WISCONSIN DNR ESTIMATES 972 WOLVES IN CURRENT POPULATION

[cheeser]

Wisconsin DNR Estimates 972 Wolves in Current Population

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released their wolf population report and how it will influence their updated wolf management plan.

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[Treeshark]

Thanks for posting. It will be interesting to see the population estimates over the next few years without a wolf season.

I am generally supportive of the WDNR, but I am a bit skeptical of their wolf count numbers. The success rates of the last wolf hunt seem impossible to me if we truly have <1000 wolves in the entire state. I know they attributed a lot of it to how effective hunters were, but they also routinely blame hunters effort/skill for poor deer harvest numbers.

 

[cheeser]

my cabin in u.p. last week according MDNR I HAVE 1.5% OF ALL WOLVES ON MY PROPERTY.

 

[El Jason]

 

[fowladdict]

I wonder why they say 972? I suppose it sound better than saying 1,000.

 

[westbranch]

I wonder why they say 972? I suppose it sound better than saying 1,000.

They do give a range. Most biologists would probably not give a specific number, it's for the journalists to write eye catching articles.

 

[westbranch]

It is also the "over winter" number. From what been I remember reading a couple yrs ago you can usually double that number for the late summer/fall numbers based on pups born. So ~2,000ish wolves would not be incorrect.

 

[WinkB]

I think I have the other 1.5% over on my property in Ashland county. So just between the two of us we have 3% of the DNRs numbers. I do have trail camera pictures with deer quarters in their mouth running through the property. I think there numbers are very conservative.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I think I have the other 1.5% over on my property in Ashland county. So just between the two of us we have 3% of the DNRs numbers. I do have trail camera pictures with deer quarters in their mouth running through the property. I think there numbers are very conservative.

Given the difficulty of counting wolves in heavy timber and not knowing the modeling they use, I think you are correct - it's a conservative number.

 

[mtmiller]

You just sit back and learn from the experts.

 

[El Jason]

They do give a range. Most biologists would probably not give a specific number, it's for the journalists to write eye catching articles.

This. The 972 is most likely a modeling prediction based on all data inputs with a percentage above and below the predicted number.

 

[El Jason]

I think there numbers are very conservative.

If conservative is going for the numbers with the highest statistical confidence, then yeah they probably are conservative.

 

[MNElkNut]

Man, I wish MN had only 972 wolves!

 

[Bowhuntn50]

my cabin in u.p. last week according MDNR I HAVE 1.5% OF ALL WOLVES ON MY PROPERTY.
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We all know the Michigan DNR is full of crap. They mismanage the deer, bear and wolf population.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Wolf Population by State 2022

• Arizona: 72.
• California: About 20.
• Idaho: 1,500.
• Michigan: 700.
• Minnesota: 2,699.
• Montana: 1,000.
• New Mexico: 114.
• Oregon: 175.

Pretty soon we can add CO to the list

 

[OriginalOscar]

Wolf Population by State 2022

• Arizona: 72.
• California: About 20.
• Idaho: 1,500.
• Michigan: 700.
• Minnesota: 2,699.
• Montana: 1,000.
• New Mexico: 114.
• Oregon: 175.

Pretty soon we can add CO to the list

WY? Doesn't WA also have wolves?

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

WY? Doesn't WA also have wolves?

Surely as well as both Dakotas.

 

[DouglasR]

Prob bout as accurate as Colorado elk harvest stats.
Like anyone tells the truth on those

 

[ClearCreek]

The estimate is 972 and the lower and upper confidence limits are 812 and 1,193 respectively.

This is the method wildlife population numbers are reported; an estimate with confidence limits.


ClearCreek

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Man, I wish MN had only 972 wolves!

I wouldn’t be heartbroken if this gang on our family land was “1.5% of the wolves in MN”.