Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Starts Today.

[Patocazador]

A suit against the Wisconsin DNR was upheld and 200 wolves are scheduled to be killed starting today. They had 20,000 applications for 4000 permits but the season ends when 200 wolves are killed.



https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/...enies-dnr-request-to-stop-wisconsin-wolf-hunt

 

[JFrank]

Good luck to the hunters.

 

[WestKentucky]

Out of curiousity, is there an individual limit or is it only the 200 for all hunters? If each hunter can kill 1 or 2 until the quota is reached then that’s not thing. If somebody gets lucky and unloads on a pack of 200 and gets them all then that really stinks for everybody else.

 

[JeffG]

Not only should their numbers be trimmed, but we should maintain their wariness of humans. Too many bold encounters up north.

 

[troy fairweather]

Just a random number,but what happens if say 300 are killed in the first day what happens with the 100 others reported. They definitely need to be thinned out they need a lot of food and it's not purina there Eating.

 

[JFrank]

S#%/\t happens.
My question is ..will the forest service open the gates for vehicles like snow machines or does a hunter have to hike or horseback in

 

[WestKentucky]

S#%/\t happens.
My question is ..will the forest service open the gates for vehicles like snow machines or does a hunter have to hike or horseback in

The national forest ground I am aware of allows vehicles to park within a short distance (50 ft I think) of a marked roadway and beyond that it is foot traffic. I believe that to be the norm rather than the exception. I would be surprised if the rule is different in WI.

 

[WisBorn]

Out of curiousity, is there an individual limit or is it only the 200 for all hunters? If each hunter can kill 1 or 2 until the quota is reached then that’s not thing. If somebody gets lucky and unloads on a pack of 200 and gets them all then that really stinks for everybody else.

Each hunter will receive one kill tag. Hunters are responsible to check the website each day. And post there kills asap. So yes if everyone filled their tag the first day they could kill 4000 but not likely. I would be surprised if they don't go a little above 200.

They do the same thing with bear tags and sturgeon spearing in Wisconsin.

 

[entropy]

Out of curiousity, is there an individual limit or is it only the 200 for all hunters? If each hunter can kill 1 or 2 until the quota is reached then that’s not thing. If somebody gets lucky and unloads on a pack of 200 and gets them all then that really stinks for everybody else.

You don't have wolves in Tennesee, do you? They're not hunting them with helicopters and AR's like pigs in TX.

BTW, there are two animals in the WI woods I refuse to hunt, and wolves are one of them, bears being the other. I would kill either in self-defense, of course, but the chances of that happening are slim, even as overrun with bears as we are.

 

[WestKentucky]

You don't have wolves in Tennesee, do you?

BTW, there are two animals in the WI woods I refuse to hunt, and wolves are one of them, bears being the other. I would kill either in self-defense, of course, but the chances of that happening are slim, even as overrun with bears as we are.

No, and was exaggerating a lot. The fact that it’s limited to a single animal works out well because it will force the impact to be spread out rather than concentrated. It does very little good to absolutely wipe out the Wolf population in the middle of the county and leave the rest of the county alone. The void will quickly fill and population will likely grow rapidly as young animals take over the territory and procreate as young animals do.

 

[WisBorn]

With anything else, we need to manage populations of game animals as hunters we are the true conservationists.

The wolf population in Wisconsin like any place else needs to be managed in a way that it doesn't out grow its food sources, and yes deer are there number one source.

We need to work with our fish and game authority to ensure healthy populations for future generations to enjoy.

Like @entropy I'm not going to jump in line to hunt bear or wolves, but they need to be managed.

 

[WisBorn]

If we are talking feral pigs now we need to eliminate them as they destroy environments and are not native to anywhere. Sorry I don't like destructive swine!

 

[JFrank]

The national forest ground I am aware of allows vehicles to park within a short distance (50 ft I think) of a marked roadway and beyond that it is foot traffic. I believe that to be the norm rather than the exception. I would be surprised if the rule is different in WI.

A wolf can move many miles in a day , I find it difficult to try and keep up so I really need to ambush or stumble on to one through tracking. I do live very close to state land so a short jeep ride then start hiking g up hill past the snowline. I keep thinking that a snowmobile would be sweet.

 

[WestKentucky]

If we are talking feral pigs now we need to eliminate them as they destroy environments and are not native to anywhere. Sorry I don't like destructive swine!

Even so, the gooberment is soooo very very intelligent. I’m so glad that they think of me as one of their inferior subjects.

 

[Patocazador]

S#%/\t happens.
My question is ..will the forest service open the gates for vehicles like snow machines or does a hunter have to hike or horseback in

These wolves are not limited to Nat'l Forest land or any other public land. It would surprise me if farmers would not allow hunting on their land.

I saw a pair of wolf tracks in the snow next to a snowmobile trail in Washburn County only 1/4 mile from my mother's place.

 

[Obturation]

overrun with bears as we are.

What part of Wisconsin? I live 10 miles from the Wisconsin border (in Illinois ) , we've got zero bears- as far as I've heard. I suspect wolves are around, I know cougar are around (seen one myself), I hear armadillo are turning up in the southern areas of the state and hogs too. I have family in Florence co. and they haven't mentioned bear but I believe they're around, they've all seen wolves.

It's a good thing to clear out wolves, they're dangerous to humans and destroy game populations.

Around here coyote go completely unchecked, we've got so many coyote that they're becoming brave. I've seen a couple in full daylight walking down the side of the road. There's no way to legally shoot them in the area I live (suburbs) and I'm considering looking into legality of trapping these critters. But then I'd be using a kill trap that someone's pooch might wander into , which i would never want to happen.

Here's a good video from Randy Selby - "the real gunsmith" about the introduction of wolves and the trouble it's caused.

 

[entropy]

NW Wisconsin, on the MN border.

 

[Patocazador]

Around here coyote go completely unchecked, we've got so many coyote that they're becoming brave. I've seen a couple in full daylight walking down the side of the road.

My brother is a big hound hunter and the dogs chase and tree bears when legal plus run coyotes. He said when the wolves came in, the coyotes started to disappear as well as some of the dogs. The wolves don't want either in their territory.

 

[WisBorn]

My first wolf sighting in WI was in Meadow Valley Refuge in the late 70s. I have seen them in Wood, Adams, Jefferson, Juneau, Marathon, and Iron counties. So north of Wisconsin Dells.

In my opinion you will see wolves and in a short period of time your deer numbers will decline. No deer and the wolves move on. Two or three years later your deer numbers will start coming back. Couple years later you will see the wolves again.

 

[NMachine]

The deer numbers in northern Wisconsin have already declined. Used to hunt around Gordon. Never a problem taking a nice buck. Until the mid nineties, numbers have been declining since. Wolves gotta get thinned out.

 

[WisBorn]

The deer numbers in northern Wisconsin have already declined. Used to hunt around Gordon. Never a problem taking a nice buck. Until the mid nineties, numbers have been declining since. Wolves gotta get thinned out.

I agree, numbers need to be balanced with the food sources. I like seeing the wolves, but I also like seeing deer.

 

[caribou]

Hunt Wolves for fun and profit!! Your gonna have fun.

I agree with JeffG, keep them wary. Here in the Arctic, Wolves and Bear attacks are almost non-existent, but occasionally they happen.

A Rabid Wolf killed my father in laws father in law, Panekok Sampson in Noorvik, back in the 30's. he died not from the attack but from the rabies a month late
There no old Eskimo storys about Wolf attacks, either, and those storys cover every aspect of life.
I accredit this to Bears and Wolves being very actively hunted by the folks up this way, and the animals very very weary of people
No one fishes by Bears here, or has trash/ farms/ fruit crops that attract them and laws that make it possible for them to become accustomed to People.

 

[JeffG]

Looks like everyone is doing well.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin wildlife officials plan to end the state’s wolf season across most of the state on Wednesday after hunters and trappers filled half of the statewide quota in a little more than 24 hours.

The Department of Natural Resources launched the hunt on Monday morning. It’s scheduled to run through Sunday.

As of Tuesday morning, hunters and trappers had taken 60 wolves, filling 50% of the 119-animal state quota.

Department officials announced that they will end the season in three of the state’s six management zones effective 10 a.m. Wednesday. The zones include the southern two-thirds of the state as well as a swath of far northeastern Wisconsin.

 

[Terry G]

Totally against it. They're guessing at the numbers as usual and the DNR was against the hunt but over ruled by the politicians. I'm an avid hunter and hiker. I've seen Wolves exactly twice in the last five years. Dangerous to Humans? I have heard of exactly one attack by Wolves on a Human in the last fifty years and that one was debatable. I'll never shoot one.

 

[JFrank]

You wont have any game to hunt if you let that wolf population continue. A pack of wolves can take down an Elk a week easily.