40 • WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



had lost his winter coat, and his hair was as short and 

 smooth as a common smooth-haired dog. It just 

 dawned on me that I never before saw a wolf while he 

 had his winter coat of fur on. 



"The late Spring, Summer and early Fall being the 

 onl}- times that we could trap or hunt them, and all of 

 our experiences with the wolf family were while they 

 had their summer coat, which is not one-quarter as 

 long or heavy as their winter coat. And after looking 

 this fellow over carefully we have changed our mind 

 about the size of him. Instead of putting him in the 

 heavy class we will put him as a medium-sized full- 

 grown wolf. If I am fortunate enough to get to 

 Buffalo the last of this month I will try to get a photo 

 of this fellow in his summer coat, and, if successful, 

 will send you a print so you can compare them. They 

 are a hard animal to get a picture of, because they are 

 so restless and uneasy. You will see that this is not a 

 perfect picture, for the wolf moved his tail, and it just 

 shows a blur, but this is the best view out of a dozen. 

 It does not make any difference where this wolf comes 

 from — whether it was Maine, Montana or California 

 — he is a gray wolf, and the very same type of the 

 grey wolf of Pennsylvania. When hunting young 

 wolves, which was done in the latter part of May or 

 fore part of June, it was a mystery to me, as I could 

 not make out where all the long hair in their nests 

 came from, but it is very plain to me now. It was all 

 from their heavv winter coats." 



