One of a kind.Every so often, there comes an individual wild animal that captures your imagination and holds it for months, years, and sometimes, great swaths of your life –Wolf 302M was that for me. I first came to know 302 as a young male looking for love in all the wrong places. He was ostensibly the nemesis to wolf 21 and 42, the alpha pair of the Druid Peak pack of Lamar Valley. He was that pesky boy from down the street that was continually courting their adult daughters, and despite having been caught on multiple occasions, he was not killed. Somehow 302 knew how to play this most deadly game in order to fight, rather, love, another day. I wanted to pay tribute to Wolf 302 in bronze not just because of the fact that I knew him so well, but because he was the first wolf really who taught me wolf language. Although I am certainly anything but fluent in wolf-ese, his insights did bring me closer to understanding the world of a wolf as shared by that most iconic of wild sounds-a wolf's howl. Since his passing in 2008, I have wanted to do a sculpture of him, to honor that sacrifice, his story, and what he meant to me--it has been formulating in my mind for more than 18 years. Wolf 907F, aka "the one-eyed wonder," carried much of the same force of personality as the 'on again, off again' alpha female of of the Junction Butte Pack for the generation after 302. 907 was so pivotal in the story of the Junction Butte pack and catalyzed much of my friend Dr. Jeff Reed's work on the monumental bioacoustics study on Yellowstone wolf howling. For these and many other reasons, this sculpture also imbues 907's spirit as well. Note: Despite being 907 being a female, 907 was a very large wolf, to the point of being the same dimensions as 302 (based on my anatomy measurements of both animals), and so you the viewer have the choice of who this bronze most embodies to you. I can't be more pleased to finally share my sculpture of this incredible wolf with you here. Yellowstone Wolf 302/907 miniature is an edition of 75 and measures 5.5"L x 1.75"W x 5.25"H (14cm L x 4.5cm W x 13.3cm "H). (Image is of the clay sculpture, the final artwork will be bronze). This is a pre-cast order. Bronzes will ship in 10-12 weeks. Contact us for international shipping rates. Out of stock? Contact us to order a new casting.
