polarisxcsp
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What does everyone think of the purposed wolf season in the UP for 2013?
Hunting Gray Wolf
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I haven't heard anything about it, but from what I hear about wolves up there, it is needed. Below is a pic from near Merrill, WI from this year's hunt. The hunter is 6'1" and the wolf weighed 165 pounds!
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I have not seen that one but would love to. See what you can do. Thanks!
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Wow, I didn't realize they got so big! Think they do any damage to the deer herd? Any idea where that one was shot?
polarisxcsp
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Wow, those are huge! A friend of mine has a cabin in Ralph, MI and he seen two different ones in one day while deer hunting
polarisxcsp
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Are they similar to hunting coyotes?
I call BS.
It would be very rare for a wolf to weigh that much. They are a predator of deer and do not hurt the herd anymore than cars or hunters. I think there is still way over a million deer in Wisconsin after harvesting 400 and some thousand this season. Plenty of meat for all, I didn't harvest one this year and, I don't want to go out and shoot a wolf. I don't think there should be a season just yet on wolves, let them be.
I think they are useless and I hope we kill them off. We don't need them around here. That pic I got says it all if you look at the head and snout on that thing. If you seen any other pics of wolves you can see the difference. And I would love to shot one, I think the mount would be awesome but I didn't a draw a tag for one this year. Hopefuly next year.
misty_pines
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That pic of the black wolf at a reported 212 lbs doesn't seem or look right, but with the internet these days, who knows? I think it is a good thing they finally have a season on wolves in MN and WI. They are a very intelligent and pretty cool animals, but there are thousands of them in MN and WI and their numbers continue to increase. The hunting season is only allowing I believe a max of 201 wolves to be harvested in WI and I believe a max of 253 in MN. It won't do much to the overall wolf population but it is a start to a reasonable means of management of them.
That's so true misty_pines the animals are cool but everybody has to realize that they mutiply in many numbers they have a litter just like a dog. Some people may say that it don't hurt the deer herd population but just think a wolf has 5 to 6 little ones and a deer has only on average two little ones. So what is doing to the deer herd all the wolves have to eat right. I think WI and MN were smart for opening up a season it's just like anything else when the number over populate you have to do something about it.