THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
British Columbia and Alaska. The pelt of the latter is an exceedingly 
fine one and as desirable a hunting trophy as the skin of a black bear. 
West of the Mississippi, where the range of the grey wolf begins, as far as 
the Rocky Mountains and through the civilized parts of Canada the grey 
wolf is not often seen except in winter; but in the far North-West it hunts 
as much by day as by night, and the traveller may often come upon these 
animals singly or in small parties engaged in the chase. Wolves are restless, 
wandering creatures, and almost any kind of country seems to suit them, 
provided game is to be found. From the dense swamps of hemlock and 
tamarack of the north to the everglades of Florida, to the snow-swept 
prairies of the west and the bald mountains of the Arctic Circle, wolves 
are always found on the prowl, ready to pick up the weaklings of any race, 
or, in winter by concerted attack, to battle with the strong. Nothing 
comes amiss to them, from a fledgling bird to the largest bull moose. 
Their resource and endurance is infinite, and a forest or prairie country 
is well settled indeed where the wolves are reduced to a minimum. In 
summer they usually go about singly, in pairs, or the mother with her 
cubs, and kill young birds, small mammals, the calves of ungulates and 
anything that cannot get out of the way. Towards the autumn the families 
join together, and in winter very large packs are sometimes formed, and 
hunt deer, wapiti, caribou and moose. Formerly every great herd of 
buffalo had its attendant packs of wolves, which skulked on the verge of 
the herd and picked off the young and the wounded. So voracious are these 
animals that when hungry they will even run down and kill their cousins 
the foxes, which, though swifter for a short distance, are no match for 
them in wind and endurance. Even animals of their own kind that are 
wounded or sick are overpowered and destroyed. A full-grown male grey 
wolf measures about 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet, including the tail hairs, and 
weighs from 70 to 90 lb.; 150 lb. is given as the maximum weight. The 
female is slightly smaller. Individuals vary much in colour, usually being 
brownish -grey and lighter underneath, with much of the upper parts 
tipped with brownish -black. The tail itself often has the tip black, with 
a few white hairs interspersed. The under fur is of a brownish -grey. 
Even so far south as Winnipeg, pure white and black skins are not 
uncommon. In Alaska most of the wolves are jet black, with a few white 
and grey ones. 
In North America wolves do not seem to assemble in such large packs 
as they do in Siberia, five to ten being the usual number. The hunting call 
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