Posted on 02/27/2021 4:40:38 AM PST by marktwain
The Wisconsin DNR reports as of 3:25 p.m. Thursday, 216 wolves have been harvested since the first day of the state’s wolf hunt. That’s 97 more wolves than the limit for non-tribal hunters. Zones 1,3,4 closed at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Zones 2,5,6 closed at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. The hunt began Monday morning.
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The conditions were excellent for hunting. 216 wolves were harvested very quickly.
The headline seeking leader of the Ojibwa tribal council claimed half of the permits to hunt under agreement with the DNR. It was an obvious attempt to grab headlines while sticking a thumb in the eye of "the man".
A total of 216 wolves were legally harvested, very close to what the DNR desired.
Hunters are given 24 hours to report a legal wolf harvest( a reasonable time). When the reported number reaches the desired quota, the hunt is stopped. So there is always a 24 hour harvest to report after the hunt is stopped.
So what’s the thing with wolf hunting? Predator control alone? Pelts? Meat?
Got a letter from a university seeking my opinion of their plan to release wolves in my “wilderness area.” The questions on the survey all related to how to deal with a wolf encounter. The space to comment was about two lines worth. I wrote a long letter. First, there is no “wilderness” in my area. There is a huge amount of state and federal forest land shown on the map. But little of it is continuous. It is broken in most places by subdivisions and many roads run through the forests. If they were successful then I would not be confronted by “a” wolf, as they are pack animals. Even single wolves would be constantly raiding farms and garbage cans. It was unlikely they would spend much time in the forest, as the meals are much better in the subdivisions. Plus, all kinds of pets roam free. Wolves were not nearly wiped out because people were vicious killers. Wolves were nearly wiped out because wolves are vicious killers. Who is going to be held liable when their wolves released into the “wild” start dragging off school children waiting for the bus?
Only Korean hunters would eat wolf meat.
There were good reasons our forebearers got rid of wolves. They are very destructive of livestock, and a threat to humans, unless they are tightly controlled.
Sport hunting is the most efficient way to control the wolf population. The hunters are willing to pay to hunt the wolves; the rest of the population gains both wolf control and money.
The wolf population is kept in check.
Wolf hunters gain trophies and a hunting experience which satisfies primal urges deep in the very essence of humanity.
Nature is never in balance. The task of managing wildlife populations has fallen to humans.
It all depends on how hungry you are.
Considering all that meat, going to waste, I am tempted to try wolf stew.
I live in wolf country in northern Wisconsin . Their destruction is overblown , they exist in the mind only as a menace, we actually need more wolves in order to do the job of managing the deer herd which is mismanaged by both the DNR and lazy hunters
Ping!
Wolfing down a wolf.
I watch the TV program “The Last Alaskans” all the time. One of the main characters there is Himo Knorth. He talked about wolves up in the ANWAR. He said just what you said, they are PACK ANIMALS. He came upon a moose killed by wolves. He said it was a slaughter. There was blood all over the place. A kill site as big as 50 yards circled. Blood, hair, bones, all over the place. He said it appeared the moose was chased out of the trees into the frozen river where they could get at him good. He said they always go for the throat and tear it out and the blood flows then. He said this poor moose appeared to have been attacked by several wolves. He said he would have a hard chance finding a moose for himself now as the moose left the area when the wolves were there. He said the wolves killed everything. He said that is what they are, KILLING MACHINES. Kill and eat. That is all they do. Kill and eat. Put those damned things in neighborhoods where animals are out AND SMALL CHILDREN play, they will be finding the remains of children, their torn, bloody clothes that is. All the flesh will have been eaten!!!!
I wouldn’t want to kill a wolf unless I had to. I feel too much kinship with them. Same with dogs frankly. In fact, there are no predators that I would want to kill. A cougar hunt sounds entertaining but, in the end, I wouldn’t want to kill it. prey animals, on the other hand, them’s good eatin’.
We will never know how many were taken under SSS.
Killing for the sake of killing is cruel and mean. Animals kill to eat. Sick humans kill for the pleasure of killing. Leave the wolves alone they are doing what wolves do.
Under communism, humans will eventually be killing wolves for food.
Harvested? Just say killed.
Harvested sounds like a crop of wheat : )
Wolves are one of the predators well know to kill for the thrill of it. Wolves often kill far more than they can eat.
It is simply a matter that such opportunities are rare in nature.
Wolf apologists excuse every action by wolves as "it is in their nature" or "it is an instinctual action".
It is just another excuse.
Our party got two. Beau left on Monday morning and was home again by Wednesday evening - he had planned on being up north all week.
I’d post some pix, but they’re not mine, and we have enough problems with the anthropomorphic animal lovers as it is. ;)
I disagree, wolves around here kill and eat it. To think they are killing for fun is simply incorrect. Little Red Riding Hood is not real.
Predator control.
The pelts can bring $200+, but in Wisconsin, since the seasons are so limited, it’s still pretty much a once in a lifetime tag to get; Beau had one two years ago; he’ll never have another in his lifetime.
It’s a trophy - the two guys we know that got them will have them mounted.
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