The Wisconsin DNR estimates that the states wolf population has increased by 16% over last year. Most are grouped in 222 packs. Huh? I wonder how that happened?

Lets relocate a couple packs to the Wiley Street neighborhood in Madison so the anti's there can live with them.

Times the estimate by 2 and then add 100 and you may be close to the actual total IMO!

chris

In central u.p the wolf population is way down it seems.they ate everything and left honestly...they must of went your way

I don't disagree with you one bit on that Hodag

I heard on the radio it is the largest numbers ever recorded.

Is there a wolf population in southern wi

No, absolutely no live wolves down here .

Dead wolves are pertty ....nice mounts

Great mounts

not yet, will not be surprised when it happens

Below is the data that Brian is referencing.

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wildlifehabitat/wolf/documents/2015OverWinterWolfEst.pdf

Below is the map of detection the previous year.

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wildlifehabitat/wolf/documents/DetectedPacks14_15.pdf

And some data on how they get to the number they come up with:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Wildlifehabitat/wolf/documents/PostDelistMonitor2015.pdf

Just thought of wolves makes my blood boil. Starting to become more frequent in Michigan NLP. The only good wolf is a dead wolf. Can't count on anything smart or sane from a government agency. Boots on the ground, fix the problem yourself.

The new minimum over winter counts for 2015/2016 according to the WDNR are, 838-869 wolves in 222 packs,and 28 loners for a total of 866-897 wolves in WI. out side of reservations.

I did the math that WI population will eat 18400 lbs of meat one day if every adult wolf ate his 22 lbs of meat daily ,wow lotsa animals getting ate.

Depends on what you consider S. WI. I know they're in Adams County, which I consider S. WI.

There have been documented wolf sightings In Dane county.

Some years back one was hit by a car on I-94 in Jefferson County.

The coyote hunters shot one less than 3 miles from my house about 8 yrs ago. That's in Rock Co. It was a juvenile male.

My wife took some pics last year of one in northern Manitowoc County. Didn't believe her until she showed me, and about an hour later a buddy down the road called. It ran across his back 40 in the same area. Found the tracks, bigger than my fist.