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Great Lakes wolves up for hunting season
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 10, 2012

Posted on 10/11/2012 3:10:46 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Edited on 10/11/2012 3:54:38 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Madison, Wis. -- For years, vacationers and farmers across northern Wisconsin and Minnesota have heard the eerie howl of the gray wolf and fretted the creatures were lurking around their cabins and pastures. The tables are about to turn there.


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TOPICS: Agriculture; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: endangered; farmers; hunting; jobs; livestock; wolves

1 posted on 10/11/2012 3:10:50 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...

Wolf hunting OKed in Wisconsin

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


2 posted on 10/11/2012 3:20:59 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
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And sometimes the wolf wins.


4 posted on 10/11/2012 3:38:39 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: 50cal Smokepole

And you can use an EBR!

http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/wm/WM0538.pdf


5 posted on 10/11/2012 4:00:19 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (Ayman al-Zawahiri is alive and GM owes us $26 Billion)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Now if there was only an open season on wolf wackos who re-introduced them in the first place.


6 posted on 10/11/2012 4:06:06 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I may get flamed but here goes. I've been a hunter all my life and I have no problem with the wolves being hunted with dogs or baiting. At least they will be dispatched quickly as every hunted animal should.

But trapping the larger animals via leg hold traps is by no means a humane way to hunt any species. While grouse hunting in northern Michigan, I once came across a skunk that had died in a leg trap, it's leg horribly mangled as it had struggled to free itself. My estimate is that it had been there a couple days. I don't know if the trapper was targeting skunks or not and it doesn't really matter. What matters to me is the way that animal died and the excruciating pain it had to endure. That's something I can never condone.......

There may be trappers on this forum and I support your right to do so as well as the arguments you may offer in support of such traps. But like I said, I don't approve of them and I never will.......

And that's all I'll say about that......

7 posted on 10/11/2012 4:15:41 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Jab him with a harpoon.....)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Great Lakes wolves up for hunting season

'Sounds great!' 'Heck yes.' 'Count me in.' 'Just try and stop me!'

8 posted on 10/11/2012 4:40:32 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: Hot Tabasco

“... trapping the larger animals via leg hold traps is by no means a humane way to hunt..”

For what it is worth, HT, I agree with you. IMHO, it you are going to hunt than hunt humanely. Trapping an animal so it chews its own foot off or dies of starvation etc.. is not humane IMHO.


9 posted on 10/11/2012 4:46:50 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Hot Tabasco
NO FLAME FROM ME !!

I'm in 100% agreement with you.

10 posted on 10/11/2012 4:50:06 AM PDT by jmax (Full mag inserted, round in chamber, safety is off.)
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To: Ken H

Poor doggies...


11 posted on 10/11/2012 5:16:41 AM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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To: SJackson

*ping*


12 posted on 10/11/2012 5:39:21 AM PDT by randita
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To: All

I’ve hunted for over 50 years....I used to hunt bobcats for their hides to sell...

Now I believe in only hunting an animal that you will eat.


13 posted on 10/11/2012 5:48:11 AM PDT by Boonie
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To: Boonie
Now I believe in only hunting an animal that you will eat.

No exceptions for animals that would eat you, your family, your livestock or your pets? No exception for animals that take food out of your mouth (IIRC, a wolf eats the equivalent of 16 deer per year).

I beleive that we should try to be as humane as possible when hunting. If you use traps you should check them often. If you hunt with a gun or bow, you need to do your very best to track and bag any animal you shoot. Animals, even wolves, deserver humane treatment, even if they don't understand quid pro quo

14 posted on 10/11/2012 6:57:27 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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