Coyotes are everywhere -- even in suburban Orange County. But I have never heard a wolf howling (except on Youtube). Where are we most likely to hear wolves? My guess is somewhere in Yellowstone, but I am not sure where. Thanks in advance for your recommendations, especially if you have been lucky enough to actually hear them.

Probably up in the NE quarter of Yellowstone. There are two small campgrounds up there; if you're lucky enough to get in, you might get lucky and hear a pack of wolves calling up a hunting party. I've never heard them either.

Yellowstone is a good start, wolves are still protected there. Northern MN has native populations. I have heard them at Lake Agassiz Wildlife area. The sound of a whole den greeting the returning hunting pack is a cool thing to behold. There is also the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN. They operate a wolf zoo with "Ambassador wolves" that can be seen. Whether they are howling or can be made to even snarl is questionable. I would bet Montana, Idaho, and Washington may have wild wolves, also. Getting close to these guys or being around when they howl is another thing. I've been tracked by a single wolf in broad daylight and never knew he was there. I discovered his tracks in the snow on top of mine when I returned along the same path.

It's not easy. I spent many years in Alaska and heard wolves howl twice. Still hearing is much easier than seeing. I know many people who lived near wolves for years without seeing even one. Just tracks.

Actually, I've heard them several times while camped in the White Mountains of Arizona! We have Mexican Gray Wolves that were introduced into this area in the 90s. You can boondock near Hannagan Meadow south of Alpine Arizona and you may get lucky and hear them. This site has great information to help you in your search:Mexican Gray Wolf Site

We hear them so often out moose hunting that sometimes we've had to move camp and cross a river to get away from them. Not that they were bothering us, but all of their howling at night was chasing the moose away. You'd never make it there in a MH. It takes the orange rig below in my signature to get there.bill

Where can we camp to hear wolves? | Good Sam Community

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rockhillmanor
Explorer II
Apr 17, 2016
Just take a drive up to Wisconsin! :C

There were so many we could shoot them a couple years back when they removed them from the protected list, but they just recently got put back on the protected list again. Still can shoot them if they go after your livestock though.

The sound of a howling gray wolf is becoming a more common event in Wisconsin. A growing population of wolves now live in Wisconsin, one of about a dozen states in the country where timber wolves exist in the wild....

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about wolves!
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/wolf/facts.html
tegu69
Explorer
Apr 17, 2016
Where ever it is, better hurry before they get wiped out in the lower 48. Again.
Gjac
Explorer III
Apr 14, 2016
The first year after I retired I was camping on Lake Of The Woods in Ontario fishing for walleyes and northern pike. One early morning I went for a bike ride and right in the middle of the dirt road was a wolf. It was big and mangy looking and was not in a hurry to run away. I just thought it was sick. I was later told they shed there winter coat at that time of year. I saw a second one the following day. Seeing them that close was pretty exciting. Never heard any howling at night.
Pangaea_Ron
Explorer
Apr 11, 2016
We've heard wolves howling from the Grizzly Recovery Center while staying at Grizzly RV Park in West Yellowstone.
Opie431
Explorer
Apr 11, 2016
The UP of Michigan and Ontario are both places we have heard wolves but it was a few years ago.
Hemi_Joel
Explorer
Apr 08, 2016
The Boundary Water Canoe Area (BWCA)in Minnesota. There is a ton of them there, my son camped there last summer and heard them every night and saw one. Between the wolves and the bears, I wouldn't go in unarmed!
colliehauler
Explorer III
Apr 01, 2016
profdant139 wrote:
Tiger, that would be cheating! It's got to be real wild wolves. ;)
Actually if it's in Ely Mn there's wolves on both sides of the fence. You do not want to let your dog out at night if your in the bush (woods).

I like listening to the loons at night, sometimes you can hear wolves as well.

I would echo what Quality said hunter's aren't to thrilled with the population increase but tourists are.

Like I said don't leave your pet's unattended in wolf country.
Quality_Johnson
Explorer
Apr 01, 2016
It's a long trip from California, but northeastern Minnesota has a large wolf population, and tons of places to camp in state parks, national forest campground in the Superior National Forest, as well as private campgrounds. There are no guarantees, but the further away from the crowd you get, the better your chances, and stay quiet and low profile in your campsite in the evening. Preferably have a small campground or single site to yourself. I have seen 3 wolves up there, and heard several as well. People up here are a bit upset with the number of wolves, because they do eat deer, but they also draw tourists.
Good luck!
Gjac
Explorer III
Mar 26, 2016
EsoxLucius wrote:
Park Falls District of the Nicolet Chequamegon National Forest in Wisconsin.
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/wolf/maps.html
I camped here several years ago I saw 2 black bears but no wolves.
EsoxLucius
Explorer
Mar 15, 2016
Park Falls District of the Nicolet Chequamegon National Forest in Wisconsin.
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/wolf/maps.html