▁the ▁rare ▁Spirit ▁bear . ▁ ▁E pisode ▁ 3 : ▁Wol ves ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁episode , ▁M ears ▁and ▁his ▁wild life ▁crew ▁turn ▁their ▁attention ▁to ▁tracking ▁wol ves ▁in ▁the ▁S aw to oth ▁Mountains ▁of ▁Id aho . ▁Wol ves ▁are ▁secret ive ▁animals , ▁which ▁makes ▁searching ▁for ▁them ▁difficult . ▁He ▁has ▁ten ▁days ▁to ▁track ▁them ▁before ▁they ▁are ▁taken ▁off ▁the ▁state ' s ▁end anger ed ▁species ▁list , ▁after ▁which ▁point ▁they ▁can ▁be ▁h unted . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Stanley , ▁M ears ▁h ikes ▁into ▁the ▁small ▁valle ys ▁that ▁d rain ▁into ▁the ▁Sal mon ▁River . ▁He ▁disco vers ▁the ▁tracks ▁of ▁some ▁el k , ▁the ▁principle ▁pre y ▁for ▁wol ves , ▁and ▁soon ▁finds ▁the ▁tracks ▁of ▁a ▁w olf ▁nearby . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁day ▁the ▁team ▁get ▁a ▁sight ing ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁group ▁of ▁wol ves ▁and ▁eventually ▁come ▁across ▁an ▁entire ▁pack ▁of ▁around ▁a ▁dozen , ▁following ▁the ▁lead ▁of ▁a ▁silver - back ed ▁alpha ▁male . ▁A ▁young ▁female ▁dies ▁during ▁the ▁night , ▁at ▁which ▁point ▁M ears ▁becomes ▁te ar ful . ▁ ▁Wor ried ▁that ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁pack ▁might ▁have ▁suffered ▁the ▁same ▁fate , ▁M ears ▁leads ▁the ▁team ▁on ▁an ▁ur gent ▁search . ▁Ult imately ▁they ▁make ▁another ▁sight ing ▁of ▁the ▁wol ves ▁pre ying ▁on ▁rod ents . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁relief ▁for ▁M ears ▁and