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Updated: 12:39 PM Mar 18, 2010
Oregon Man Cries Wolf
Something you don't see every day, a wolf, caught on camera here in Northern Illinois.
Posted: 5:45 PM Mar 17, 2010 |
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Something you don't see every day, a wolf, caught on camera here in Northern Illinois.
Bob Coine has a series of motion-activated cameras on and around his property in western Oregon. This picture was captured on one of his trail cams. At first he thought it might be a large male coyote, but we spoke with a local wildlife biologist who says this photo is actually a wolf. This is believed to be the first live wolf filmed naturally in Illinois.
"..I have to assume the wolves are here for the same reason people are, this is a great place to live, and the wildlife and the habitat here really lend itself well to this kind of predator," said Coine.
In Feb. 2008, a wolf was shot near Lena by a coyote hunter.
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Posted by: michael freeman
Location: wildwood, il
on Mar 29, 2010 at 03:51 PM
went out to wards grove stockton il jo davies county last weekend, while shed antler hunting found a large set of tracks thought to be a large coyote also. then when leaving the property seen several deer running thru, then i seen the large animal we believe to be a wolf large, ~120 to 130 lbs, very heathy looking. as soon as it spotted us it turned & ran away from us, but it was trailing the group of deer i think looking for dinner!!!! been hunting out there for 6 years 1st sighting of animal and/or tracks that size that we experianced out there just wanted to share info after reading your story i believe they are out there just don't catch them that often
Posted by: yvonne
Location: rockford
on Mar 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM
my brother just took a snapshot of a red fox that is out here where we live on S Main.. it was kinda cool to know that we have some wild life out here besides the ducks and geese.
Posted by: Bob
on Mar 17, 2010 at 08:58 PM
That is neat. We have a cougar by Poplar Grove and now a Wolf. I just hope that people in those areas want those animals gone.
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