, and I have reliable 

 information of its occurrence in Wisconsin at least as far south as 

 Buffalo County. From a large number of letters received from reliable 

 persons regarding these animals, I quote the following excerpts: 



Mr. John Weber of Forestville, Door Co., informs me he killed 14 

 Gray Wolves in the winter of 1907. 



Mr. N. L. Kinney of Eagle River, Vilas Co., under date of February 

 9, 1 9 10, writes: "We have a large pack of Timber Wolves here this win- 

 ter that are making great havoc among the Deer, but so far only two 

 have been killed." In a previous letter he informed me that a Gray 

 Wolf weighing 98 pounds was killed in January, 1906, and a larger one, 

 which was not weighed, in January, 1907. 



Mr. J. Hobbs of Medford, Taylor County, states that Gray Wolves 

 are not uncommon in that county. 



Several correspondents report them common in Iron, Bayfield, 

 Douglas and Burnett counties. 



Mr. F. E. Munroe, county clferk at Lady smith, Rusk Co., informs 

 me that Gray Wolves are not uncommon in the county and that on 

 February 20, 1907, he paid bounty on two killed that week. 



Gray Wolves, or Timber Wolves, as they are often called, are wan- 

 dering animals, which frequent alike both prairie and timbered country 

 wherever they can find game. In the old days in the central plain re- 

 gion of the United States, Wolves were very numerous and preyed largely 

 upon Buffalo, but since the extermination of that species their descend- 

 ents have turned their attention to Cattle and Sheep. In wooded 

 sections they kill many Deer, as well as smaller animals, such as Hares 

 and Foxes. 



