Wolves hunting deer in winter in Northern Minnesota

[@manuelwebe]

Both deer and wolves use the stream to cool down and quench their thirst before continuing their pursuit. The doe even seems to use the stream to conceal her tracks by walking in the water in the opposite direction she originally went. It's incredible how much info you can get with a short trail cam video sometimes. Thanks for sharing.

[@readytogo6569]

The deer may be using the stream to displace her scent, but understands nothing about concealing tracks. Animals don’t think like that.

[@manuelwebe]

@@readytogo6569 I am a certified wildlife vet & ecologist (PhD). I know a thing or two about the topic. The verb conceal was used in a very broad sense. I just liked the video a lot. Peace!

[@readytogo6569]

@@manuelwebe I respect that, tho animals don’t conceal their tracks. That’s a human trait. It was “tracks” that was incorrect.

[@manuelwebe]

@@Ssp-sv7dp Gees! You want to see my full CV? 😄 Peace keyboard warriors, peace!

[@milesbossons8886]

There are no predators except humans that track animals by foot/hoof prints. Wolves track by scent, which is not concealed by moving around, nor by the water. The deer is only moving around because they are in flight mode and exhausted. They can only maintain high speeds for short distances, and wolves are persistence hunters. "I am a certified wildlife vet & ecologist (PhD)." Please don't misrepresent professionals. Such a person would know that there is no such thing as print tracking by animals, as well as basic details about animal behavior.

[@agoodspotheadscratcher]

They lay down in water in freezing temperatures, showing how long they've been running.

[@A_GoogIe_User]

Love the videos,love the additional text, really helpfull to be able to put it into context.

[@MrScottmoad]

Hard to watch that deer so exhausted but having to get up and keep moving.

[@languagesource355]

That is the life of deer. They feed, breed during the rut, which can be exhausting on them to the point they can't survive the winter (if the herd is out of balance, i.e. too many does and few bucks), they run from predators, including coyotes, and they are also maimed and killed by cars. Oh, and those who survive all that, they lose their teeth to old age and die of hunger. People who are opposed to hunting think deer only frolic in the fields and look majestic.

[@rankenfile]

Excellent footage.

[@stanleydog1454]

Like I feel bad for the deer, because that's scary AF, but the schlorp schlorp drinking noise from the wolves got me

[@readytogo6569]

Nature gave all a fair shot. More hunts end in failure than success.

[@PeaceToall462]

That was cool.I heard a pack of wolves take down a deer. First I could hear ‘baaing’ then followed by howling. The next morning there was a murder of crows picking at the remains. This was in Ely. Unbelievable experience.

[@wildswan221]

This is incredible footage!! The way the wolf drinks in the stream makes me wonder if I should give our dogs a larger water container, so they can put their muzzles in like the wolf did. Maybe I'll test out the stock tank for them.

[@MarkVrem]

Could be his legs were just tired.

[@emilka2033]

They dip themselves into the water because of how hot they're getting. These animals are well insulated from the cold, and running for miles in an adrenalized state causes them to eventually overheat. Notice the temperature as recorded by the cameras, that water is ice cold!

[@Jordan-rb28]

Your dogs aren't exhausting themselves the way these wild animals are. These are also in such great physical health that they can take themselves to that point

[@AdventureswithLycanmyGSD]

Wow, great video.

[@teyanuputorti7927]

Nature on full display I love it

[@gus473]

Excellent images! The road goes on forever.....

[@laloelsalamanca]

Wild, Majestic, Godly

[@sunwukongmonkeyking5561]

The struggle both faces. They both are equally working as hard just to live and survive. Amazing will to survive.

[@Iowrider714]

Those last 2 wolves @0:25-0:32 don't look too enthused about the whole thing. 😁

[@TobiasUnterweger]

Cool Video cool KZbin 🐺👍🏻

[@longforgotten4823]

So cool

[@Dannoo77]

Dang nice rug their!

[@carlbunner5515]

Time to put wolf on the menu again

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

1;20 that a SMALL Whitetail for that area in Minnesota/Manitoba Lake-of-the Woods area. Homesteads have gone back to deer browse. in Homestead days you sold your calves for cash, and hunter for your family. Some whitetail bucks are the size of grain fed steer. !! Chasing with dogs is illegal in Ontario: all the lactic acid makes everything unpalatable.

[@pennsydude9723]

That doe was running for her life. Both animals have 4 legs. Sooo, the endurance match will be who can last the longer in the pursuit. Will the doe out wit the wolves or will they give up on the pursuit. Nature at it's best.

[@cappystrano1]

The doe won’t make it, she can’t run forever like the wolves can.

[@pennsydude9723]

@cappystrano1 You're right. She would have to somehow out wit them. If she doesn't, she definitely won't see another day.

[@languagesource355]

Predators can tolerate hunger and thirst longer. Deer can sprint fast but as is shown here they do run out of energy. And eating vegetation is a slow way of recharging - they have to eat a lot to recover. Wolves are prolific in MN lately, so I'm guessing they're very successful.

[@TheStarWarriorHorse]

1:26 Bro pressed the spacebar to recharge his stamina before resuming hunting! 🤣 Props to those of you who get the reference. 😉

[@user-kvnMN]

Wolves know what they are doing.

[@languagesource355]

Control the wolves! Save the deer... for deer season!

[@Vernbubba]

Kapow!

[@Caliber-R]

That's a run. Right, wrong or indifferent. Run.

[@مقارنات_الجيوش]

[@imeekamland660]

😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrBlackbutang]

❤❤❤❤

[@bigwhisky6157]

There are waaaay too many wolves in Minnesota. They Need to be managed like every other animal. Apex predators can not be left uncontrolled. The balance in northern Minnesota is completely out of wack. Despite what you think, this is a fact!

[@montezuma6962]

Voice your opinion by not buying MN hunting tags. Go to another state to spend your $. Problem solved

[@electricblue3173]

1:26 have some water :v

[@frickfrickkin1723]

A black wolf! How rare

[@backyardjungle4954]

Almost all black wolves are dog-wolf hybrids. I don't like them as much since they are impure

[@No-longer1]

@@backyardjungle4954 Mate most wolves have dog subspecies dna in them from the very early days humans started domesticating them. The amount of prehistoric dog in those wolves is a fraction of a fraction of a drop of blood. The darker coat also offers the pups a greater resistance to disease to some degree.

[@backyardjungle4954]

@@No-longer1 the modern day black ones are due to more recent interbreeding

[@SilverDragonPuppets]

Most wolves are actually black, it’s a dominant trait

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

we need a pack here in town, but the mule deer in BC are so anorexic there's not enough meaton them to make a sausage.

[@mixtaperadio]

to this day the doe is still running hoping to be in the Guinness World Records

[@nightingaleofsorrow9349]

Unfortunately when nature is out of balance this is what happens. Ask any deer hunter in Northern Minnesota or Northern Wisconsin how deer hunting was 10-15 years ago. The land can only handle so many wolves. Magnificent creatures but their population must be controlled. 🦌🐺🌲

[@_Tinja_]

What "this" do you think is happening here? I don't get what you are talking about.

[@HubertofLiege]

They’re controlling the population of bipedal deer hunters, less hunters less guns.

[@Cookiecrumbles93]

@@_Tinja_possibly because you’re dense

[@georgehanson2978]

Actually, predator and pray populations were kept in balance for thousands of years before any human “management”.

[@HubertofLiege]

@@georgehanson2978 and now that we can’t go back to being in check we have to manage it.

[@kennethgoin628]

This is the stuff more "huggers" should watch. Nature is harsh, demanding, and unforgiving. Watching that doe lay right in the water, gasping for air and drinking, but my hiking through the woods "traumatizes" deer? Give me a break!

[@holgerawakens7784]

5 wolves. 100 deer to feed them. every year. Gonna need to move your cameras soon.

[@Mr_Anderson_II]

Can you please cite the source for this? I don't see how anybody can say with certainty that 5 wolves eat 100 deer a year when the wolves hunt animals other than just deer, as seen on this channel.

[@JamesonThe1]

@@Mr_Anderson_II Foraging and Feeding Ecology of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus): Lessons from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA1, 2, 3

[@KudaKeileon]

Prey outnumbers predators by such a wide margin that it evens out.

[@omichaelnato5388]

Look at Pennsylvania and the deer population - there’s too many and it increases the tick population which is a silent killer. Now PA has the worst tick population because of this.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Deer weren’t even native to N Mn before the white man came. Upland Caribou were more numerous. And deer transmit brain worm to moose

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

They only hunt bucks though........