Wisconsin's first-ever wolf hunt begins on Monday
Outdoor News-- Wisconsin’s first-ever wolf hunt begins in four days – and at least one expert says nobody realizes how hard it will be to actually shoot one.
Wisconsin’s first-ever wolf hunt begins in four days – and at least one expert says nobody realizes how hard it will be to actually shoot one. Grey wolves are said to be mobile, crafty animals with the keenest sense of smell. And Montana hunting guide Bud Martin tells the Associated Press, quote, “I’ll bet you a steak dinner your quota won’t be met.” Wisconsin originally set a quota of 201 wolves – but Chippewa Indians will protect 85 under their treaty rights, so the actual quota is just 116. The D-N-R issued 11-hundred-60 permits in a lottery, and Mark Dahms of Waukesha got one of them. He said he’ll use an electronic calling device that can make 400 sounds which imitate wolves and distressed animals. But his odds of success could be astounding. In Montana, almost 19-thousand hunters took just 166 wolves last year. Wisconsin hunters will be further hampered, because they won’t be able to use hunting dogs until at least December 20th – when a judge will consider the D-N-R’s request to drop an injunction against the dogs. It stemmed from a lawsuit filed by environmental groups. In neighboring Minnesota, a lawsuit to throw out the state’s entire wolf season was rejected yesterday – and the Gopher State’s wolf hunt begins November third. Wisconsin’s hunt runs from Monday through the end of February. The hunt is meant to reduce farmers’ crop-and-livestock damage caused by the state’s grey wolves.
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