First to start I'd like to say this is a great forumn and only have been a long time reader but decided to join after all the wolf talk has been happening lately.

For any one that cares I live in the Northern central part of WI, were wolves are now starting to spread like wildfire. I have never before liked or disliked a wolf, in fact the few sightings I did have with wolves I considered myself lucky to view such a noble animal. I will admit my mind is starting to swing in the direction of way to many of these critters in the Northern half of WI. The deer population in my area has taken huge drop in recant years and what deer our left have turned almost all nocturnal. These deer are being pressured by not only human hunters (not all that many people hunt by me except during the 9 day firearm season) but by the constant pressure of wolf and bear in the spring.

I consider my self a 365 day a year outdoorsman. I may not hunt all the time but spend a considerable amount of time in the bush. I have no "wildlife degree" but have offeredinformation tothe DNR on sightings andnumerourstracks that are appearing where therewas none in the last 15 yearsI have frequented this area on a consistant basis. The DNR has given me the cold shoulder, giving me responses that the wolf was always in this area and I never knew about it. Well according to the available information on the DNR website there shouldn't be a pack in the areas I report.

I have tracked some wolves to within100 yards of private homes, numerours kill sites (some may have been road kill deer or lostkills from hunters) and right down cross country ski trails.

I have been running trail cams for deer sightings on a 9 montha year basis for quite some time and at this time have 7 cams in the woods over about a 12 mile area.I never caught a wolf on film but deer sightings are down andwhat does show is mostly at night.

To any that say the wolf won't have an impact on the local deer population, my observations say your wrong. To the others who say a wolf won't attack a human or only has happened a handfull of times try and google "wolf attack". You will be quite surprised on the number of encounters just in North America. Over seas the number of attacks is staggering, India has over 270 confirmed kills of children alone. (Not all in recant years)

As documentd on many web sites that I have read the wolf in other countries is the same breed we have in the States. How long are we going to wait before we start reducing the number of wolfs here?