Over the weekend while I was gone, according to the huge tracks in the snow, one large canine came across my 40 acre pond right up into my yard. I've had 31 wild turkeys hanging around one of my sunflower feeders picking up seeds that the birds knocked on the ground. The canine seemed quite interested in the area where the turkeys usually congregate.

I don't have any real close neighbors. I called the nearest ones to see if anybody knew of any large dogs in the area? There weren't any. But, one neighbor said he had seen a wolf in a wildlife management area near by a couple years ago.

It has to be a wolf, tracks are way to big for a coyote. They are as big as my fist. I live in central MN.

with wolves clear to the ILL boarder I would be surprised if there was any of MN that didn't have some occasionally.

About 10 or so years ago, I trapped beaver in a wildlife management area north of Milaca, MN. You weren't allowed any motorized vehicles. I asked if it would be OK to skin the beaver and leave the carcass and not get in trouble. I was told to go ahead as there was a wolf pack living in the management area that would likely clean the carcasses up.

Here is one that was in your area a few years ago.

A number of years ago I personally saw two Wolves in South Haven MN, my mom and dad also saw them, clear as day two Wolves.

I live in Sherburne county. Its not at all uncommon to see wolves, especially on trail cameras, or tracks. I had one big black one in my yard. Had one hitting a coyote bait last winter. The traditional habitat is absolutely saturated. Wolves seeking territory have no option but to move south.

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I’ve posted before that I was calling back in the 90’s south of South Haven and had a nice wolf come in. Knew from a distance by how skittish it was to begin with. Knew for sure when it came close. I had another good huntress with me, we were both taken aback.

Osky

Wolves have been in central Minnesota for the entire 20 years I have lived in this area. TONS of them around Brainerd.

We should be trapping them.Crazy

Trapper 7, those wolves regularly travel thru my land between that management area and a LG private preserve. I don't snare for coyotes because of it.

Came back from a DNR furbearer meeting some years ago where they told us that there were no known wolves living south of Grand Rapids to find wildlife techs using telemetry(radio collars) gear to track the two collared wolves in the small pack(7-9) that were resident at that time. Proved to me the level of truth/honesty of information released to public depending on which way the political wind is blowing.

The short season we had on them really spooked them back into the depth of the WMA for several years but now they have gotten unafraid again.

Whitcomb who has the deer scents business in Princeton has been running bunches of cameras over test sites of his product from Princeton area up to Mille Lacs for many decades now. From day one he has had wolves at his sites.

Oskyr

At one of our sportsmen meetings we had a guest speaker who worked at Camp Ripley. He said there have been several wolf packs living at the camp. They were one of the reasons the deer herd was down.

Not sure what to think of this because the DNR has been radio-collaring wolves in Camp Ripley by Little falls since the early 1990s. They travel hundreds of miles routinely.

At one of our sportsmen meetings we had a guest speaker who worked at Camp Ripley. He said there have been several wolf packs living at the camp. They were one of the reasons the deer herd was down.

The video of the wolf in Rice, MN is proof that when the population expands like the wolf's has, they move into less wolf populated areas.

I mentioned in the past over 20 years ago I took part in a DNR meeting regarding delisting the gray wolf. At that time, the DNR estimated there were about 3700 wolves in the state of MN. Since that time there has been almost no hunting or trapping pressure on the wolf population. Yet, over 20 years later, as you heard on the video they estimate there are 2300 wolves! How stupid do these DNR people think we are? How long do they think they can keep insulting our intelligence?

It's my guess the MN governor and his henchman are on the side of the antis when it comes to protecting the wolves forcing the DNR to follow suit.

Camp Ripley collared wolves visit Wisc quite regularly. Even as far as south of Eau Claire Wis

Theres at least one that lives down here....south of the cities in one of the giant park properties. Most of the farmers that live on the perimeter of the park have seen it. I've seen the track in the park while trapping beaver.

One was hit and killed by a car here in Douglas County a few years ago and a friend sent me a video of a pack of four running across a field one early morning. Been seeing quite a few wolf tracks when trapping coyotes and the local warden confirms we have a small pack of them around here but I've never heard any howling yet. Seen one this fall in the northern part of the state, impressive looking animal and would love to be able to add it to my collection on the wall.

If They don't eventually cause a problem/ fear...public views will never change

Lots of nice parks around the metro area. People around there seem to like wolves.