Found this article about wolf myths…. OMG….
I do not know who you are or what background of expertise you have to address the myths and myth information promulgated in our communities about wolves, but in addressing and correcting myths it is appropriate to make factual statements and not promote myths from the opposing viewpoint.
As myth No. 1 is addressed the often misquoted story originally published in the Idaho Falls Paper the Post Register, written by one of the early proponents of introducing the gray wolf into our ecosystem, is restated. The original is quite interesting. Countering the story with the outdated information that wolves primarily target the weak and sick and bury their leftovers does not promote correct understanding.
Before the introduction of the gray wolf into Idaho, the Timber wolf hunted as you described. Genetically the two animals are identical as the whitetail deer in Canada and Florida are identical, yet even as they are the same animal they have different habits and grow to vastly different sizes. Whitetail in Canada are massive, while those in Florida are diminutive. The climate and the wildlife densities where the gray wolf came from promote large body sizes, and the wolves there hunt in large packs, and pursue a much larger percentage of the prey they encounter, and large packs have a higher success ratio on these pursuits especially in areas with higher densities of prey animals. Prey densities where the gray wolves were obtained are measured in square miles per animal where in Idaho we used to measure prey densities in animals per square mile. Wolves are opportunistic hunters and the gray wolf continues to do what its former habitat demanded and take full advantage of its opportunities, even if the new habitat does not necessitate it. It take many generations in a wild population to alter these behaviors. Yes elk and moose and some deer can mortally wound a single wolf with a kick, a response effective against a hunting pair of timber wolves, but not against big packs of gray wolves.