SAJ-99
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"Thermal"? What exactly is that?
Wisconsin Wolf kill reaches 50% of statewide quota after first day of season; DNR to close three zones
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Nick87
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Thermal scope
SAJ-99
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ssmusicman
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Friend hunted near Bloomer WI with dogs and said he had a blast. Group took 3 all within 50 yards of each other over last 3 days. Group hunted hundreds if not thousands of acres that would not otherwise have been open to hunt anything. Land owners around here want them gone and got a chance to put a dent in them and took good advantage of it.
I think this has a lot to do with it also. Factor that in with the wolves not having been educated / pressured / shot at and it makes sense to me. Hunting with dogs makes a lot of sense given the amount of cover. That would be a fun way to hunt wolves. Comparing hunting them in the west is pretty funny to me, simply two totally different worlds.
They take their deer hunting heritage very seriously in Wisconsin and it's cool to see their hunt come together and go so well. Looks like they have a lot of wolves
ssmusicman
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Yes, we do take our deer hunting seriously. I do however think they are somewhat educated. I don't think that the last 3 days are the only time that some of them had been shot at in the last 7 years. Not saying it's right, just saying it's probably happened....
Maybe so, but but they're also just naturally very intelligent and shy animals. The differences between pressured wolves and YNP wolves is pretty noticeable where I live. Seeing one in Yellowstone is pretty easy but seeing one outside the park is a totally different story. All in all though, these guys have my respect. Glad to see guys getting it done because it isn't easy regardless of how pressured they are. Wolf hunting is no joke and I'm definitely not trying to downplay their success. It's awesome
Wolves kill lion dogs. mtmuley
ssmusicman
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Wolves kill bear dogs in WI too. Apparently one of the dogs got attacked today by a wolf they ended up getting.
Northwoods Labs
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Incredibly foolish statement
Northwoods Labs
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Happy to see the hunt from a management perspective. Also, happy to see many taken from southern Wisconsin where there really isn't much habitat. On the flip side, I get quite a kick out of guys who think they are helping the deer heard. This thinking is a very naïve and simple way of looking at things.....
I hope going so over the quota doesn't come back to bite us in the rear.......
I hope going so over the quota doesn't come back to bite us in the rear.......
woofs by Craig Miller, on FlickrGotta click on pic to see the cute puppies playing. Probably wouldn't want to put your hounds on this pack.
Jorgy
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I think anyone who looked at the rules would know what hunters would do (reporting kill at last possible hour) so hunt would conintue longer before being closed for quota. And also knowing that the tribes would take 50% of quota of the northern ceeded lands, the "real" quota was barely over. I don't believe the 10% objective was even close, meaning I believe there are way more than 2000 wolves in Wisconsin. Long way of saying, I beleve the DNR actaully used common sense on this one and took all of this into account. Yes, I said it
So what my real concern is that it is being reported that we are were way over quota, when we actual weren't
BrentD
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I'm not going to look them up. You can google Mike Mitchell's work or find his website, if he has one with pubs attached. scholar.google.com is your friend. I'm just repeating what he showed in a seminar.
I know some of the coyote hound hunters in WI. These hounds are just as good at tracking a wolf. I would say with what I have heard most all the wolves were taken by hunters with hounds. With not even a 3 day hunt there was no time for the trappers do much more then set traps
I have land there and we do think there are more then what the dnr says.Hum, must be quite a few wolves out there then.....
They have been waiting for this for years! It's about time and hope this will be happening each year from now on
It's hound hunting in WI. So you would find out if you got a tag Sunday and then you put you traps out the next morning on the opener. Trappers are not going to get them on day one and there was 52.
ssmusicman
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Looks like these are the final numbers as of 3pm today, 216 in 63 hours. Compare that with the report from 2012-2014 and it looks like WI hunters went to school on how to hunt wolves. If you dig into the reports for each year the 2012 to 2014 harvest was heavily slanted to trapping. I suspect this year was heavily slanted to the dogs. Either way I'm going to guess there are WAY more wolves out there than people think in order to get this done in a 63 hour season... Congrats to all that were successful!
Horse
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I can only say what i heard; 3-4 were taken in jackson county near black river just outside of zone 5. And others taken in marathon cty near point and wapaca
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