+--------+----------+----------+--------------+----------------------+ | Wolf | Greatest | Greatest | Total area[9]|Area[9] of intense use| | number | length | width | | (before late Feb.) | +--------+----------+----------+--------------+----------------------+ | _Miles_ _Miles_ _Sq. miles_ _Sq. miles_ | | | |1051[10] 28.5 13.6 318 13 (Location A[11])| | 45 (Location B) | | 16 (Location C) | |1053 31.1 22.0 392 31 | |1055 55.4 24.9 997 40 | |1057 32.3 3.8 77 14 | |1059[12] 8.4 8.0 43 39 | +--------+----------+----------+--------------+----------------------+ FOOTNOTES: [9] Minimum area method (Mohr 1947). [10] Before dispersal. [11] See text and figure 19. [12] Pack of five. [Illustration: _Figure 19.--Locations and range of wolf 1051. Lines are NOT travel routes; rather they merely indicate sequence of locations. Only selected lakes are shown._] From February 26 until April 24 the movements of 1051 were strongly indicative of dispersal (fig. 20). His average weekly straight line move during that period was 25 miles (compared with 6 miles per week before this period), and until March 14 he maintained an almost straight south-southwest heading to a location west of the town of Castle Danger. After that the animal traveled a series of northwest-southwest alternations that on April 3 took him east of Big Sandy Lake to a point 129 miles southwest of where he had begun the dispersal. There he remained for about 2 weeks, but between April 17 and 24 he traveled 26 miles northwest. We last saw him at 3:30 p.m. on April 24 heading northwest through a swamp 15 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, approximately 122 miles from where he had started. The total of straight line distances between 16 consecutive pairs of locations taken at intervals of from 1 to 8 days was 226 miles, which is the minimum distance the wolf traveled during his dispersal. [Illustration: _Figure 20.--Dispersal of wolf 1051. Lines merely indicate sequence of locations. Only selected lakes are shown._] We observed 1051 for distances of up to 5 miles during these travels; he maintained a steady trot that seemed faster than usual, and he appeared intent on heading in a straight line. He did chase deer during his travels, and twice was seen feeding on carcasses. In the area where he remained for about 2 weeks, he was twice seen closely associated with another wolf. This relationship will be discussed later.