Wolf R3S, spent the next week—literally 7 days—around this carcass, returning to the carcass regularly to feed. For perspective, that is a ton of time for a wolf to spend at any carcass or kill.

After a week, R3S continued his wandering ways and left the carcass. But apparently there was still sustenance to be gained from the bear...

Two days after R3S left the bear carcass, Wolf O5E, a yearling male from the Half-Moon Pack, found the remains of the bear. Wolf O5E then visited the carcass 4 times over the next 6 days, spending a total of 24 hours at the carcass over the next 6 days (also a lot of time at a

We really only see wolves scavenging black bears in September and October, which coincides with the black bear hunting season which starts on September 1 and goes into October, though most hunting occurs in the first week or two of September.

During this period, we commonly find wolves scavenging gut piles of hunter-killed bears, and bears that were likely killed but never recovered/bears that were wounded and then died elsewhere and not recovered.

For instance, we have documented wolves scavenging 18 black bears over the past 3 years—and 16 of these bears were scavenged during bear season, with 12 bears scavenged in September.

Of the two that were scavenged outside of bear season: 1 was where someone dumped a bear carcass in a gravel pit in June, and the other was where wolves found an old pile of fur and bones in spring. Bear likely died the previous fall or winter.