The Mistissini Cree captured wolf in steel traps, then killed them with shotguns. Shotguns were often used to kill trapped wolves. A piece of bait was fastened, and when dragged by the wolf, the trap door would close, capturing the wolf. Another method was to build a small house made of ice with a snow trap door, which slid up and down. The wolf would lick the knife, slicing its tongue, and if cut seriously, the animal would bleed to death. Another method of slaughtering wolves was to smear a sharp knife with caribou blood and plunge it in the snow, only leaving the edge sticking out. The wolf would fall through and be stuck in the hole, because it was too narrow for him to jump out, and be slaughtered there. A wall would be erected around the hole forcing the wolf to lunge across it to reach the bait. The wolf trap used was a 3m hole in the snow, covered with a portion of snow, at the middle of which bait was placed. If wolves were preying on the caches for weeks, traps were built or Inuit lay in hiding places near bait to slaughter them. Usually, wolves would attack food caches or dogs in winter, when everyone was asleep. Ĭentral Inuit only hunted wolves when the animal became a danger. When the blubber thawed in the wolf’s stomach, the baleen uncurled like a spring and ripped the wolf’s intestines. Inuit, including Central Inuit of Northern Hudson Bay, killed wolf with bait made of a sharpened piece of baleen wrapped in frozen blubber. Iglulik Inuit also used box traps and tower traps and captured the animal with a unique “wolf-killer” of baleen or lured the animal with a razor-sharp blade covered with frozen blood. Inuit made deadfalls of stone or snow: when the wolf entered it to get the bait, a stone fell, injuring or killing the wolf. Cultures that reportedly used deadfall traps include the Spokane, Tahltan, Kotzebue Sound Inupiat and Iglulik Inuit. The Spokane are reported to have used pitfalls positioned along game trails. ĭeadfalls, pitfalls and other traps were typically used to capture wolves. Nuiqsut Inupiat hunted primarily in December, with some hunting occurring January to March April to late May was another important time for hunting because the hotter weather allowed skidoos to travel quickly on the snow. Iglulik and Central Inuit of Northern Hudson Bay hunted wolves in summer. The Southwestern Chippewa usually shot wolves from their winter hunting grounds. Time of year for hunting wolf varied according to culture. At times, they were shot, the fur sold and the flesh left in the bush for wolverines. Wolves were found throughout the Vunta Kutchin region and were considered extremely aggressive predators. The animal was not eaten by Inuit of Starnes Fiord, but the hind limbs were fed to their dogs. The Micmac (Mi'kmaq) of Richibucto did not consume wolves, but considered it a bothersome animal that was hunted for its fur and teeth, which were used as pendants. Gray WolfĬultures that are reported to have hunted gray wolves tended to use it as a supplemental food source when other food sources were scarce. Wolves and coyotes are closely related dog-like furbearers that are frequently harvested for their fur and occasionally consumed as food by many indigenous cultures.
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