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hard of us for using poison on the wolf family. We 

 never used poison to kill any animals only wolves and 

 rats. All the wolf dens we ever found were under big 

 rocks or under a ledge of rocks, but old wolf hunters 

 have told us they found a nest in a hollow log or in 

 under a jamb of timber that the wind had blown down, 

 but the nests or dens we found, most were under big 

 rocks, and one was under a ledge of rocks and the 

 whelps were so cunning we were not able to coax a 

 single one out of that nest, and not one of them came 

 near enough to get into a trap set as far into the hole 

 as we could reach, and I don't believe the old ones ever 

 came back to that place that year. This was in June, 

 1876. This was the last nest of young wolves that 

 any one knows of in Northwestern Pennsylvania. We 

 don't know how many there were in this litter of 

 whelps, but we know there was a nest of whelps in 

 there, for they barked at my dog, but would not come 

 out so we could see them, but we are certain they got 

 into some hole or crevice where they could not get out. 

 The last wolf I captured and killed was about May 

 2.5th, 1878." 



The financial side of wolf hunting in Pennsylvania 

 was epitomized by Wolfer Dickinson in the Altoona 

 Tribune, as follows : "As to the price of wolf hides 

 in this part of Pennsylvania in the days of the early 

 settlers, my father often told me that the price of 

 wolf hides from 1830 to 1855 was from $1 to $2 for 

 grown wolves. The price varied according to the 

 season of the year the wolf was captured or quantity 



