[Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Theodore Roosevelt]@TWC D-Link bookHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches CHAPTER VIII 18/43
This occurred near Thompson's Falls, Montana. Usually wolves are found singly, in pairs, or in family parties, each having a large beat over which it regularly hunts, and also at times shifting its ground and travelling immense distances in order to take up a temporary abode in some new locality--for they are great wanderers.
It is only under stress of severe weather that they band together in packs. They prefer to creep on their prey and seize it by a sudden pounce, but, unlike the cougar, they also run it down in fair chase.
Their slouching, tireless gallop enables them often to overtake deer, antelope, or other quarry; though under favorable circumstances, especially if near a lake, the latter frequently escape.
Whether wolves run cunning I do not know; but I think they must, for coyotes certainly do.
A coyote cannot run down a jack-rabbit; but two or three working together will often catch one.
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