Wolf (Canis lupus)

[Shadow]

(05-21-2020, 02:54 AM)TheNormalGuy Wrote:

(05-20-2020, 01:13 PM)Shadow Wrote: In this article is mentioned third biggest wolf shot in Finland ever. I have been looking for the biggest, but no luck yet, surprisingly difficult to find it.

Anyway this wolf was 174 cm long, body+tail. Shoulder height is given, for some reason in this case "a bit over 80 cm". Weight was without blood 54,1 kg.

https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000000023368.html

Hi Shadow,

What do you mean by "Without blood" ? Like a dead wolf ? Or you meant something else?

I will look at the reading you suggested me. Thanks for letting me know of that litterature.

Yes, that wolf was hunted and shot. It looks to have been a wolf killing reindeer and that was the reason why it was shot. Wolves are protected here, they are hunted too every year. Officials give licences to certain number of wolves to be hunted. So that wolf has been maybe 57-58 kg when alive, I don´t know how much blood wolves have overall. It´s difficult to find information about biggest ones, several sources say, that biggest hunted wolves in Finland would have been over 65 kg.

And if you hadn´t seen that book before, then very good that you can see it now. Reply