THE OREGOBT P0BTSMA3T 



THE TIMBER WOLF IN OREGON 



Data on Range and Habits Collected by the Game Department 



During the Past Season 



BY 

 STANLEY G- JEW ETT 



From data now avaflabl- . .- : ~_. - . 



Timber Wolf - . ^— ._ ' . -. .. -_ ' - ■_- — --~ 



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north to Jackson County on the south. Ni 



famed of tkia ----- - ekfte . aseade 



Mountains west _ ._ The _" _ _ 



timber wolf is the only species of true — "_: : _ -^ 



.::;! It should nevei - ; zz .— . - — i:-: 



ranges over the entire ^ te 



Mr. F. N. Robeson. : . . - ^ b - 



trapped tL - - : - - - w - luring - _ . and has seem 



■ : od many mo: e signs : - __ _ v. - : i - ." ~ . . i _ 2 



River in Clackamas County. Mr. Robeson eangfr - _ - wf ires in 

 traps, using four traps : - -'. During 1 Eke sarfj part : .":- 

 "rzi'i-rr :-- . : ~ ~~---- — - 



down to the river. These tracks TJwwrd i ffe g — — . - - . _ 

 very much as dogs do: running dtse - -. ;_ :le :— t 



and at other times spreading apart afcowt tii— yards. T&e woi _ -s 

 disappeared from that locality : r about five day= : .. - _ . - - . _ - . 

 Mr. Robeson had his traps set and - wifi mowHUm 



He caught the male wolf Bra* ind a few 

 female in the same trap, baited with tfce sane meat. One 

 wolves carried the trap-drag, which was a heavy stick about three 

 inches in diameter and seven and a half feet long, for nearly a 

 mile. On February 28th. Mr. Robeson eang_ ^ z 



Si ::ion 33. Townsh r ^onth Eange 4 East, which was only a 

 short distance from where he caught the : hn Has "volf 



was caught in a act wnicn were baited witl 



chunks of bob-cat and coyote me ; I 



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