I'd like to see the provision kept in to use dogs. I really don't think it would be any more dangerous than a bad bear IF you could single one out. You'd have to be selective on what you tried and find a solo, though. Now there could always be a pack in that section of land, but it would be a chance you'd take.
The reason I'd like that to stay is even with the risks, you would have a much greater chance of actually harvesting some wolves than other means of hunting. Anything that reduces our number of wolves is a GOOD thing. I can stomach losing a dog much better if I am pursuing an animal by my choice than I can when they(wolves) follow up a hunt and attack my dogs. You'd at least have some use for a tree-fighting dog, cause that wolf ain't going to tree and you don't have to worry about that.
You guys in Wisconsin think this will pass? (I don't)
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Thought you guys might get a kick out of this.
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Journal Sentinel outdoors editor Paul A. Smith offers news, notes and perspective on the great outdoors.
Wisconsin wolf population estimate released
By Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel
April 23, 2012 12:31 p.m.
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Wisconsin's wolf population stayed about the same over the last year, according to a preliminary estimate from the Department of Natural Resources.
The state's wolf population was estimated at between 762 and 832 animals in 204 packs over the winter of 2011-'12. The previous winter's estimate was 782 to 824 wolves in 203 packs.
The estimate was announced Friday in Wausau at the annual meeting of state wildlife officials, volunteer wolf trackers and other stakeholders.
The estimate is derived from aerial counts, ground observations of radio-collared wolves and tracking surveys. The work is conducted in winter when wolves are easiest to track and count, but also at a time when the population is near its annual low.
"We always remind people that this is a minimum estimate," said Kurt Thiede, administrator of the DNR's Land Division. "The range is fairly wide, too, but the next steps will compare the tracking information with telemetry information and will help fine tune it."
From 1993 to 2011, wolves in Wisconsin had shown annual increases in both number of individuals and packs. The increase from 2009-'10 to 2010-'11 was about 100, the largest on record.
Has the wolf population stablized? Or did a lack of snow or other factors affect the count this winter?
"The conditions weren't ideal, that's true," said Ralph Fritsch of the Wisconsin Wildilfe Federation. "We also discussed the possibility that fewer volunteer trackers participated this winter."
The number of trackers was not tallied at the meeting but will be included in the final report. The 2010-'11 count included 137 volunteer trackers, according to the DNR.
The DNR reported about 80 wolf mortalities in 2011, including 25 illegal kills.
The wolf was removed from protections of the federal Endangered Species Act earlier this year. The state is now allowed to implement its management plan for the species.
The Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill to allow a public wolf harvest and Gov. Scott Walker signed it into law last month.
The legislation authorizes the DNR to hold a hunting and trapping season for wolves from Oct. 15 to Feb. 15. Legislators set the wolf license fee at $100 for Wisconsin residents and $500 for non-residents.
The DNR has yet to establish zones, harvest quotas or permit levels.
The final wolf population estimate will be issued by the DNR later this year.
On the Trail
Journal Sentinel outdoors editor Paul A. Smith offers news, notes and perspective on the great outdoors.
Wisconsin wolf population estimate released
By Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel
April 23, 2012 12:31 p.m.
|(10) Comments
Wisconsin's wolf population stayed about the same over the last year, according to a preliminary estimate from the Department of Natural Resources.
The state's wolf population was estimated at between 762 and 832 animals in 204 packs over the winter of 2011-'12. The previous winter's estimate was 782 to 824 wolves in 203 packs.
The estimate was announced Friday in Wausau at the annual meeting of state wildlife officials, volunteer wolf trackers and other stakeholders.
The estimate is derived from aerial counts, ground observations of radio-collared wolves and tracking surveys. The work is conducted in winter when wolves are easiest to track and count, but also at a time when the population is near its annual low.
"We always remind people that this is a minimum estimate," said Kurt Thiede, administrator of the DNR's Land Division. "The range is fairly wide, too, but the next steps will compare the tracking information with telemetry information and will help fine tune it."
From 1993 to 2011, wolves in Wisconsin had shown annual increases in both number of individuals and packs. The increase from 2009-'10 to 2010-'11 was about 100, the largest on record.
Has the wolf population stablized? Or did a lack of snow or other factors affect the count this winter?
"The conditions weren't ideal, that's true," said Ralph Fritsch of the Wisconsin Wildilfe Federation. "We also discussed the possibility that fewer volunteer trackers participated this winter."
The number of trackers was not tallied at the meeting but will be included in the final report. The 2010-'11 count included 137 volunteer trackers, according to the DNR.
The DNR reported about 80 wolf mortalities in 2011, including 25 illegal kills.
The wolf was removed from protections of the federal Endangered Species Act earlier this year. The state is now allowed to implement its management plan for the species.
The Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill to allow a public wolf harvest and Gov. Scott Walker signed it into law last month.
The legislation authorizes the DNR to hold a hunting and trapping season for wolves from Oct. 15 to Feb. 15. Legislators set the wolf license fee at $100 for Wisconsin residents and $500 for non-residents.
The DNR has yet to establish zones, harvest quotas or permit levels.
The final wolf population estimate will be issued by the DNR later this year.
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Re: You guys in Wisconsin think this will pass? (I don't)
the walkers and plotts will work just fine, not saying to been proven.....btw as far as i know it has passed and we can start applying in june.
Unreal_tk wrote:Emily,
I would go for european stock or russian, they still use dogs on them all over there. A guy on here was using running bred dogs to run them somewhere in europe. But they have a small specie of wolves than us so I do not know if it would work well for sure but it is for them so probably would for us?