Leslie Spit & Wolves

beat the shit out of it.. its a f***ing dog

Not to fear. Cougars in the rockies, now that's another st0ry.

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beat the shit out of it.. its a f***ing dog

I've often wondered about this. 80 lb dog vs. 160 lbs human. Assuming you can dodge its lunges for your throat, you should be able to win one on one, right? Kick it, throw it, or choke it.

It's got teeth but you have more weight and strength.

ummm, yea, a human man may be heavier than timber wolf, but they are extremely strong animals - a full grown male wolf (alpha male) can take down a large young adult elk... and 2 or 3 full grown male wolves can take down a full grown moose, but that depends on what is available in terms of food...

so, i doubt a 160lb man can over power an 80+ pound alpha male wolf... yea, kick it or punch it and that will scare it, but they are agile and powerful so they can leap at your throat from out of your reach and once they get a hold of an arm or leg, they have the ability to crush your bones.

think about this, some arctic sledding dogs/drafting dogs were bred from wolves and sled dogs are very strong/powerful, so in other words don't F*** with a wolf in the wild... chances are if you see one, there will be a few more around from its pack and they will attack if a pack member is threatened.

Wolf or coyote? Never heard of a wolf being out there but lots of coyotes on the spit. I run it a lot, haven't seen one yet. Had a bird sh¡t on me once.

That's so cool!

I hear there are coyotes there. I was also there on Saturday for the first time and my husband warned me about the coyotes, but I only saw geese that hissed at me. I hissed back. If I saw a pack of coyotes and they scared me, I would stop running and slowly back away from them. This always works with dogs and cats. It's their instinct to chase what runs, but I think they've learned that humans don't make a good lunch.

A 50 pit can control 2500lb bulls. You're looking at a 99.9% chance of death if you try to fight a wolf. Your only saving grace would be to get a finger in his arse to really disturb him. Don't try running, four legs work much better than 2 when on rough terrain. If it's smooth, he'll be twice as fast as you. I seem to remember a thread about some idiot thinking he could outrun a bear by running around a tree. Try climbing it instead of running around it for a wolf.

If it's a coyote, you should be safe as they are more cowardly than wolves. Unless it's sick, then you might have a small fight on your hands. Of course, I'm kind of talkin out of my ass because I have no actual experience with wolves. Coyotes, Pits, and bulls, I do have experience.

I run there often and it is well documented that there is a Coyote pack there. Really no big deal. They are actually everywhere in the wooded parts of the city, you just rarely see them.

One was struck by a car a few years ago on the Don Mills exit onto the DVP.

I am really surprised how many people live in Canada and don't know the difference between a Wolf and a Coyote.

SMJO wrote:

I run there often and it is well documented that there is a Coyote pack there. Really no big deal. They are actually everywhere in the wooded parts of the city, you just rarely see them.

One was struck by a car a few years ago on the Don Mills exit onto the DVP.

I am really surprised how many people live in Canada and don't know the difference between a Wolf and a Coyote.

It's rare, but coyotes can get up to 50 pounds, so I could see someone confusing them. I doubt there's any out there that big, they'd be in the 20 pound range. As for wolves, Ontario has wild wolves but you have to go well out of the GTA to find them, there's no known population in Southern Ontario.

It's mating season, so coyotes might be more active in the area right now. By summer they'll disappear again. I think I'll take a jaunt that way this weekend.

I appreciate all the input. Perhaps it's a coyote, honestly I wouldn't know the difference (I'm a city guy, you know!) For the time being I'm just going to head to Ashbridge's Bay for my long runs.