The fluttering flags thing, as I remember it, was meant to keep away deer. Not that it always worked. A relative of mine put up a HIGH fence around his garden before he was able to discourage the deer.

My first summer in Alaska I worked at a wilderness lodge. In my off hours I roamed the wilderness round about. Twice I encountered wolf tracks - they are HUGE - and followed them for more than a mile. I must admit I followed them to where it came from, not to where it was going. *G*

The only thing on our lone wolf that is not as pretty as our huskies and malamutes is that its tail is not as plumey.