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I just just heard on the radio that they got 61 yesterday and even 200, let alone 119, is a drop in the bucket if the state has 1,500. What ever happened to that 350 number that they set as a sustaining goal? Pup season will replace everything they take out and then some. Letters in the Wisconsin Outdoor News are calling for heads to roll on the DNR advisory board.

Maybe you should shoot the next one you see being bold instead of waiting for someone to tell you it’s ok?

Season closes tomorrow in the remaining zones at 3pm.

That harvest rate is impressive. I'd like to see a season in Minnesota as well. High wolf count can't be helping with the moose decline.

The good news is that we won’t have 178 more wolves to kick around this winter. Nice job in only three days and not even that in those three southern zones. Impressive that they got that many in so little time. The bad news is that their replacements are already in utero in about 25 wolf females. The term exponential growth potential sure comes to mind. They have cleaned out the northern deer herd and from the looks of that quick southern kill quota, they are there now too.

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Yall need to be killing EVERY ONE YOU SEE...

Any Wisconsin campfire members get to put one on the ground?

Congrats to all the successful hunters.

Whack em and say you thought they were coyotes! 😁😁😁😁

Talked to a guy this morning whose buddies up north killed four the first day running dogs.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/24/hunters-and-trappers-exceed-wisconsin-wolf-kill-qu/

Of course the fuucktards were out and about......

Wisconsin wolf hunt update. 182 wolves killed as of 4:00 pm Feb. 25, 2021. Indians were given 81 permits, but they are not talking.

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/...7537484-7cf6-56d6-bd0f-21d0a0b4a76e.html

Wolf hunters vastly exceed Wisconsin quota in first hunt since federal protections dropped

Chris Hubbuch | Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin wolf hunters blew past the state’s quota in just three days during the state’s first wolf season since federal protections were lifted, exceeding the state quota by more than 50%.

The Department of Natural Resources reported at 4 p.m. Wednesday that hunters had registered 182 wolves since the hunt began Monday, or about 15% of the estimated population. The quota for non-native hunters was 119 wolves.

Hunters exceeded quotas in each of the six zones and killed more than double the allotment in two that cover the lower two thirds of the state and a large portion along the Michigan border, where hunting closed at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The rest of the state was closed to hunting at 3 p.m.

Wolf quota exceeded in three-day hunt
The DNR’s policy board approved a quota of 200 wolves, of which 81 were allocated to the Ojibwe Tribes in accordance with treaty rights for parts of northern Wisconsin that were ceded to the United States in the 1800s.

DNR spokeswoman Sarah Hoye said the total may not be met if the tribes do not use their allocation, which they have not done in previous seasons.

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) opposed the hunt, which it said was held without an updated management plan, buffers to protect packs that live on reservation lands, or consultation with the tribes.

“To many Ojibwe communities, hunting in late February, a time when fur quality is poor and wolves are in their breeding season, is regarded as especially wasteful and disrespectful,” the organization said in a statement.

GLIFWC spokesman Dylan Jennings said he did not yet have data on how many — if any — wolves were taken by tribal members.

“Whatever the tribes choose to do with their permits, that’s their decision,” Jennings said.

Yeah, I am behind..............don't have the time to devote to the 'fire.

Update...Wolf kill up to 216 wolves. No word from the Indians.

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/...5e2751c-4530-5051-af77-de6d408b380e.html

Wolf kill total continues to rise well over quota in Wisconsin's first hunt after federal protections

Chris Hubbuch | Wisconsin State Journal

State wildlife officials say they’re confident Wisconsin’s wolf population can sustain losses from the first hunt since the lifting of federal protections even as hunters bagged far more than the established quota.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday afternoon that hunters killed 216 wolves between Monday and Wednesday. That’s about 18% of the estimated state population and almost double the quota for non-native hunters.

“We did go over,” said DNR wildlife management director Eric Lobner. “Is that something we wanted to have happen? Absolutely not.”

Randy Johnson, a large carnivore specialist, said the agency will use data from the hunt to update its population estimate. Johnson said the population has grown and shrunk in response to previous hunts, though he noted it is a segment of a much larger population of wolves that roam across the Upper Midwest.

“We have a robust, resilient wolf population,” said Keith Warnke, administrator of the DNR’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Division. “We’re very confident we’ll be able to manage properly going forward.”

The DNR estimates there were 1,195 wolves in the state as of April 2020. The state wolf management plan goal is 350 wolves living outside of tribal reservations.

The DNR’s policy board approved a total quota of 200 wolves, which Johnson called a conservative number intended to keep the population level stable.

The state allocated 81 of those wolves to the Ojibwe Tribes that retain hunting and fishing rights in the northern portion of Wisconsin ceded to the United States in the 1800s.

In past hunts the tribes, who consider the wolf as a relative and oppose trophy hunting, have in past hunts not used their allocation, but wildlife officials say it could be weeks before they know whether any of those tribal wolves were killed.

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), which represents 11 Ojibwe tribes, opposed the hunt, which it said was held without an updated management plan, buffers to protect packs that live on reservation lands, or consultation with the tribes.

“Our tribal communities are disappointed and condemn the overage on the state’s part,” said GLIFWC spokesperson Dylan Jennings. “It speaks to some of the lack of enforceable management practices and lack of tribal consultation.”

The DNR said 54% of the wolves killed were male and 86% were hunted with dogs in conditions they described as ideal for tracking. About 5% were caught in traps and the rest taken through some other means.

Deputy Chief Warden Matt O’Brien said there were “a handful events” that led to some enforcement action but “no significant user conflicts.”

More than 27,000 people applied for licenses for the truncated hunting season, and the DNR issued 1,486 tags, including 21 to hunters from out of state.

The Trump administration removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list in January, returning management to the states. Wisconsin law requires a wolf hunt be held from November through February when federal protections are not in place.

The DNR initially planned to hold a hunt in November, saying it could not establish science-based quotas and comply with treaty requirements, but a Jefferson County judge ordered a hunt to be held this winter after a Kansas-based hunting group sued.

A state court of appeals dismissed the DNR’s request to block the order.

Wisconsin last held a wolf hunt in 2014, but the law allows people to shoot wolves if there is an immediate threat to human safety or if wolves are attacking domestic animals on private land.

What’s up with the Indians? Around here the tribes are the only ones allowed to kill wolves and they get after em pretty good.

looks like it was a great wolf hunt ! congrats ,Pete53

Some wolves are beautiful animals and I'd love to have a hide on the wall. Some, however, are just plain ugly. This pic was taken in WY.

The Ojibwe here think the wolves are their relatives.

This one was caught dining on Montana beef.

The DNR knows damn well the injuns aren't going to shoot any.

Those 81 injun tags never should have been included in the quota to begin with.