wolf hunting in wisconsin
 

I've read that there could be a wolf season in northern Wiscconsin in 5 or so years. Has anyone else heard anything?

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I haven't, but I hate the wolves.

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I doubt there will be a season anytime soon. The tree huggers will keep it in the courts for much longer than 5 years. It's too bad because they really need to be controlled.

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No one can tell me that farmers and some hunters will not kill a wolf when they see one just because 1. they are too scared of it and 2. because they do too much killing of livestock and deer

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I read in Apr 05 Outdoor Life that wolves are speading at an amazing rate. They said wolves will soon inhabit many more states.
We need a hunting season now in Minnesota. Too many doo-gooders and animal rights people.

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HA!

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lol, thats a cool pic. do u know where its from? as far as the season goes, i know nothing about wolves so my opinion wouldn't really matter. but does anyone know how many wolves are actually living in WI?

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If the population is sooo high there would already be a wolf hunt, but its not. And how often do you see a wolf? Very, Very rarely. Its not even a comparison to the deer. And obvisouly there not killing a lot of deer because Wisconsin and Minnesota has a crap load of them.

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You got to be kidding me in reference to not seeing wolves. Up here in the "UP" Michigan they are seen all the time. Last deer season, I know of a bunch at a hunting camp that saw more wolves then deer this past deer season. Tell them there are not that many wolves!! The Michigan DNR has applied to the Feds for permission to regulate the wolves, in other words, kill problem wolves and to eventually establish a season. MI has exceeded the population goals by a good number, so how are they not too many of them? And guess what, my cousin who hunts northern WI says the same thing. Yes he saw wolves this and last year.

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I dont even want to think of what a pandoras box wolf hunting will be. I know the population is growing at a large rate(when you see wolves on a regular basis there is a problem) I live in southeastern wisconsin and have seen a wolf within 20 miles of my home ie. the one that was hit by a car on I-94 2 years ago close to Lake Mills. I think they will have to start causing serious problems like taking people pets or even worse children before any type of season is put on them. If you want to know the extent of the wolf problem ask any houndsman in northern wisconsin how many hounds they lost to wolves last year and you will be amazed!

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It will take a crap load of livestock to be killed before a season is opened, just ask people in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming.. Eventually they will have to open a short season on them in some areas but you are right, it will not be well received by the general public until they start showing up outside of schools "hunting" children or taking peoples dogs out of their backyards... It seems that this is the only reason that you can take Mountain lions in some areas without too much uproar (And I am sure there are some areas where there is a lot of complaints about this too).

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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.

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Maybe you guys should be more worried about the number of coyotes. Coyotes take far more deer in Wisconsin and Minnesota per year than do wolves. And as for livestock, the number taken by wolves is very low. In 2004 only 38 farm animals were taken by wolves. In these instances, the DNR has programs of relocating problem wolves

Wolves in both states are tracked extensivly by the DNR. The wolf population in Wisconsin was estimated at 354 in 2003. Right now it is somwhere between 300 and 500 animals. Coyote populations are estimated to be between 17,000-20,000 in wisconsin.

I think you guys are just scared of the big bad wolves. [:o];)