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Watching a wolf program on Weather Channel right now. They claim 4,000 wolves in lower 48. Of course, they are also speculating "weather change" as a possible cause of a wolf attack on a teen boy in Minnesota by a lone wolf.

Bhaaaaaahaha!

Couldn't possibly be because we are no longer killing them on sight.

Oh yeah - " Ravens are the only birds that communicate by body gestures"

Jeeeeeeeze!

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) | Gray wolf numbers rose across most of the Northern Rockies last year, reaching their highest level since federal officials reintroduced the predators to the region two decades ago.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday reported a minimum of 1,904 wolves at the end of last year in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon and Washington.

Congress lifted protections for wolves across the region except for Wyoming in 2011.

Their numbers have continued to slowly climb as packs spread into new areas. That includes portions of Washington state and Oregon, which now have an estimated 200 wolves combined.

In states that allow hunting of the species, wolf numbers dipped in Montana to 536 animals and rose slightly in Idaho to 786 wolves.

Cant wait until they spread out to the suburban neighborhoods of San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.

Cant wait until they spread out to the suburban neighborhoods of San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.

There were two wolf "attack incidents in Wisconsin last year. One was when a dad took his kid on a youth deer hunt. The wolves were so aggressive he shot towards the wolves before they ran off. The other was a guy scouting deer and noticed a lot of wolf sign. He looks up and sees legs moving. " Cool , I walked up on a deer" . Two seconds later two wolves are coming at him. One got so close it was near his leg and the wolf was ready to bite just as the guy pulls his .380 and plugs one of the wolves, but only wounding him. The guy said he had so little time to , register in his mind, pull and shoot. He was in a few tours of war and said he is trained to pull a gun fast . If not having that training he is sure he would have been killed. The warden and a USFW looked into the case, followed the blood trail but to no avail. Both DNR and USFW agreed he was attacked and noted a lot of wolf sign in the area. I carry a gun now day in the woods in wolf country , because of this. I also decided to carry cause last fall I had my trail cam set up. As I was done hunting I purposefully walk by it to record my time leaving. About 15 min. a bear comes in, knock the camera around and a pic was taken of the bear walking the same path as I just went down. I dont think he was after me, but it was a strange happening. I didn't even know about it till two weeks later when I went back to check the cam.

They are not increasing in northwest Wisconsin. There is so little for them to eat they can't possibly be increasing . They seem to be increasing in central Wisconsin bedause there are more deer there however. They most likely get shot there more often too though. I had my trail cam out along a clear cut all winter . I got three different deer a bunch of times and half a dozen coyote pics. No wolves where two deer bedded down at least weekly all winter.