ORIGINAL: James Vee

450 or 500 wolves, I'm still not buying it. Maybe in Douglas and Bayfield counties. That doesn't include, Ashland, Sauk, and any other northern counties. I wouldn't hesitate to say that there are easily 1,000 wolves in just the northern half of Wisconsin. What makes everyone think that Northern Wisconsin is so different than Northern Minnesota? Ecologically, they are virtually the same. Ask Minnesotans that live north of Grand Rapids how many wolves are in their state. It's not 450, and there isn't 450 in Wisconsin either.

Here is a little math for you to chew on. Say you've been hunting the family farm of 640 acres, or1 sq. mile,since you've been born. You're in the Northern region of Wisconsin where 20 deer per sq. mile is not uncommon. Recently a pack of 5 wolves has moved into your hunting area and you've noticed a sharp decline in the number of deer sightings. I wonder why. 5 wolves at 20 deer per year is 100 deer. Your land on average will hold 20 deer. Those wolves build a den there and decide to stick around for 3 months. Simple math would say that those5 wolves would consume 25 deer in those three months.But your farm, on average, will only sustain 25 deer. I wonder why there arent' any deer on the family farm.