Wolf Shot near Edinburg

[scrotcaster]

In my opinion, Within the next ten years there is going to be a sustainable pack of residence wolfs in the Turtle Mountains (American and Canadian side).

 

[Lungdeflator]

I grew up in Bemidji, MN. I've seen a ton of wolves. One year opening weekend of deer hunting I had a 6 pack run right by my ladder stand. One was 15 yards from the base of my tree. I waved and whistled at it and it just looked up at me and didn't really care. My wife has had them walk down a field edge while she was bow hunting, during shooting hours.
They are a big problem in MN. It was awesome when the opened up the season on them a few years ago. I've always thought it was weird how the state/feds can manage the "prey" (deer) and not manage the "predators" (wolves) at the same time.

 

[Zogman]

Uncle lives and ranches near Gonvick Mn. about 50 miles east of Grand Forks. They deal with wolves on a regular basis.

Agree!

I have been driving back and forth to the NW Angle for 17 years or so many trips a year. I have seen wolves near New Folden, Strathcona, Gatske and other areas that are not too remote. The wolves seem to move where they can find food whether it is deer, cattle or turkeys etc. According to some of the locals when the MNDNR harvested hundreds of diseased deer south of Warroad and Roseau they said that is when the wolves seemed to move west.

 

[NJL]

In the mid 90's deer hunting the Two Inlets & Paul Bunyon forests in MN we almost never saw much sign of wolves. Fast forward a decade and it seems like you can find their tracks/sign on every logging road and forest trail through out. Between them and regular rifle season hunters being allowed to over harvest deer there, it kinda put an end to our annual black powder hunting camp that had been hunting together since the late 70's.

 

[Fritz the Cat]

Goofy timing, look at what came out today.

[h=1]SCI Celebrates Wyoming Wolf Victory[/h] Mar 07, 2017
On March 3[SUP]rd[/SUP], the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that removed Wyoming’s wolves from the endangered species list and restored management of the species to where it belongs – with Wyoming State wildlife managers. The appellate court reversed a district court ruling that had invalidated the delisting of Wyoming’s wolves. The district court had decided (wrongly) that Wyoming’s regulatory mechanisms were inadequate to conserve its gray wolf population after delisting.

SCI, together with the NRA and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, participated in the case as intervenors – demonstrating to the court that the hunting community has a strong interest in wolf delisting, conservation and management.
In addition to reinstating the delisting of the wolves, the D.C. Circuit Court affirmed the parts of the district court’s ruling that upheld aspects of the delisting. The district court had properly determined that the delisting would not jeopardize genetic connectivity between Wyoming’s wolves and other wolf populations and that Wyoming’s predator management areas did not constitute a significant portion of the wolf’s range.
The appellate court’s opinion expressed several astute observations about the Endangered Species Act. It supported the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s position that the ESA “does not mandate that regulatory mechanisms exist to protect species from any conceivable impact” and that “the ESA does not require a regulation to address every ‘far-fetched what if scenario that opponents of delisting can imagine.” The Court also acknowledged the successes of Montana and Idaho in their post-delisting management of their wolf populations.
Wyoming’s wolves are not the only ones under scrutiny by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. A different panel of judges from the same court is now considering an appeal of a district court’s invalidation of the delisting of the Western Great Lakes wolves. Although the issues in the two cases are very different, hopefully SCI will enjoy a similar victory when the Court issues a ruling on those wolves’ fate.

 

[muddy11]

I remember when this happened a couple summers ago.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/conte...ad-wound-animal-later-trapped-and-killed-area

 

[labhunter66]

I really think anti's have done much more to hurt wolves than help them. Their constant challenges to state management of wolves and the resulting over population of them has led people to hate wolves. Wolves are actually really fascinating animals and with proper management and hunting opportunities most people would accept a population of some sorts. The problem is judges that won't follow the law and are in the pockets of anti's. The wolf management plan for the Rockies called for management of wolves to be in the hands of the states once populations objectives in the plan were met. The numbers are at least 10+ times as many as the plan called for and still they fight the states. As long as a state doesn't reduce the population below the plan's objective it shouldn't matter how the population is controlled. To not allow seasons in the upper midwest is also ridiculous and only enhances the negative attitude people have toward wolves.

 

[327]

A friend of mine had 8 cows killed a couple years ago very near bemidji. The wolves didn't eat any of them. Just killed to kill apparently teaching pups how to survive. Mind u this is within 15 miles of a good size town. Lived here two years and have yet to see one but I'm good with that.

 

[NDSportsman]

Are there any other pics of this wolf shot by Edinburg? I've only seen the one of it's paw, like that's what people want to see.

 

[You]

Are there any other pics of this wolf shot by Edinburg? I've only seen the one of it's paw, like that's what people want to see.

the authorities are still notifying next of kin

 

[sbe2]

My family has a hunting cabin in northern Roseau County and wolves are a regular sighting and once you hear the howl you definitely know that it is not a coyote. They are much larger but at a distance a smaller wolf could easily be mistaken for a large coyote. The wolves dont typically bother us they are kind of fun to observe but they do raise some hell with the deer population. I know that cattle farmers mostly adhere to the SSS method of control and kind of have a wink nod deal with the DNR that seems to work out ok.

 

[Zogman]

My family has a hunting cabin in northern Roseau County and wolves are a regular sighting and once you hear the howl you definitely know that it is not a coyote. They are much larger but at a distance a smaller wolf could easily be mistaken for a large coyote. The wolves dont typically bother us they are kind of fun to observe but they do raise some hell with the deer population. I know that cattle farmers mostly adhere to the SSS method of control and kind of have a wink nod deal with the DNR that seems to work out ok.

Agree!

 

[deleted member]

the authorities are still notifying next of kin

you can thank marsy's law for that!