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Wolf pups enjoying fall in the Northwoods

Voyageurs Wolf Project | December 12, 2025



A really nice look at 3 Cranberry Bay pups this fall, or at least what we think are 3 pups! Once pups reach the October/November period, it can be tough to tell them apart from adults.

The easiest way to tell pups from adults at this time is by looking at facial features. Pups often appear to have faces that just don’t quite look like adults—a very scientific explanation, we know! In other words, pups’ faces don’t often look fully developed. In particular, their snouts look shorter and more “boxy” or blunted than an adult.

Of course, telling the two apart is more of an art than a science come late fall and winter, and we would never say we could pick out the pups 100% of the time. There are instances when it is abundantly clear that a wolf is a pup but then there are also numerous instances were it is pretty tough.

In this instance, the back two wolves in the first couple frames definitely look like pups to us. The front wolf is hard to tell but we would guess a pup. The Cranberry Bay Pack was 7 wolves at this time, of which two were the ear-tagged breeding pair (V083 and V084) and 5 were untagged wolves.

In Spring 2021, the pack was 4 adult wolves and had a litter 4 pups. Assuming no adults joined the pack, which we think is likely, then at least 3-4 of the 5 untagged wolves are pups.

If 4 of the untagged wolves are pups, then an adult wolf from the spring must have dispersed and left the pack sometime during the summer. This would be completely normal and largely expected.

Regardless, we can safely conclude most untagged wolves in the Cranberry Bay Pack are pups just by doing some simple math and making a few reasonable assumptions!

We want to thank our friends @NatureSpyuk for supporting our trail camera efforts by donating cameras and camera supplies to our project.

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  9. @reportage-natur-dorisrepor3758

    December 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm

    Wunderschoen ❤️.
    Zubewundern ❤️.
    Woelfen 🐺🐾📖 Wolfsblut 🌲🌾🌄🌾🌲
    Senderen doris aus und in Danmark
    🇩🇰🌲🇩🇰📯🇩🇰.
    Woelfen innovation STARK durchboxsen 👍 STARK 👌👩‍🎓📖 Geschuetzt 🔔 Sorgfalt 🔔.
    Natur-Geschuetz deren Situationen 👂📽️👂
    ………..🌲🌄🌲🌾🐾🐺🌾🌲📖👌👩‍🎓👍.
    National-Psrk fuer Geschuetzt 🔔 Sorgfalt umgehend behandling 👌 Macht STARK 👌.

  17. @KGBTplus

    December 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm

    так, послушайте. мне на английском пришёл текст "денег давай, убьём песцов" вас кто-то ломанул всё-же? или, как обычно, на Русских всё спишите*

  22. @Davidnumber23

    December 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm

    its not all about rolling in poo, animals love their surroundings and its scents and like to wear , share and know whats going down in their neighborhood. My dog scrapes the earth and rubs onto it

  26. @TheErik249

    December 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm

    Wouldn't it be really cool if you could walk through the woods, encounter these beautiful animals, and then be able to pet them and not have it be an activist nightmarish disaster?
    Yes, I know.
    They're wild.
    They're notoriously territorial and very protective of THE PACK.
    They hunt just about anything for food.
    I just want to say hello…
    Admire them…
    Acknowledge eachother…
    And then leave them be.
    Here in Washington state where I live, fish an game, and politics…
    Has really effed their lives up.
    They've lost A LOT of habitat.
    Its sad.
    I stand by the wolves.
    Its their forest… NOT OURS.

  34. @rachel_sj

    December 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm

    My Chihuahua mixes love to “otter dog” (what we call their plopping and rolling around on the ground/floor) on rugs and under our bed after walks or when it's time for bed too. You can't take the Wolf out of the Pup!! 😁🤣

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