Judge orders Wisconsin DNR to start wolf hunt this month

[cheeser]

helicopters would be tough in midwest with so much cover, might work in western prairies.

 

[cheeser]

Wolf hunting and trapping | | Wisconsin DNR

dnr.wisconsin.gov

 

[Nick87]

Wolf hunting and trapping | | Wisconsin DNR

dnr.wisconsin.gov

Damn!

 

[shoots-straight]

10 breeding pairs and 100 animals for each the state ID, MT and WY.

That's represented the population to trigger a delisting, not to total population. They knew there would be more wolves in a sustainable population. This is the problem with many that pass along regurgitated info from lobo watch and other wolf hate groups. They don't average 200lbs either.

 

[rwc101]

Wonder if there will be blowback for exceeding the quota. Am I missing something about how that works?

 

[MTGomer]

Stupid question time: Someone explain to me how wolves(an animal that can kill a hound in about 10 seconds) are hunted with hounds?

 

[1_pointer]

Stupid question time: Someone explain to me how wolves(an animal that can kill a hound in about 10 seconds) are hunted with hounds?

Sheer numbers would be my guess. Outnumbered, I'd guess that wolves run rather than fight.

 

[MTGomer]

Sheer numbers would be my guess. Outnumbered, I'd guess that wolves run rather than fight.

But then what? They don’t climb trees like cats. What happens, they stand and fight until the hunters show up? Are the hounds mostly dead by then? At a couple grand a pop, that can’t be it. I don’t understand the strategy here. Are they kept on leads and their baying brings the wolves in?

Lion hunters go to great lengths to avoid wolves but somehow hounds are being used to hunt wolves. I’m trying to figure out the HOW.

 

[BuzzH]

People eat elk. Wolves not so much.
And I am not saying wipe them out completely. Just knock them don't to minimal levels asap.

Great idea...get them right to the point of being relisted...some people need to start thinking before they parrot talking points.

 

[1_pointer]

But then what? They don’t climb trees like cats. What happens, they stand and fight until the hunters show up? Are the hounds mostly dead by then? At a couple grand a pop, that can’t be it. I don’t understand the strategy here. Are they kept on leads and their baying brings the wolves in?

Lion hunters go to great lengths to avoid wolves but somehow hounds are being used to hunt wolves. I’m trying to figure out the HOW.

Think of a deer drive. The dogs are the drivers. Run them one way out of a patch of cover and have shooters waiting on that end. Cell phones/radios and vehicles help get the shooters a head of the wolves if need be. At least that's how coyotes are hunted with hounds. AFAIK they are not baying them up,

 

[cheeser]

they hunt a lone wolf track, they dont target a pack. they hunt with the same hounds they use for coyote/fox/cat/bear. they hunt by cutting off the prey where they come out of the woods or post in likely escape points.

 

[MTLabrador]

What's wrong with helicopters? USDA Wildlife Services does it all the time.

I know they do. Good luck keeping wolf management with the states if you knock them down to 10 breeding pairs and 100 wolves in Montana.

 

[Bambistew]

Montana hunters whining about too many wolves and them killing all the elk off... while the elk population is over objective and the state wants even fewer elk. Kill all the wolves you want, you're not getting more elk... so what do hunters do? They buy two elk tags and hunt them 6 months out of the year... but reason elk hunting sucks is because of wolves...

 

[Sytes]

I know they do. Good luck keeping wolf management with the states if you knock them down to 10 breeding pairs and 100 wolves in Montana.

Far from that number... too far. We've gone the extreme to mass excess in MT. Hopefully Wisconsin manages their numbers more effectively and maintains quotas relative to the actual #'s, not minimal count...

 

[MTLabrador]

Far from that number... too far. We've gone the extreme to mass excess in MT. Hopefully Wisconsin manages their numbers more effectively and maintains quotas relative to the actual #'s, not minimal count...

And again, only one district in Montana is closed right now. The quotas aren’t holding anyone back.

 

[Sytes]

Hopefully Randy's public push may get Arby's to sell wolf burgers... Until it becomes a value - it will remain opportunistic. We said no to assisting trappers … Where's the bang for the buck?

 

[Hydrophilic]

Montana hunters whining about too many wolves and them killing all the elk off... while the elk population is over objective and the state wants even fewer elk. Kill all the wolves you want, you're not getting more elk... so what do hunters do? They buy two elk tags and hunt them 6 months out of the year... but reason elk hunting sucks is because of wolves...

Some wildlife bios once told me that hunters are a pain in the ass to deal with.

 

[rwc101]

may get Arby's to sell wolf burgers

Can't be any worse than what they currently sell.

 

[Fullquiver]

Can't be any worse than what they currently sell.

Hey, I like Arby's...

 

[BWALKER77]

Montana hunters whining about too many wolves and them killing all the elk off... while the elk population is over objective and the state wants even fewer elk. Kill all the wolves you want, you're not getting more elk... so what do hunters do? They buy two elk tags and hunt them 6 months out of the year... but reason elk hunting sucks is because of wolves...

For starters the objectives are non sense to begin with. With that said some units are nearly devoid of elk, others have low populations by historic standards and some are over objective.