Yellowstone - 🐺 Tracker

Another early start but the early bird catches the worm or manages to see some wolves.

On our way to the north part of the park we stumbled across a group of 'Wolf Trackers, who had pitched up proper spotter scopes along the road watching a pack of wolves feeding on a kill (bison).

We were lucky enough to see some of the wolves walking through the grass and I definitely saw a black one with my naked eye even if it was only a tiny spot in the distance.

The view through the spotter scopes of the 🐺 Trackers was amazing though.

According to the tracker, the pack had five cubs this year. This is amazing as the wolfes struggle with feeding in during the summer as all herbivores are in full strength.

Sadly no pictures to show just one of the 'crime scene' but a few titbits to remember
👆When Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872, the wolf population was already in decline in the area
👆The last wolves were killed in Yellowstone in 1926
👆In 1995, gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone in the Lamar Valley. The reintroduction program was very controversial
👆One of the reasons wolves were reintroduced was to manage the elk population as without a natural predator their numbers became unsustainableRead more