Alaska species accounts, part 1, v4403
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Caris Lupus 8 July - cont- in some cases more than a quarter of mile, In one instance the head could definitely been carried in the mouth, eye sockets chipped. In my case has a skull been found broke open or chewed out. After the wolves come the fates and vawens - sometimes together but more often the vawen comes lost. The foxes eat the flesh and the vawens pick up the remains. A wolf skull thus leaves a whole complex of Caris- vawens animals and will usually remain on the ground about a week before it has been picked clean. In hunting by plane the wolves are often chased long distances. Yearlings are easier to shoot than old wolves. The yearlings usually run a field of the plane and then clear off to one side where they are easy shot. Adults, however, keep a blood, stop and rest, double back under the plane, and keep up such an erratic course that it is difficult to get in a good shot. In one case an adult male was chased from known points on the map. Ikevan continually without stopping for 30