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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193630
02/23/21 05:56 PM
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Why close zone 1 tomorrow? 9 of 31 they must expect a good day tomorrow. What a joke of a season, I am sure glad I went for the preference point instead of the tag. But if I draw this fall I will have a few days to catch an un-prime wolf before they shut down the season, what a joke. They need to split the tags hunting and trapping and give the trapper a chance, and why take the Natives 1/2 out of the quota, don't they have to go by the season dates too? If they plan to harvest any.

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Line Jumper] #7193633
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Originally Posted by Line Jumper
Why close zone 1 tomorrow? 9 of 31 they must expect a good day tomorrow. What a joke of a season, I am sure glad I went for the preference point instead of the tag. But if I draw this fall I will have a few days to catch an un-prime wolf before they shut down the season, what a joke. They need to split the tags hunting and trapping and give the trapper a chance, and why take the Natives 1/2 out of the quota, don't they have to go by the season dates too? If they plan to harvest any.


Right on...there will be some takeaways from this short two day season for sure!

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193634
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In a small quota season trappers are at a big disadvantage unless they already have a coyote line out. There are way too many wolves, so any legal way they are harvested is good with me.


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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193647
02/23/21 06:10 PM
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What about the non-resident tags, they have to wait until Monday morning to find out if they got a tag, then travel here and find out the season is closed. Maybe they will return their money plus expenses, any bets.

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193659
02/23/21 06:21 PM
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Any nonresident that got in this one and didn't have a plan to already be here on Monday wasn't thinking clearly. We gavve out twice the tags and had a quota that was comparable to first season when population was not nearly this size. There was a reason I was so confident that any money the antis threw into it was was never going to save a wolf. Candidly it probably killed a few more.


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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193690
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Originally Posted by WIMarshRAT
Any nonresident that got in this one and didn't have a plan to already be here on Monday wasn't thinking clearly. We gavve out twice the tags and had a quota that was comparable to first season when population was not nearly this size. There was a reason I was so confident that any money the antis threw into it was was never going to save a wolf. Candidly it probably killed a few more.


I see your point, the non-resident trapper would have to already know an area, be there Monday morning, if they drew, set some traps and or cable restraints and enjoy their two morning check.

I want to trap a wolf, most places I have trapped they come through every week or two, so unless I am extremely Lucky, (which I am not) my odds of getting a wolf are slim.

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Line Jumper] #7193697
02/23/21 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Line Jumper
Why close zone 1 tomorrow? 9 of 31 they must expect a good day tomorrow. What a joke of a season, I am sure glad I went for the preference point instead of the tag. But if I draw this fall I will have a few days to catch an un-prime wolf before they shut down the season, what a joke. They need to split the tags hunting and trapping and give the trapper a chance, and why take the Natives 1/2 out of the quota, don't they have to go by the season dates too? If they plan to harvest any.



This needs to happen. Trappers start one year and hunters the next season.


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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: 8117 Steve R] #7193700
02/23/21 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 8117 Steve R

In a small quota season trappers are at a big disadvantage unless they already have a coyote line out. There are way too many wolves, so any legal way they are harvested is good with me.

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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193706
02/23/21 07:19 PM
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I really hope they are keeping the data on wolves killed with dogs vs. trapping, etc. in the various zones.

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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: corky] #7193710
02/23/21 07:22 PM
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52 in a couple days that is encouraging. Many may be upset about the short notice, short season and fast closings but the fact that with limited prep time etc. that many wolves have been harvested in my opinion bodes very well for season with fairly high quotas for this fall or coming seasons. The fact that the tribes are able to garner 40% of the tags needs to be taken into consideration if we want to keep wolves in the more wolf habitat areas and not in the more farm and livestock regions. Wolves being territorial the dispersing need space and habitat for their area and the more wolves in the more preferred wolf habitat the further the dispersing wolves need to travel. I don't know what the tribes are calculating as to what they want or feel is needed for wolf population in their ceded areas. Historically with mature forests for many many years there would likely have been far fewer deer in the north and maybe even fewer beaver with less young aspen, birch and alder. Which means there was less prey for wolves so it is only a guess what the population was pre white settlement.

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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: bblwi] #7193735
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Originally Posted by bblwi
52 in a couple days that is encouraging. Many may be upset about the short notice, short season and fast closings but the fact that with limited prep time etc. that many wolves have been harvested in my opinion bodes very well for season with fairly high quotas for this fall or coming seasons. The fact that the tribes are able to garner 40% of the tags needs to be taken into consideration if we want to keep wolves in the more wolf habitat areas and not in the more farm and livestock regions. Wolves being territorial the dispersing need space and habitat for their area and the more wolves in the more preferred wolf habitat the further the dispersing wolves need to travel. I don't know what the tribes are calculating as to what they want or feel is needed for wolf population in their ceded areas. Historically with mature forests for many many years there would likely have been far fewer deer in the north and maybe even fewer beaver with less young aspen, birch and alder. Which means there was less prey for wolves so it is only a guess what the population was pre white settlement.

Bryce


I agree with most of what you say. But let’s be clear, the natives did not take 40% of the tags. They took 50% of the QUOTA in the ceded territory. That is way way worse than taking tags! Let them have the tags and let the harvest happen.

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193746
02/23/21 08:11 PM
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They took both in my understanding. We only issued around 2100 tags and quota was reduced to 119.

We don't need sperate seasons. Normal seasons start the first Saturday in November. Trappers have the advantage and it shows in all our data up to this point.


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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193747
02/23/21 08:15 PM
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Usually no snow in November to run dogs with.

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193753
02/23/21 08:19 PM
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I noticed 6 trucks with dog boxes with dogs inside heading down a country road this morning in Oneida County. Glad to hear that wolves were harvested. Would be nice to see a full season with a more generous harvest quota as there are no shortages of wolves here in the northwoods!

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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193765
02/23/21 08:34 PM
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The snow and good conditions really helped the houndsmen. they are wackin and stakin. In a regular season , before snow the trappers have a better shot and will fill most of the quota. There is a lot of beer be'in drank in zone 1 tonite.

Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: WIMarshRAT] #7193770
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Originally Posted by WIMarshRAT
They took both in my understanding. We only issued around 2100 tags and quota was reduced to 119.

We don't need sperate seasons. Normal seasons start the first Saturday in November. Trappers have the advantage and it shows in all our data up to this point.



Well if the ceded territory wants to protect the wolf, maybe we do need separate seasons. Let them sleep in their own bed.

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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193778
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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: The Beav] #7193901
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Originally Posted by The Beav
Well a least 3 of them from what I can see aren't worth skinning. And the one is questionable.

Did you expect them to be good this late?

Nice job wisconsonites!.
Keep hammering them.


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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193919
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No but I tried to convince Nimzy as to that Issue.


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Re: Wisconsin 2021 Wolf Season Progress [Re: Pike River] #7193996
02/23/21 11:59 PM
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Typical hound handled goods. Kinda like grading drown coon.

Definitely hunter advantage. Glad they got their season and pleased they tagged out.

Nimzy: no tag and zero preference points, not a fan of trophies.

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