Now available in multiple languages and indexed so you are able to jump to specific topics or carry on your viewing, this is the first of a two part series on the "Wolf Workshop" course offered by the Alberta Trappers' Association (ATA) in Canada.
Not just for trappers, this material should be of interest to wildlife enthusiasts in general, as it delves into many lesser-known aspects of wolf behaviour - things that, often, only trappers know.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:00:18 - Part 1: Introductions, material to cover, survival story, trapping experience, need for management, how big they get, use of toxicants, public perceptions, the need for humane trapping practices, hard work required
00:12:03 - Part 2: Places wolves go, where and how to make scent and urine posts, denning sites, wolves and beavers, scent post reuse, bait site use, water courses, unproductive places, using open areas, alpha females and urine posts, catching entire packs, rendezvous sites, snowmobile trails
00:26:07 - Part 3: Routes wolves like, paws for lures, traps on the way in, how to treat traps, staying scent-free, open timber for snares, lure recipes, lure placement, when to use bait stations
00:38:06 - Part 4: Watch dogs to learn wolves, things wolves need, don't overwhelm senses, predator competition, physical characteristics, neck fur effect on snares, stinger springs for snares, upcoming snare regulations, snare design and testing, swelled vs non-swelled heads, causes of wolf mortality, example of intelligence
00:50:54 - Part 5: Wolf sizes, keeness of senses, smell the most, howling for wolves, waryness of people, intelligence, change up your methods, learn from others, hearing ability, eyesight, small cable kills quicker, cougars and snares, information their noses gather
01:02:48 - Part 6: Wolf feet good on ice, footholds on top of ground, walks on toes, smaller pans for better catches, wolf story, social order, mating, lone wolf habits, pups during breeding, Montana wolves from Alberta
01:12:00 - Part 7: Gland lures when mating, marking territory, inter pack dynamics, loping endurance, eery sixth senses, track size, breeding time, gestation and litter size, rate of growth, alphas using cattle to teach pups to hunt, counterproductive culling strategies, catching pack by alpha leg hold, den locations
01:23:18 - Part 8: Wolf hunting strategies, pack splitting, behaviour during cold snaps, danger to humans, submissive behaviours when trapped, pack reluctance to leave alphas, how much they eat, prey preferences, three hunting methods, imitating dogs around cattle
01:34:25 - Part 9: Using wolf scat and scent glands, anticipating marking behaviour, using wolf intestine, wolf, bear, cougar interactions, locating wolf on a drag, importance of good anchors, snares on log crossings, using squirrel middens, bear rubs, experiment with different smells
01:45:48 - Part 10: Use of trail cameras, checking traps, don't be shy on trapline, leaving scent by traps, using scent to move wolves, using watercourses, making/exploiting bridges for animals, seasonal change effects, using ridges, making trails for wolves, provincial reclamation efforts
01:57:43 - Part 11: Wise wolf management, harder work to trap, less frequent visits, lot of equipment needed, preseason prep, wolves know strangers, familiarity's benefits, don't shoot at them, equipment selection, marking traps, be organized, test/tweak traps, treating/waxing traps
02:08:56 - Part 12: Setting pan tension, boiling traps and snares, dying traps, remember successful traps, diversion tricks
02:21:41 - Part 13: Avoiding repetition, set aside ego as wolves are difficult, waxing traps, why wax, transporting traps, obtaining peat, dirt sources, using drags
02:31:55 - Part 14: Snare cable choice, cable sources, quicker kill designs, wolf pull strength, anchoring height, cable weaves, snare distances from bait/lures, spacing, advantages of 5/64th and stinger springs, why to avoid escapes, avoiding incompetents
02:44:13 - Part 15: Encourging tangles, discerning quick vs slow kills, anchoring snares, stinger snare components, quick kill success rates for different snares, ensuring hard tug needed to fire, reactions to leg holds
02:54:54 - Part 16: Check break-aways, history of testing snares, use known components, break-aways must release large animals, safety, swivels, killing end function, all purpose anchors, 5/64th recommendation, anchor lengths, too long no good, swivel types, snares must be built right, regulation comparisons, power rams