Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin will end its winter wolf hunt Wednesday after hunters killed more than two-thirds the statewide quota in the first days of the season.
The Department of Natural Resources reported Tuesday that hunters had taken more than 90% of the allotted quotas in three zones covering the lower two thirds of the state as well as a large portion along the Michigan border.
Those zones will be closed at 10 a.m. Wednesday for any additional hunting and trapping during the winter season, which opened Monday. Hunting in the rest of the state will end at 3 p.m. Wednesday. More
So either wolf hunters in Wisconsin are really, really good at harvesting wolves or there are a lot more wolves running around out there than the DNR knows about. – Dr. Tar
Just like snake round ups…..stupid!
81 Wolves in a couple of days, another 81 reserved for Injuns.
First hunt in 7 years or so.
Seems like there are some damn good shots in that state.
Or super pissed off ranchers….can’t tell yet but 81 is a dang good number.
1) population is obviously higher than thought
2) with many closed and reduced businesses there is less to do and more people decided to get out and hunt
3) Hunting tech, scopes, rifles, calibers, shooting educational videos are all much better and results are probably better as a result.
4) AR-15 and variants. Not allowed in Canada for hunting but if they are allowed in these particular wolf areas, but they are very accurate, reliable, low recoil, and the obvious semi-auto followup for a second shot.
Ya’ know, in bygone days we actually paid people a bounty for killing wolves.
Times have changed, haven’t they?
I bet the quota would be met faster if the hunt was for tyrannical politicians.
You ought to see the way we cull the herd during tourist season.
Ranchers Rules (three “S”s)
Shoot
Shovel
Shut up.
I bet the rest of the wolves are stunned.
“The hell was that about?”
Wolf Weekly prints out names of all those who lost their lives over the weekend.
Wolf president to address grieving pack.
Wolf: “Let’s got to Wisconsin, It’s like Czechoslovakia”
Other Wolf: ” I once got the shit shot out of Me in Czechoslovakia “
The Idaho legislature is currently considering a bill that would cull the wolf population in Idaho from approximately 1500 wolves down to 500 wolves, lets hope it passes. I once had 2 gray wolves pass in front of me on I-90 East bound by Haugan, Mt. They were running like bats out of hell to cross the freeway, I had to do a double take to make sure they were wolves. And I saw another one a couple of years ago on Hwy. 200 outside of Thompson Falls, Mt. very early in the morning.
@ geoff the aardvark FEBRUARY 24, 2021 AT 5:39 PM
I saw one betw Two Dot and Harlow about ten years ago. I thought it was an angus calf until we got up close to it. We stopped in Rays in Harlow and mentioned it to a couple guys there. If we had been betw them and the door they would have run us over. A wolf season had just started and everyone in the county wanted that black wolf dead.
In Alaska we used to shoot them from planes. Then the do gooders got all worked up, so we just shoot em and don’t say anything.
That stuff about a silver bullet is bullshit.
Federal Government removed wolves from the endangered list a few years back. Oregon ODFW, bowing to pressure from animal “rights” groups, kept them on the state list. When they started killing livestock and pissing off the ranchers, government socialists did what they always do in these situations: reimbursed the ranchers with taxpayers money. In addition to killing livestock, the wolves are also decimating the deer and elk herds, so hunting will become a thing of the past.
I’m waiting for the Pennsylvania Wolf hunt…
I have a place in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Yes, there are lots of wolves up there. You hear them howling at night quite often. I’m not a wolf hater or lover. I do believe that the population seems to be adapting well after they were reintroduced into this forest. The population up in Northern Michigan is even larger. Unfortunately for the wolves, if there isn’t a hunting season then the population get’s too large and they begin to prey on cattle and peoples pets. I’ve only spotted one in the wild so far and that was by accident. Wolves will shred a bear hunting dog if it wanders into their territory. That’s a war party in the making.
I should add that these wolves are not small. They can get up to 120 pounds easy and that’s all muscle. I wouldn’t want to be wearing a meat suit around any.
I’m amazed the fedgov wolf program from the late 70’s early 80’s actually worked. Never seen a wolf in the wild. Only seen a dead wolf in a picture my grandfather showed me of 6 dead wolves draped over a wooden fence. And that was from olden times.
I do remember when there were no wolves anywhere in the lower 48. Or so they claimed. The fact that there’s enough to hunt now is mind blowing.
What do you do with the pelt? Tan it? Is it even worth it?
I guess you could save the teeth and claws. Dunno’. Never shot a 4 legged predator before. Most exotic animal on my kill list is a bighorn sheep.
Looked up wolf hunting found a facebook page I can’t see because no facebook….but if anyone can see the Wisconsin Wolf Hunting (smoke a pack a day) page, let us all know what you do with them after shooting.
They look big on the parts of the facebook page I could see. Way fatter but more doglike than the Mesikin’ grey wolves we have at the zoo.
You can render down parts of a bear into bear grease. An ointment that is good for aching joints. No idea if you can make wolf grease. Just seems a lil’ off to shot something and not eat it. You bury it? Take a picture and then just leave it?
Also, the hunt tally is now 182 not 81. Also, you have to register within 24 hours of your kill…so…maybe they got even more?
Gotta’ be SOMETHING you can do with 182 dead anythings, much less wolves.
My Pappy taught us don’t shoot it unless you plan on eating. I’m not hearing of any Predatory problems on live stock from wolves. Are they covering it up? Wouldn’t surprise me. Seems the logical way to control Wolves is to give ranchers predatory permits year round if they start having livestock killed. By the way,we have a pretty good sized pack of them in extreme NorCal that have migrated down. Obviously they swing left.
Wolves in old Californy-i-a.
My 6th grade California history book AND the Boy Scout manual said they were killed off by the Spanish.
I wonder what they did with the carcasses?
As a Westerner I find this fascinating. Maybe everybody else is familiar with wolves but….the fudge did they all come from? It’s not all the FedGov program. I looked up wolves and killing, ‘how to’, recipes, and everything.
Canada must have been overrun by them for decades and they’re swimming downstream to spawn or whatever.
A A Ron
I love the skit, Anyway, my daughter is married to a guy that is management level Forest Service Stationed in Yreka Cali. A real dumb shit. Wait, did I say that. Anyway,they spot them dawgs all the time. And they screw like Stormy. Except they actually do it for an expected purpose. More dawgies. Like I say, unless they’re, the borg or someone, is covering it up, they are minding their manors. Who wants to shoot a mutt? Not me.
We need to breed their natural predator and release them into the wild too.
btw, anyone know who is their natural predator?
Charlie
Who are natural predators? You bet your ass, Libtards.
The majority (75% or more) will have been trapped. The state DNR website has recently began expressing total annual numbers as minimums. This article gives a figure of 1195 wolves in the state which is in line with the DNR figure. If you look at the increase in wolf numbers since the last hunt in 2014 one wonders at the dramatic increase from 660 in 2014 to 1195 in April of 2020. There are certainly many more wolves in the state than the DNR will admit to. 2000 to 2500 is a much more realistic number.
^^^^^Wait, you’re trapping and killing 75% of the wolves in Wisconsin? Every season? Not echo friendly.Why?
With the amount of babies wolves make I’m surprised more of them aren’t on welfare.
The wolf hunt here in Maine has been very successful.
The last one, confirmed, sighting was killed in 1996.
Since then , it’s SSS for us.
Aaron. The hunters generally just have the hides tanned. A wealthy hunter will have a full body mount done. The wolves were brought back to the northern states using wolves live trapped in other regions and relocated.
Thanks Mickey, I knew we didn’t kill off all the wolves everywhere.
Everyone up north or back east doesn’t care….but in spite of the problems, having wolves in the west after 300 years of absence, is kinda exciting.
Gonna’ need a wolf skin coat and matching suitcases…..should make a whole shopping list of wolf related items…