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'''Three Toes of Harding County''' was the nickname given to a solitary North American male [[Great Plains wolf]] who killed livestock at [[ranch]]es in [[Harding County, South Dakota]], [[United States|USA]], over a thirteen-year period in the early 20th century. His hunting range extended into southwestern [[North Dakota]] and south eastern [[Montana]].<ref name="Elsie" /><br />
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Three Toes began his depredations in 1912, becoming a fully fledged livestock killer by 1917.<ref name="Elsie">{{cite web | url =http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdhardin/McDonell2.doc |title= Elsie McDonell (Mrs. Fred Dahl) Primary Teacher 1911-16, 1918-19|publisher = |accessdate = 2008-07-30}}</ref> He was estimated to have killed $50,000 worth of livestock in his thirteen-year career.<ref name="Liberty">{{cite web | url = http://www.libertymatters.org/wolfreintro-myths.htm | title = THE WOLF: MYTH, LEGEND & MISCONCEPTION | work = T. R. Mader | publisher = Abundant Wildlife Society | accessdate = 2008-07-30 | archive-date = 2012-02-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216015849/http://www.libertymatters.org/wolfreintro-myths.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> He is known to have killed 66 sheep in two nights shortly before his capture.<ref name="Liberty" /> He was pursued by over 150 men, only to be trapped on July 23, 1925, in the Kahoun pasture, near [[Gallup, South Dakota]], by Clyde F. Briggs, the state deputy predatory animal inspector.<br />
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Three Toes was initially planned to be taken to [[Buffalo County, South Dakota|Buffalo]] alive, though he died prematurely. He was thought to have been 20 years old, and measured {{convert|6|ft|m}} in length and weighed between {{convert|75|to|80|lb|kg}}.<ref name="Elsie" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of wolves]]<br />
*[[Lobo the King of Currumpaw]]<br />
*[[Surplus killing]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
*Lopez, Barry. ''Of Wolves and Men''. Charles Scribner's sons, 1978, {{ISBN|0-7432-4936-4}}<br />
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[[Category:Harding County, South Dakota]]<br />
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