Wolf killed by Duck Hunter in Wisconsin

[longspeak74]

Unless you're inspector gadget, you aren't going to touch it at that yardage. Now, I give the kid a little leeway on the distance from probably being overly excited and freaked out.
Wolves here in Wisconsin are a serious problem. Just add that to the list of animals our DNR has mismanaged.

 

[CorbLand]

Unless you're inspector gadget, you aren't going to touch it at that yardage. Now, I give the kid a little leeway on the distance from probably being overly excited and freaked out.
Wolves here in Wisconsin are a serious problem. Just add that to the list of animals our DNR has mismanaged.

Aren’t wolves in Wisconsin under federal management?

 

[Fendrick]

Unfortunately, yes. Federally protected here even though there are a ton of them running around

 

[longspeak74]

They are, yes but the DNR provides population data.

 

[CorbLand]

They are, yes but the DNR provides population data.

How has Wisconsin DNR mismanaged them if it’s the feds making the decisions?

It doesn’t matter how many there are. It’s nearly impossible to get them delisted. The major reason Idaho, Montana and Wyoming were able to get state management is due to Federal budget cuts in 2007/2008.

If your going to blame people. Blame people for things they actually do.

 

[ethanbillingsley]

Yeah in the phone video it sure sounds like they’re blowing a rabbit-in-distress call. I could see some naive kids thinking it could be cool to call a wolf in just for fun to get a look at one only to realize they’d got more than they bargained for. If that was the case, then this 19 year old is culpable and should be disciplined according to Wisconsin law.

I wonder what folks would think if I started making estrous cow moose calls because I was bored waiting for an elk to come into a wallow that I have patterned here in Colorado. Giant trophy bull moose responds to call and comes in grunting. Winds me in the brush and then attacks and I blast him in the face. “Gee I’m sorry Mr. Warden I was bored and didn’t think any moose would actually come in to my calls.”

Well that’s just wild. Kinda don’t know what else you would suspect by using a predator call….

 

[Byrdman]

I had to laugh at their estimate of 1,000 wolves. I live in north central Wisconsin and have been to a couple meetings where the topic of wolves came up. There are definitely a lot more than that. Conservationists said it straight out. When they were off of the protected list and had the first season on them here it got shut down not long after it started because more wolves were harvested in such a short period than they expected.

 

[Jason Snyder]

The 1000 is most likely a minimum population estimate, which is not the same as what may exist in reality.

 

[CMP70306]

Yeah in the phone video it sure sounds like they’re blowing a rabbit-in-distress call. I could see some naive kids thinking it could be cool to call a wolf in just for fun to get a look at one only to realize they’d got more than they bargained for. If that was the case, then this 19 year old is culpable and should be disciplined according to Wisconsin law.

I wonder what folks would think if I started making estrous cow moose calls because I was bored waiting for an elk to come into a wallow that I have patterned here in Colorado. Giant trophy bull moose responds to call and comes in grunting. Winds me in the brush and then attacks and I blast him in the face. “Gee I’m sorry Mr. Warden I was bored and didn’t think any moose would actually come in to my calls.”

If they were calling ducks then they were already making predator noises which is what probably brought the wolves in in the first place. The issue isn’t that the wolf was there, it’s that when you stand up and start yelling at it to let it know you are people and it doesn’t stop coming that it becomes a problem.

 

[Gen273]

Is it now safe to say 12ga steel shot is a DRT big game load?…

No, it kicks too much to shoot accurately, you only need a .410…

 

[cfounta1]

Man that's spooky, luckily the wolves were apprehensive and didn't just jump on them.

Saw this quote from the linked article:
"Wolves are still listed as federally endangered in Wisconsin, and it is illegal to kill them to defend livestock or pets. But they can be killed to protect human life, which is what Melton says he did."

I'm sorry but if a pack of wolves grabs my duck dog I'm happily going to jail and murdering every single one of them, not only to save my dog but future people's dogs too.

Amen. I'm going to protect myself and my pup

 

[The_Short_Sportsman]

Grew up on the Wisconsin/UP border, its a lot wilder then people sometimes make it out to be. I have never had any bad wolf encounters but heard of quite a few and I myself was stalked by a lion while camping up there. I also saw our deer population dwindle in front of my eyes, went from killing great deer to nothing in a matter of years once the wolves really took over. Hope my home state gets it figured out.

 

[RockAndSage]

Grew up on the Wisconsin/UP border, its a lot wilder then people sometimes make it out to be. I have never had any bad wolf encounters but heard of quite a few and I myself was stalked by a lion while camping up there. I also saw our deer population dwindle in front of my eyes, went from killing great deer to nothing in a matter of years once the wolves really took over. Hope my home state gets it figured out.

Makes me wonder how much of the dog attacks may also be related to the decline in deer population, if that's happening.

 

[The_Short_Sportsman]

Makes me wonder how much of the dog attacks may also be related to the decline in deer population, if that's happening.

I would put money on it. Their natural food source is depleted, their on to the next best thing which is pets. I would say in the coming years that WI will see an influx of attacks.

 

[Balderdash]

The wolf was probably really hungry; there's not too many deer left thereabouts.