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Wolf pictures of video

We saw our first wolf pack in the winter of 2001 near Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada. It was at dusk in quite a heavy snow storm. We managed to get a bit of footage of the pack on video, but it was impossible to take any pictures. A year later we saw one lone wolf in the Bow Valley. In the winter of 2004 we first saw three members of the Decoigne wolf pack (a pack we'd photographed in the summer of 2002, see main wolves picture page), then within three hours we were totally taken by surprise by the Medicine Lake pack. In all these cases I was unable to take any pictures with my analogue photo cameras and slow lenses.
By talking to park wardens on our trips we have come to realise how unusual it is and how fortunate we have been to see so many wolf packs (one warden told us he had never seen more than two wolves together in his entire 27 year career working for Parks Canada). These pictures - taken from our videos - may not be good quality shots but they do represent some of our wolf encounters. There have also been many occasions where we have not been able to take any shots or video of the wolves as they quickly ran accross the road in front us or through the woods by our side before disappearing within seconds.
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf pack
Bow Valley wolf
Bow Valley wolf
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Decoigne Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack
Medicine Lake Wolf Pack