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Wisconsin’s wolf season #6438678
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What’s the probability of Wisconsin getting a wolf season in the near future? I’ve been bobcat hunting, on and off for a week or so. The amount of wolf tracks I cross daily is ridiculous.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6438734
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Even if the Feds would turn management over to the State my guess is, with our current Governor, the probability is zero. We sure need a season.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: corky] #6438741
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Originally Posted by corky
Even if the Feds would turn management over to the State my guess is, with our current Governor, the probability is zero. We sure need a season.


You are 100% right! Not a chance at the state level!

Chris


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Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6438762
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Well think about it if a thousand wolves take 15000 steps a day. That’s a lot of tracks lol.

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In some areas near me, wolf tracks outnumber coyote tracks. Its actually hard to find an area that lacks wolf tracks.


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Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6438775
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Originally Posted by handitrapper
What’s the probability of Wisconsin getting a wolf season in the near future? I’ve been bobcat hunting, on and off for a week or so. The amount of wolf tracks I cross daily is ridiculous.


I'm pretty sure WI has a wolf season. sick

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6438781
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About the same odds of MN although if the feds gave the greenlight tomorrow I believe we'd have a season next year.


"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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I am not as pessimistic as many of you are. Management of species through seasons, research etc. has long been the standard here in WI. In fact in many cases there is a good chance that science may well be lifted up when it comes to managing wildlife.

Bryce

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Originally Posted by nimzy
Well think about it if a thousand wolves take 15000 steps a day. That’s a lot of tracks lol.


Geez Chris. It’s not like I was hunting the same 640 acres for days. You always have a different way of thinking.

But If every one had the same thoughts? Then someone is not thinking.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: corky] #6439224
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Originally Posted by corky
Even if the Feds would turn management over to the State my guess is, with our current Governor, the probability is zero. We sure need a season.


Wasn’t too far from your neck of the woods. Argonne, Laona, Hiles.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: bblwi] #6439228
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Originally Posted by bblwi
I am not as pessimistic as many of you are. Management of species through seasons, research etc. has long been the standard here in WI. In fact in many cases there is a good chance that science may well be lifted up when it comes to managing wildlife.

Bryce

Here's to hoping for science based management grin

Something that has been lacking for some time under more than 1 administration.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6439233
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And just to let y’all know. I did fill my (12 preference point) bobcat tag. 35# tom.

I’m done applying for them. 12 more years of applying for another, will put me @ 65. I only be able to fish by that age.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: Steven 49er] #6439253
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Originally Posted by Steven 49er
About the same odds of MN although if the feds gave the greenlight tomorrow I believe we'd have a season next year.


Yep.
Even some dem' s realize we need a season.
I cut wolf tracks almost daily just east of you.


swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo

You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Originally Posted by handitrapper
And just to let y’all know. I did fill my (12 preference point) bobcat tag. 35# tom.

I’m done applying for them. 12 more years of applying for another, will put me @ 65. I only be able to fish by that age.

Congratulations!

Details?

I've been hearing of tons of incidentals

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6439277
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I’m a hound hunter when it comes to bears and cats. Certainly no shortage of either within that area

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6439302
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Originally Posted by handitrapper
Originally Posted by corky
Even if the Feds would turn management over to the State my guess is, with our current Governor, the probability is zero. We sure need a season.


Wasn’t too far from your neck of the woods. Argonne, Laona, Hiles.


I hope you ate at Main Street Ed's in Argonne. Great food, reasonable prices. My golf partner lives on Pine Lake in Hiles. We ice fish it a little. My hunting camp is midway between Three Lakes and Monico. Tons of wolf tracks and lots fewer deer than just a few years ago. I too quit applying for a cat tag. I'm 67 and won't live to see a permit. The DNR's science based bobcat counting is a farce. Every frozen creek up here has cat tracks and you can't set for canines without a catch pole to release bobcats. Congrats on the 35 lbr. That's a great cat.

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Yep. Ed’s is our regular eatery. And drinks too. lol
Some of us were fishing on Pine Lake yesterday afternoon and evening. Good bluegill note. But most were pretty small.

Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6439431
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A guy at the tavern the other night said that wolves are open season year round.


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Re: Wisconsin’s wolf season [Re: handitrapper] #6439507
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As long as the population can maintain it self with harvest then it should have some harvesting.

But that is all irrelevant now, its all a political decision.
If the feds get them off the Endangered Species Act then I have no doubt that eventually with the right administration we'll have a season.
Once the season starts that more than half the battle if the ESA stays out of it.

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With Minnesota's new DNR director there is no chance we will have a wolf season until she is gone. JMO

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