Raymond S. Spears

“ Sometimes, but not very often, a pack of wolves will catch a lynx out in the open and rush upon it, tearing it to pieces with all the joyous acclaim that a pack of dogs and humans raises when it rides in to tear up a fox. ”

“ A lynx escaping a pack of wolves is a spectacle! There is a saying in the Canadian woods that the lynx lost its tail because wolves seized the trailing end away back yonder.
Another form of wolf sport is chasing the savage pekan, or fisher. A fisher is a large weasel, gray-black, and all its muscles go to two purposes—first, to make its teeth efficient, and, second, to make all four sets of its claws good for its needs. A large fisher in good health will take on almost any sort of fight. Sometimes it is so imprudent as to stand and face a pack of wolves. ”

“ A lone wolf, after one or two experiences, will not trouble a fisher. A pack of wolves, feeling the need of exercise and excitement, will round up a fisher and plague it. A cornered fisher, in a hole, with its jaws and claws to the front, will defy even a pack; but the wolves will take turns trying to drag the brute into the open, where, while one wolf serves for the pekan to bite and tear at, the others will drive in and cut its back in two, or pull its legs off. ”