A man who was walking his dogs on Rathdrum Mountain shot and killed a wolf. Forrest Mize, who lives high on the south side of the mountain off West Hidden Valley Road, said that on Dec. 30 he and his three female Labs were walking along an old logging road on the mountain when they crossed paths with the roughly 100-pound male wolf. “I walk these logging roads every day with my dogs,” Mize said Tuesday. Mize, 53, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 2009 as a lieutenant commander, said the wolf was on the north side of the logging road and his dogs were on the south side when he saw the wolf crouched down like it was preparing to strike/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press: Forrest Mize crouches down next to a wolf he shot Dec. 30 on Rathdrum Mountain)

Too close for comfort?