BTW ... I did some bowhunting in northern Wisconsin this fall but almost always in the afternoon because I was not comfortable going out before daylight because of the wolf and bear situation. And always had a sidearm with. I also bowhunted and gun hunted for deer on family farms in southwest Wisconsin and never wore a side arm and had no issue walking out to stands without even a flashlight well before daylight. I do not shoot wildlife unless I am going to comsume it. However, predators do have to be kept in check when they can become a threat to human life.

Actually the state did not allow the population to increase. The federal government listed wolves as an endangered species so the DNR could not control the population. The first time they changed the classification, an environmental group challenged it because supposedly an open meeting was not held. So they kept them on the endangered list. Eventually they went to delist them despite attempts by animal rights groups that threatened to sue claiming that wolves (regardless of specific area populations) had to exist in all the states they once existed in before they could be delisted anywhere. So the animal rights groups helped create the overpopulation in Wisconsin. I personally try to be sensitive to non-hunters and anti-hunters when transporting deer for registration and processing. However, there are some regulations requiring visibility of the animal and inability of the hunter to reach and tag or change tags on the animal prior to registration. Do not know if this is so with wolves. I just wish they had taken care of the excess population in one year and then again in several years once it grows again. I have no interest in annual hunts and greatly oppose the nighttime hunting of them.

I lose faith in people and their beliefs every single day. Nobody has a clue.

So you are only fine with animal killing when it fits your agenda? Go away

So, you only eat animals who commit suicide?

Hopefully that season closes forever. I refuse to have friends to hunt. Someone whom finds joy in shooting poor defenseless animals I just cannot find in my heart to remotely trust anywhere near me.

I am actually not a vegetarian. I believe that hunting shouldn't be considered fun nor a sport. We need to eat but more respect needs to be done to those animals that kill and blatantly display them on pickup trucks on the way home. It's basic respect for life and for others whom do not wish to see that. The state allowing the wolf population to rise, then have a shoot. Money maker or not. It's a sick trophy game for the stake of life of another living creature. Something is fundamentally wrong with our society if it comes to that.

digitaldonata: I would guess it is safe to assume you are a total vegitarian ... talk about poor defenseless animals. I would have liked them to have taken about 500 wolves this season and get it down to the sustainable 350 they talk about. But then I am one that has to wear a side arm for protection when I go out to enjoy the north woods (from both bears and wolves) I believe they will have continuing seasons because it is a money maker and will become a money maker for the state. I think they will try to keep the population up so they can have a hunt every year and continue to collect liscense fees. I think they care more about that than the safety of people and lifestock in the north woods.

Hopefully that season closes forever. I refuse to have friends to hunt. Someone whom finds joy in shooting poor defenseless animals I just cannot find in my heart to remotely trust anywhere near me.

Does anyone see a problem here? Let them thrive so we can get people to shoot them until they thin out, then shoot again? If it's not for the hide and meat, this is pure sport. This is sick.

Does anyone know where the wolf was shot in Walworth Co?
Had a deer hunter tell me he saw the biggest coyote he ever saw near my house.

"the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season <deer harvest> <ice harvest>" and in this case a <wolf harvest>.

"harvest zones".
It sounds like they're gathering corn, or soybeans.
I'm just sayin'...