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Old 06-05-2012, 09:04 PM
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In 1450, a pack of wolves managed to enter Paris. They killed 40 people. France had a rough time with wolves. The much later Beast of Gevadaun managed to kill 100 or so peasants. Give or take. Peasants were expendable in preRevolutionary France, but it got so bad soldiers were sent in.

Closer to home, wolves were still considered a possible threat in rural Michigan as late as WW1. My great grandmother remembered her father keeping a Winchester rifle around as wolf medicine. Some old timers claimed they were a problem until at least the 30s in the UP. Anecdotally the old 38-55 worked well.

Our friends in Russia can sometimes collect a bounty of over $300 for a wolf pelt. Big money in Siberia and not bad money here either.
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