was the WTA around?

One thing of concern for me is that fact that the DNR does not go through an entire rule making process for each and every season for each and every species. Does this judges ruling make that a requirement in order for the DNR to operate under the constitution? It seems like it does. That means every hunting, traping, and fishing season would be in jeopardy of being halted.

I agree,.things are going to get really, really bad. The public outrage twords the DNR will be epic.

Anyone else get the November Beaver diary from the dnr to fill out for them? Im sending mine back requesting that thier tribal partners can fill it out .

I got one. Kind of odd as I trap Zone D pretty much exclusively and beaver does not even open till December 6.

Moosetrot

Hunter Nation is encouraging all hunters, farmers, ranchers, pet owners and concerned citizens to immediately call Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul to demand that they seek an appeal to this bizarre ruling and allow the hunt to proceed in November.

Governor Evers’ hotline - 608-266-1212
AG Kaul’s hotline - 608-266-1221

Tell them you support the wolf hunt in Wisconsin and demand they appeal the latest ruling to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Yeah, call Biden and tell him you want him to close the border while you're at it

It takes a couple minutes to let them know where you stand. Make sure you remind them that waiting would likely lead to another Feb hunt dominated by dogs.

An elk herd in Jackson County has moved right next to town this winter. And I mean right next to town. I can only wonder if they are trying to stay away from the wolves

What’s matter when they get hunted February or November just do but I see u just look for your benefit I had no problem trapping mine last year in February my wife had no problem trapping hers in February last year either

I was out after a fresh snow yesterday and wolf tracks outnumbered coyote tracks more than 2 to 1. I drove about 20 miles on forest roads and over half of the miles had wolf tracks in the road. Got fresh snow this morning and went out to another road 15 miles away and a pair of wolf tracks were in that road after the snow ended in the daylight. It’s no wonder our deer numbers are down. But I guess that’s what the antis want. They don’t like deer hunting anyway.

This prohibits lethal control of problem wolves around farms. Farmers won't be happy.

The front page of this weeks newspaper in Jackson Co mentoned the county board is concerned with problem wolves being put in the central forest.

I see so many problems with this weeks decision by the California judge.

That is the best thing about this decision. Someone mentioned the lion problem in California, problem is it isn't that much of a problem; Oregon and Washington outlawed lion hunting also. But all three of them have people hired to kill lions. See you or I can't do it because we might have fun, and of course we would pay to do so; but if they hire somebody it is a job, and therefore not fun. Or more to the point, they have CONTROL over everything when they are the employer. California had a bounty system on lions right up until the moratorium on lion hunting went into effect. You know they have killed more lions every single year since that went into effect than they did before they shut down the lion hunting? I've been in Oregon around where their Fish and Game employed lion hunters were absolutely slaughtering the lions. I don't know the official figures, but I know the numbers the lion hunter was telling me were absolutely mind boggling the number of lions he was taking out of an area, and the evidence of where I seen him or tracks of him bringing dead lions out and the drop in the lion tracks, makes me believe the numbers he was telling me.

Sorry, if you want to protect an animal where the public isn't allowed to harvest, you shouldn't be able to also. This is the only way to get the general public riled enough to overturn the laws. The states I just mentioned will never get their lion hunting back, because the population is kept in check (on the relative downlow) by their tax dollars and John Q. Public is never going to have it affect him. The sportsmen are a fairly powerful group, but they aren't a majority in any state and they have to get other people to not only give lip service to their side, but actually riled enough to get off their duff and demand something be done. If those people aren't affected by the situation, that isn't going to happen.

We in the UP feel your pain. Our deer in the eastern UP are almost gone. And we have the same leadership problem with Evers and Whitmer. I don’t know about Wisconsin, but the people that oversee our wolves are crazy!!! And when I say crazy, I mean it’s weird, like almost cult-like about “their” wolves. They will lie right to peoples faces about the population density, what wolves eat, ( only the week etc.) to convince people that we hunters are the bad guys. I moved here 20’years ago from lower Michigan, But my deer hunting days are all but over. It’s really sad.

And we, in MN, have Walz. Does anyone see a pattern?

The problem may not be Walz as much as the lieutenant governor. She believes wolves are her dead relatives. Especially since Walz isn't a devout sportsman, Walz is unlikely going to go against the wishes of his lieutenant.

So with Wisconsin wolves protected again by a California based federal judge, is Wisconsin DNR converting license applications sales of everyone to reference points for the 2021 season that never happened?

Well who picked the lieutenant? Walz is the one who has been scolding everyone for the past two years about how we need to "follow the science" on Covid, as poor as that science has been. But it's ok to screw the science when it comes to wolf management.

Yeah I believe they will automatically convert to points, but if you want your $10 back you can contact them.