Who will apply for wolf tag?

  • mohr
    Posts: 19
    August 30, 2008 at 3:39 pm #708787

    that happens to me a lot

    farmboy1
    Mantorville, MN
    Posts: 3668
    February 20, 2012 at 5:47 pm #208556

    I plan to put in form this hunt and spend as much time chasing them as I can. I think we will try to get a few miles into the BWCA, do some camping, possible winter depending on weather, and put in some time to get one.

    Am I the only one who thinks this would be an absolute hoot!

    Justin Schneider (Woods & Water Insurance)
    Hugo, MN
    Posts: 1938
    February 20, 2012 at 6:21 pm #118759

    I can’t wait and will be applying as well.

    This will not be an easy hunt, but it would be an incredible experience to give it a try.

    I’m not sure exactly where I will hunt if I get picked. I have 3 different locations in mind where I know of a solid wolf population(Macgregor, Ely, Northhome) but the final location will all depend on whether or not we are allowed to bait.

    john_steinhauer
    p4
    Posts: 2998
    February 20, 2012 at 7:10 pm #118767

    I would love to but have no idea where I would hunt.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 20, 2012 at 7:45 pm #118768

    I’ll be applying. I love the idea of BWCA trip!

    wallster
    Austin, MN
    Posts: 806
    February 20, 2012 at 9:14 pm #118770

    I’ll be trying. Would love put time in the woods looking for a wolf to pile up. Effie area would be where I would hunt. Only BC thats where we deer hunt and know theres plenty of wolves around there.
    Wallster ><((((>

    bob_bergeson
    cannon falls
    Posts: 2798
    February 20, 2012 at 9:30 pm #118773

    I will be putting in for a tag


    johnsy
    Mantorville, Mn
    Posts: 831
    February 21, 2012 at 12:09 am #118781

    For sure

    coppertop
    Central MN
    Posts: 2853
    February 21, 2012 at 12:19 am #118782

    Sure hope it would overlap w/deerhunting season.

    walleyefisher87
    Central MN/SJU
    Posts: 241
    February 21, 2012 at 1:33 am #118790

    I will apply and i know of about 12 others as well…..all close friends….will be a tag team effort if drawn and we wont to call them in vs a bait pile etc…..excited to see what the actually regs will be..but a wolf pelt would be amazing….

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13467
    February 21, 2012 at 12:55 pm #118803

    I just read the proposed tag price of $9x.xx for WI’s bill that was proposed. At almost $100./tag, I’ll pass. Based on the Jan 2011 fur auctions, the Average was $88.08 with a high of $170. This was for Section 1 fur only. If you take a lessor section, the pelt may only have value to a taxidermist or personal use. I can definitely see having one tanned for personal use, but don’t know how much ! would be willing to travel to trap 1 wolf

    flatlandfowler
    SC/SW MN
    Posts: 1081
    February 21, 2012 at 9:35 pm #118827

    I will be applying, as well as several other guys I coyote hunt with. I think it would be awesome to have the opportunity to hunt wolves. All I know is if I ever get lucky enough to harvest one, I will have a spendy taxidermist bill

    johnee
    Posts: 731
    March 5, 2012 at 9:21 pm #119180

    MN Republicans are pressuring the DNR to have an wolf season that overlaps with the deer hunting season AND to slash the tag cost to (I believe) $26 dollars (from a DNR-proposed $65).

    If the season overlaps with deer AND if the tag cost is less than $50, I will buy one.

    IMO, the MN DNR is being WAAAAAY too conservative and they are being overly concerned with the thing that is LEAST likely to happen: Over-harvest.

    I would invite any DNR manager to go into the field next week and to hunt at least 12 hours a day anywhere in MN and see how long it takes to even see a wolf. Never mind getting within what would be effective killing range, just try to see one with your own eyes. That should finally drive reality home about how “easy” it will be to hunt wolves.

    My prediction is that in the first year of hunting, assuming an overlap with deer season, less than 250 wolves will be killed by hunters. Trappers may get more, but the idea that “overkill” will be a problem is as laughable as the ultra-low population estimate the DNR is using.

    Grouse

    todders
    Shoreview, MN
    Posts: 723
    March 8, 2012 at 3:05 pm #119250

    Applying for tags is one of those things that always escape my best intentions. When are we going to be able to apply and can we make sure there is plenty of chatter on the forum so I don’t miss it? What a mount, I saw a beast of a wolf 2 seasons ago that would look so good indoors , mostly black with silver tint and had to be pushing 90 pounds !

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