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The only way to check in any degree the ravages of the wolves is by the most liberal use of strychnine, and the offal of any game killed by a cattle-man is pretty sure to be poisoned before being left, while the "wolfer," or professional wolf-killer strews his bait everywhere.

III. The Grouse of the Northern Cattle Plains 1885

Nikki, newly divorced from her friendly husband Gary Chad Coleman is a soft soul with mental baggage—and a high-school nemesis still on the scene—from her days as a food wolfer.

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As they grew more trap-wise the wolfer increased the cunning of his sets.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

The old wolfer sat huddled in his furs before the fire, dreading to enter the little tent to crawl into his sleeping bag alone with his thoughts; for the white madness was driving its iron into his soul and striking at his reason.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

For Collins knew the qualities of his prey and a good wolfer leaves no sign.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

Collins noted the absence of coyote tracks on trails that had once been padded thick with them and the wolfer chuckled over this evidence of their resourcefulness.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

"If you come down out of those hills I'll stretch your pelt," the wolfer stated.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

Her soft whimpering had roused the wolfer each time this occurred and every new admirer had been greeted with a charge of buckshot as he slipped toward the house, three dog coyotes having paid for their temerity with their lives.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

The old wolfer caught the fever and followed the last of them.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910

The wolfer lay in his cabin and listened to the first few night sounds of the foothills.

The Yellow Horde Charles Livingston Bull 1910