Beav, it makes total sense to me. I believe the WI DNR is attempting to use delay tactics so there is no hunt this month. This is in hope that wolves will get relisted between now and November and then there'll be no hunt then either.

I’ll start by saying I’m not very familiar with the court system. And I don’t know how or if pending rulings can delay the start of a hunt. But it seems like the DNR could use delay tactics long enough that for all practical purposes, there might not be a season this month. They have filed with the Court of Appeals. That ruling won’t be known until Wednesday. If I understand things right, the DNR could then file a Petition for Review by the Supreme Court. It would amount to nothing more than burning time and eat away at the available timeline for a hunt this month.

Like I said though, I don’t know if pending rulings can delay the already announced start date.

One anti group is encouraging their members to apply in order to tie up tags. They have offered financial incentives to do this. Here's a copy of post with name removed:

Anyone else notice that this thread has almost half a million views and the word game thread with 231 pages only has 81K views makes you wonder who's all reading this...

On the personal side, while I am very interested and excited about the prospects of taking a wolf here in Wisconsin, I have made the choice to not apply for this season for a number of reasons. This thing hatched very recently and when I am able to finally take a wolf I want to be able to plan the hunt or trap carefully with a decent amount of time to scout, make contacts, and set up whatever gear I need to take a wolf efficiently. This six day season, which I seriously doubt will happen, seems way too rushed for me to do it the way I want and truly believe it should be done.

I was contacted by a member on this thread who generously offered the potential of putting me on wolves, but in conversation I told him this is most likely not the time for me.

For those that take part in this, I wish you the greatest luck and success, and we're gonna need pictures if you get one. But for me, this is not the time or the way I want to do it.

Moosetrot

2,000 permits with a quota of 200. The quota is the aspect that allows for harvesting even if some want to not utilize their permit. With 1,000 going for preference points that means 1,000 for active harvest or up to 20% potential success rate. Could be optimistic based on short notice and not being able to plan and set aside time but to me does indicate that the science numbers indicate a high enough wolf population that one out of 5 holders could succeed. Also the 1,000 going to preference points indicates to me that they are really quite confident about future seasons. Lets hope this all goes as smoothly as possible and we report all the harvests. We need to establish that sportsmen are willing to report harvests. When one reads the WON we see high levels of non compliance. We need to improve in that area of being honest and trustworthy. Lets also hope that even though success may be less likely that we harvest some wolves in the areas where human interactions by wolves are problematic. That can also include areas where hunting hounds are being killed and injured.

Bryce

I did not notice that. Hmmm...

Who cares? We’re living it.

We need to improve in that area of being honest and trustworthy

AJE, not sure about WTA, but I know the statewide Trapping Coordinator has been sharing a bunch of videos on wolves and trapping.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WqFEtoJ6CBc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bu8su9_WSVo
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PIq3cQBQewY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l94fNfX6t-Q
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GSJZAtnDxRA&t=44s

BVRretriver I was mostly trying to caution folks away from talking about hunt plans / locations because I'm sure there are antis reading and this is a contentious topic.

Some antis do this for bobcats too. They don't realize the state sets the number of tags sold based on the number of animals they want killed. They are basically donating $ to the state. If the quota isn't met, the state will just issue more tags next time (assuming there is a 'next time'). These goofs are probably the same people flooding the online ballot boxes now that Conservation Congress votes online. Within seconds they can probably send a mass message off to all their fellow antis.

Is this up coming wolf hunting trapping season open to Non residents?