wolfers
Professional wolf hunters
Wolfers is the plural of wolfer, a person who hunts wolves, typically for bounty or to protect livestock.
The term evokes the American frontier, where wolfers made their living killing wolves and coyotes, often using poison: The wolfers had cleaned out most of the predators by the 1890s.
Those who snare wildlife
- bounty huntersThose paid to capture fugitives
- peltsFurred animal skins
- predator controlManaging harmful animal populations
- snaresTraps or drum wires
tracking · wilderness · fur trade · culling · ranchers · extermination · frontier · prairie
Historic frontier territory
- 1800sYears from 1800-1899
- buffalo huntersThose who pursue wild bovines
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
coyotes · poisoning · strychnine · wagon trains · outposts · Great Plains · homesteaders · cattle drives
trappers
Those who snare wildlife
- bounty huntersThose paid to capture fugitives
- peltsFurred animal skins
- predator controlManaging harmful animal populations
snares · tracking · wilderness · fur trade · culling · ranchers · extermination · frontier · prairie · hunters
American West
Historic frontier territory
- 1800sYears from 1800-1899
- buffalo huntersThose who pursue wild bovines
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
settlers · coyotes · poisoning · strychnine · wagon trains · outposts · Great Plains · homesteaders · cattle drives · territorial expansion