This has been a big controversy in Wisconsin. Most people scoff at the "experts" and their population estimates. And when it looked as if the wolves would be declassified as endangered and moved into the threatened category which would allow a hunting season, an Oregon federal judge denied the action and kept them as endangered. No hunting season in the foreseeable future.

I'm not sure where you get your information, 270deer, but there are plenty of wolves in WI and MN. Simply because these states have a "crap load" of deer, doesn't mean wolves don't take their share. Hunting publications constantly post photos of wolf kills and researchers claim hundreds of deer are killed each year. That's not a huge number considering our deer population, but don't think it's not a problem in the northwoods. And if you truly believe a wolf sighting is "very very rare", you don't get out often. It's easy to find tracks and it's no problem seeing several each fall.