Thank you for appreciating this as much as we do, friggin' God's country brother! Stay safe & well out in the field my man!

Thats the plan brother!!!! He has clients booked for February/March & the Wolves will be laying out on the ice like they do every year sunbathing with full bellies come March (Warm weather & prime breeding season).

He is a wealth of knowledge & you're right, I need to open my ears more & ask more questions, because that value is sought by not only myself but you guys as well as viewers. Him & I wake up at 6:00AM every morning, have tea & chat until 9:00AM then go touch up all the bait sites, etc... So we are always chatting a lot behind the scenes, what you see is just minuscule to our insane adventures but sometimes its required to just toss the camera in my pocket & leave it turned off, you know? Come Spring we have a series of videos planned surrounding Franklin, his guiding & his stories... Just you wait... You will love it!

@@PatterningNature That will be pure knowledge and entertaining for sure. Will be waiting for that to come out. I'm sure you could write a book on the morning chats, "My adventures with Franklin" by Joel.

Prior I've jammed a bunch of scraps into a tupperware tote, the large ones you move houses with, then filled that with water & left it to freeze in -20 or -30... Then you have to blow torch the bottom so it releases Hahaha Things weighed 100 pounds I swore... and it was neat to see a giant pile of frozen bloody meat scraps LOL Amen to that brother... the warm temps have been silly as of late... Our ice is still over 20 inches thick but still, I believe it will be an early Spring but you never know!

LOL!!! I know exactly what you mean... Funny enough, my last Deer hunt a Squirrel taddle-tailed on a huge Buck coming in from behind me. I had no clue until the Squirrel started to squeek like a maniac at the Buck. I salute to you, Mr. Squirrel... you finally helped me for once & did not give my location away LOL!!!

Also... Do you still Bear hunt? Franklin does Black Bear guiding as well - I am gonna hunt with him this Spring.

@@PatterningNature I haven't in the last two years but as I took some regular pork sausage out of my freezer last night, I was wishing they were bear sausage which is very delicious. So seeing I have a little bit of bait around and know where I can probably get more, I'm hoping to do a Spring bear hunt. I used to hunt them in the Fall cause I'd never seem to get a moose tag but now with the Spring bear hunt back, why not get back into it and hunt them this Spring. Baiting for bears is the hardest part. Almost worth going through a lodge or guide for that reason alone. But it is satisfying knowing you did all the work involved in hunting that bear and know every time you eat that meat, the entire experience comes back to you.

Amen to that... If you enjoy it & have passion, the hard work seems easy! I'm happy that the Spring Bear hunt is back. I'd much rather eat a Spring Bear than a Fall Bear, but then again the Fall Bears are MUCH bigger LOL Also Fall Bears have great fat you can use for all sorts of things!!!@@darrendavidsonoutdoors

Hey brother, hop on the ole' ATV & cruise around with the rifle on your back, enjoy the scenery & have some lunch in the bush! Also... brainwash yourself & say you're 22 again, then somehow your body might reverse in age!? LOL

LOL I wish I would have stayed an extra day or two but I had to get back to work. It was +6 today & Franklin was forced to toss a lot of his bait out onto his bait sites... I can only imagine the giant size of the bait piles now... legit probably 4x the size of this one now! And 100% dude, those little water pumps are SO useful - Not only for gathering water for your off-grid home/cabin, but for baiting too ;-)

LOLLLLLLLL I kept replaying that footage while I was editing.. His laugh is so genuine, It makes me so happy. Appreciate the love brother ❤

@@PatterningNature I said the same thing about the laugh ! Lol

Thank you brother! I hope the show went well this week - I loved that photo of the "cross" shaped by mother nature & the trees. Truly God's country!!!!! Keep in touch, we can collab soon!

Gotta control the predators brother!!!! Oh geeze, I hear you.. It was +6 today & sunny, just silly... But it makes me want to go ice fishing in a T-shirt, except I was working sadly! Hey... just wanna say, I appreciate the support brother, thank you

@NorthCanadaFishing you betcha! Killed a dozen coyotes so far this winter. Wolves are still protected but they are everywhere. One day.

Holy moly, a dozen!? Is there no limit for them in Michigan? Our tag system works so we can only take 2 Wolves per year, or 2 Coyotes per year, or a mix of 1 of each.@@MrAnimalControl

@@PatterningNature no limit on coyotes. I've killed 4 in a night. I bait hunt on the ice and use my Pulsar Thermal scope to hunt all night. It's a blast. We need a wolf season bad. Our deer are dwindling. Best of luck, love the wolf hunting videos! Keep em coming buddy!

....You had me at "Pulsar Thermal Scope" LOL!!! THAT SOUNDS INSANE!!!! I'd love to try that someday... That & also goto Mongolia & hunt Wolves with their massive Eagles that they train@@MrAnimalControl

Always love seeing you pop by, sending love brother!

Ernie, you beauty you... Nice seeing you pop in - I hope you're well my friend Sending love my brother!

Thank you for the love!!!! Pigs work wonderfully - My buddy Sean Snider from Alberta Racks n' Tracks outfitting using pork as well. The best is allowing it to go a bit rancid before placing it outside on the bait pile in the dead of winter - Any good rotten smell will bring the Wolves in more than freshly killed Pig or something that's been frozen (Freezer burnt, etc...) How has your Wolf hunting adventure been going so far!?!?!?

@@PatterningNature so far I drill 4 holes in ice , drop all four legs in , it freezes in , 6 days the wolves eat a 250 lb whole pig , on third pig in a month , got one wolf 2 days ago , hope the next 2 days I tag out

Manitoba , can’t use head or hooved parts of animals , Ontario has less issues with baiting

Friggin RIGHT ON!!!!!!! I love the ice hole freezing method, I suggest that to anyone starting out. I have toyed with multiple ways to keep them on the bait, one that worked great was bait tossed into a large tupperware bin, then fill it with water & let it sit outside for 2-3 days depending on the temps so it freezes. Downfall... the "bait-sicles" are HEAVYYYY & you need to use a torch on the bottom to release the tupperware bin from the bait-sicle. Congrats on the Wolf, and hopefully you smack another here shortly!@@MsMe1020

No way, I didn't know that! Yeah Ontario it seems like you can bait with anything... Fish, red meat, pork, entire moose or deer (road kill), etc...@@MsMe1020

An old trick I use to use that I learned from Franklin was to cut a metal barrel in half, then toss all your meat in the barrel & fill it with water so it can freeze solid in -20 or -30 Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit). Then you flip the barrel & heat up the bottom with a torch so it can release the ice from the metal barrel, leaving you with a "bait-sicle" LOL That way Ravens, Fox & even the Wolves cannot pull apart of the bait & drag small pieces off into the bush. Franklin's "water pump" technique is just another variation of the above, except the water acts like the "glue" for the bait pile, keeping it all together & solid. All in all... The bait being frozen together helps keep the Wolves on the bait longer, giving hunters more time to shoot & ensure the shot is ethical & lethal. I've had Wolves drag 100LB bait-sicles 65 yards up-hill trying to get it into the bush so they can lay down & lick/chew at a corner... They're SO strong!