STOP THE WOLF HARVEST FOR STATE OF MINNESOTA
- by: Kim Beyer
- recipient: Minnesota Politicians/Governor Dayton /DNR ! Minnesota has caused Extinction to The Grizzly Bear/ Brown Bear/ Wolverine , Elk,Caribou,American Bison,Whopping Crane, Moose,Swift Fox
Minnesota Legislators are pleased with the results of the wolf season.I think it’s been going very, very well, said Rep. Tom Hack Barth Hackbarth former environment and natural resource personally believed the 400-animal cutoff should have been higher One lawmaker with a fresh wolf pelt currently on a stretcher-board in his basement is Rep. Dan Fabian, R-Roseau. Fabian, who teams with a friend, a federal trapper, trapped a 95-pound wolf Fabian said while working a long trap line through the Beltrami Island State Forest area. They trapped a second wolf at exactly the same spot as the first, “It’s very, very educational for me,” said Fabian, an “avid” sportsman, of learning how to trap. This education includes learning to skin a wolf and prepare the pelt. One day the pelt, measuring more than 7 feet in length, may be on display in Fabian’s legislative office in St. Paul.
Like Hack Barth, Fabian wanted the quota to be higher than 400 animals.
Dayton says the hunt was established by the legislature and if people disagree with the hunt, they should take it up with their legislator.
You mean these The ones with the pelt and skinning lessons?
Results from the 2013 wolf survey continue to demonstrate that Minnesota’s wolf population is fully recovered from its once threatened status and Minnesota had a stable wolf population of about 3,000 animals going into the hunting and trapping season. Wolf population – now estimated at 2,200 – has fully recovered .Last winter that estimated the state’s wolf population at 2,211 — a 24 percent decline from 2008,We project that the 2012 pre-hunt wolf population 2,600, harvest of 413 wolves during the 2012 wolf season represents 16% of the population. 2,211 wolves last winter down 710 wolves from the survey five years ago perhaps 300 fewer wolves than the 2007 Minnesota's wolf population is down about 700 wolves from five years ago, but the population still is stableThe Federal recovery goal is 1,251 to 1,400. Well with 2 hunting seasons , What does that mean for the wolf and it's survival? In a wolf population that remains at the same level from one year to the next, about 35 percent of adult wolves die each year the population is responding naturally the availability of deer, wolves’ primary 2013 population estimate, which dropped from the 2009 estimate of 2,900 wolves, correlates well with the fact that wolves' primary food source,” said Dan Stark, DNR large carnivore specialist .I recently completed a comprehensive 15-year study of white-tailed deer From 1991 to 2005, a total of only7 of 677 female deer were killed by wolves; these occurred over six of the fifteen seasons. No deer were killed by wolves during the other nine seasons. During the Octobers preceding only seven other females were killed by wolves over the 15 years. Minnesota has caused Extinction to The Elk,Caribou,Bison,Whopping Crane Moose ,Red Fox and Now they want the wolf
From the 1800 to 1900 there were 400 wolves Then in 2006 434 wolves. Then 687 wolves in 2011 The population seems to be stabilizing and in 2008 a total of 2,921wolves were estimated in Wolves in the Western Great Lakes states represent an a mixture of both gray and eastern wolves.NOTICE IT SAYS WESTERN GREAT LAKES NOT JUST MINNESOTA
Do Wolf Tracks and Few Deer
In Your Fall Hunting Area
Mean What
You Think
They Mean?
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By Glenn D. DelGiudice, Ph.D.
Forest Wildlife Populations & Research Group
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
The Wolf Harvest , Here are The Facts and Misleading information
Hackbarth, former environment and natural resources committee chairman, personally believed the 400-animal cutoff should have been higher.
But the DNR went with a more conservative number, and he accepted it, Hackbarth said.
Incoming House Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee Chairman David Dill, DFL-Crane Lake, also said the season was going well.
“I have not heard a single complaint by any hunter or trapper,” said Dill, speaking in late December.
Although withholding judgment for now, Dill senses the reason why zones have closed early is because the state’s wolf population is actually larger than currently believed.
“That’s what I suspect,” he said.
Hunters in the early wolf-hunting season, that closed on Nov. 18, took 147 wolves.
In the east-central zone, hunters registered eight wolves, with 61 wolves being registered in the northeast zone and 78 in the northwest zone.
At that time, DNR officials thought the wolf-harvest trend mirrored the deer harvest,
“The harvest was highest at the beginning of the season, then declined as fewer hunters returned afield,” said Stark said in a press release.
One lawmaker with a fresh wolf pelt currently on a stretcher-board in his basement is Rep. Dan Fabian, R-Roseau.
Fabian, who teams with a friend, a federal trapper, trapped a 95-pound wolf — good-size for the area, Fabian said — while working a long trap line through the Beltrami Island State Forest area.
They trapped a second wolf at exactly the same spot as the first, Fabian said.
The trappers used scent to lure the animals.
“It’s very, very educational for me,” said Fabian, an “avid” sportsman, of learning how to trap.
This education includes learning to skin a wolf and prepare the pelt.
One day the pelt, measuring more than 7 feet in length, may be on display in Fabian’s legislative office in St. Paul.
Like Hackbarth, Fabian wanted the wolf quota to be higher than 400 animals.
But he appreciates the “compromise” was a means of getting the legislation through, he explained.
Fabian has “no doubt” the wolf range in Minnesota is expanding and suspects the number of wolves is under-counted.
As for this season’s harvest numbers, a nationally recognized wolf expert suggests there may not be a lot of information to be culled.
University of Minnesota professor and U.S. Geological Survey biologist Dave Mech, who testified before legislative committees last year, indicated little can be extracted from the early harvest numbers.
There’s so much chance involved in wolf-hunter success, Mech said in an email, “nothing much” can be concluded.
“I said before the hunt and still believe that any result would not have surprised me,” he said.
In testimony last year, Mech, who has spent 53 years studying wolves, styled the DNR wolf management proposal as excellent.
Wolves are anything but stationary, he explained in testimony.
Wolf packs may have ranges of 60 to 80 square miles, with the animals travelling 13, 14, 15 miles a day.
In Minnesota wolves largely feed on deer, an adult wolf consuming the equivalent of about 18 deer a year.
From 1991 to 2005, a total of only
7 of 677 female deer radio-monitored during the November
firearm seasons were killed by wolves; these occurred over six
of the fifteen firearm seasons. No deer were killed by wolves
during the other nine firearm seasons. During the Octobers
preceding those firearm seasons, only seven other females were
killed by wolves over the 15 years. Similar study findings were
documented in a long-term study in northeastern Minnesota by
research biologists, Drs. Michael Nelson and David Mech.
So if successful wolf predation doesn’t explain the apparent
Finally, in some areas deer densities may actually be low
in a given firearm season, because numbers of deer in the
larger surrounding vicinity (or Permit Area) have decreased.
Reductions may be due to recent winter severities and associated
lower survival rates, low subsequent survival of newborn fawns,
greater recent hunter harvests, or some combination of these
sources of mortality. Greater hunter harvests may have been
a deliberate management strategy applied by issuing increased
numbers of antlerless permits to bring the local population
closer to goal, or it may have been unintentional. In the latter
case, management cannot precisely control the actual harvest;
consequently, sometimes more deer are taken than intended
with the public through various media outlets, wolves live a
“feast or famine” existence, eating little for up to two weeks at a
time. And they end up surviving primarily on the less fit or most
vulnerable individuals in the deer population…the very young,
old, sick, injured, or nutritionally compromised...because those
are the ones they can catch.
But the wolves’ limited success in preying on healthy deer
is probably more a reflection of this prey’s exquisite skills in
avoiding wolf predation rather than of the inadequate predatory
abilities of the wolf. White-tailed deer are highly vigilant animals,
able to forage almost continuously during feeding bouts, and
yet, respond very quickly to the sights, smells, and sounds of
wolves and other predators. Once wolves begin hunting in a
specific area, deer become increasingly vigilant, and when a wolf
is detected and the decision to flee is made, a healthy deer can
reach a top speed of at least 56 km per hour (3 miles per hour)
and can hurdle obstacles as high as . meters (8 feet). The bare
ground or shallow snow cover typically found during northern
Minnesota’s early November firearm season is most
favorable to
the deer’s escape from wolves, and consequently, wolf predation
r
An additional factor may be whether a given hunting area lies
within typical winter range for deer versus their spring-summerfall
range. From radio-tracking the locations of our study deer, as
well as deer in northeastern Minnesota (Nelson and Mech), we’ve
determined that most deer in north central and northeastern
(approximately 75%) are seasonal migrators. This means that
WHITETALES
ates on them are very low
recently completed a comprehensive 15-year study of whitetailed
deer that involved, among other things, monitoring the
movements, survival, and specific causes of mortality of about
50 radio-collared, female white-tailed deer on four study areas…
mostly does at least one year old, but including many fawns, even
newborns, beginning at several hours to about seven days old.
My team and I also similarly monitored about 55 radio-collared
wolves from seven to eight packs with established territories
covering the deer study areas. We’ve learned a great deal from
the data generated from this long-term study, as well as from
anecdotal observations documented during extensive hours of
fieldwork, on the ground and from fixed-wing aircraft.
The overwhelming preponderance of evidence based on our
findings, as well as on those that have come before from studies
elsewhere in Minnesota and North America, does not support
the notion that wolves move into an area and come to dominate
portions of the woods in the fall (or any other season) by either
preying on large numbers of the resident deer or causing them
to flee clear out of that area.
Wolves are not particularly effective hunters of white-tailed
deer. Despite the fact that deer outnumber wolves in Minnesota’s
forest zone by some 175 : 1 (600,000 deer : 3, 00 wolves),
wolves must range and search widely over large pack territories
(5 to 555 km ( 0 to 1 mi ) to obtain the number of deer
(15 to 0 adult-sized deer per wolf) they require to sustain their
numbers over time. Indeed, studies have shown quite clearly
that most of their hunting attempts are brief and unsuccessful,Results from the 2013 wolf survey continue to demonstrate that Minnesota’s wolf population is fully recovered from its once threatened status and the population is responding naturally to the availability of deer, wolves’ primary food source,” said Dan Stark, DNR large carnivore specialist.
One of the primary factors influencing the wolf population estimate was a 13 percent increase in average wolf pack territory size to about 62 square miles. The increase in territory size likely is caused by fewer deer per square mile, which has declined 25 percent since 2008 in the forested region of Minnesota.
A 12 percent decrease in the average number of wolves per pack from 4.9 to 4.3 also contributed to the lower population estimate. John Erb, DNR research biologist, said the reduction in average pack size likely is a combination of reduced prey and the harvest of wolves in the two months immediately preceding the mid-winter wolf pack counts.
Survey data is collected in mid-winter before pups are born. The birth of pups significantly boosts the wolf population each spring. With an estimated 438 packs in Minnesota and an average litter size of six, as many as 2,600 wolves were added to the population when pups were born this spring.
“This is part of the annual population cycle for wolves in which many pups are born each spring and then the population declines through the rest of the year through various sources of mortality until the next whelping season the following spring,” Erb said.
The DNR periodically conducts comprehensive wolf population surveys and annually monitors wolf population indicators such as carnivore scent post surveys, winter track surveys and wolf depredation trends. Survey data allows wildlife biologists to assess the population’s status and help ensure the long-term survival of the wolf in Minnesota
The DNR will more closely monitor pack and territory sizes in the next few years. More frequent radio collaring of wolf packs will provide additional data on the population’s response to wolf season harvest.
Compared to previous years, wolf populations had added mortality as a result of the 2012 wolf season and higher than normal livestock depredation control but continue to thrive. Wolves are widely distributed throughout their range and total wolf range has expanded in several areas along the southern and western boundaries since the last survey in 2008.
The DNR will continue to monitor and regulate the take of wolves, to ensure that human-caused mortality will not exceed safe levels for long-term population sustainability.
The DNR’s fall and winter 2013 wolf season will be based on the framework established for the 2012 season. Season details along with application information for prospective hunters and trappers will be available in late July once DNR biologists develop a final proposal and tribal authorities are consulted on the season framework.
The DNR’s goal for wolf management, as outlined in the state’s wolf management plan, is to ensure the long-term survival of wolves in Minnesota while addressing wolf-human conflicts that inevitably result when wolves and people live in the same vicinity. The DNR’s wolf management plan includes wolf-specific population and health monitoring, research, depredation management, public education and law enforcement efforts.
Average mid-winter pack size as estimated from radio-marked packs was ~ 4.3, down 12% from
4.9 in 2007 and the lowest since surveys began. Fuller et al. (2003) estimated the average
reported pack size for wolf populations preying primarily on deer to be 5.66, though many of the
populations analyzed were from protected or expanding wolf populations. Pack size may
decline for a variety of biological or anthropogenic factors that modify survival, recruitment, or
immigration/emigration rates. Although the correlation between winter pack size and prey
density is not as strong as the prey density – wolf territory size correlation, prey density certainly
has an influence on pack size particularly via changes in pup survival (Fuller et al. 2003) and the
observed decline in prey biomass may have contributed to the decline in average pack size.
we project that the 2012 pre-hunt wolf population was likely around 2,600,
Furthermore, the 2011-12 winter preceding the current wolf survey was one of the mildest on
record, with average winter temperatures the warmest in the last 100 years and weekly snow
depths typically ranking near or often well below the lower 20
th percentile of historic conditions
(MN DNR State Climatology Office). This in turn likely reduced vulnerability of deer to wolf
predation (Nelson and Mech 1986, Fuller 1991, DelGiudice et al. 2002), and may have caused
nutritional stress for wolves that ultimately affected wolf pup condition and survival in summer
2012. Evidence from wolf depredation control activities in summer and fall 2012 suggests that
wolves may have been nutritionally stressed and pup recruitment may have been lower than
average. Finally, a record number of wolves were removed during wolf depredation control
activities in 2012 and an additional 413 wolves were harvested in Minnesota’s first regulated
wolf season. Given the timing (i.e., early winter) and very limited period of time between wolf
harvest and mid-winter pack counts (i.e., ~ 1.5 months), no recruitment from reproduction would
have occurred, limited opportunity for compensatory mortality existed, and any emigration of
wolves into Minnesota from other jurisdictions during this short interval is not likely to be
significant. Hence, we believe that these anthropogenic mortality factors certainly contributed
as well to the decline in average pack size this winter. Based on location data collected from
harvested wolves, ~ 50% of radio-marked wolf packs had at least 1 wolf harvested from within
their delineated territory.
The current population estimate of 2,211 is ~ 700 wolves less than in 2007. Although the
confidence interval for the current population estimate overlaps the confidence interval from
2007, and hence is not statistically different, we believe the totality of information (i.e., lower
prey density, larger wolf pack territories, lower pack size, and limited opportunity for any
population response following a harvest season) indicates the 2012-13 mid-winter population
was lower than the estimated population during the 2007 survey. However, total wolf
distribution appears to have increased and the area occupied by packs remains similar to 2007,
with wolves remaining widely distributed throughout Minnesota’s forest zone.
It is important to note that although the population estimate still represents a mid-winter estimate
With an estimated 438 wolf packs in
2,
average winter temperatures the warmest in the last 100 years and weekly snow
Average mid-winter pack size as estimated from radio-marked packs was ~ 4.3, down 12% from
4.9 in 2007 and the lowest since surveys began. Fuller et al. (2003) estimated the average
reported pack size for wolf populations preying primarily on deer to be 5.66, though many of the
populations analyzed were from protected or expanding wolf populations. Pack size may
decline for a variety of biological or anthropogenic factors that modify survival, recruitment, or
immigration/emigration rates. Although the correlation between winter pack size and prey
density is not as strong as the prey density – wolf territory size correlation, prey density certainly
has an influence on pack size particularly via changes in pup survival (Fuller et al. 2003) and the
observed decline in prey biomass may have contributed to the decline in average pack size.
Furthermore, the 2011-12 winter preceding the current wolf survey was one of the mildest on
record, with average winter temperatures the warmest in the last 100 years and weekly snow
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We have time to maybe stop the harvest in Minnesota heres the latestMinnesota’s early season wolf hunters have taken 61 wolves so far. Twenty-two of them had been taken in the Northeast Wolf Zone, where the target harvest is 33. In the Northwest Wolf Zone, hunters had taken 39 wolves, and the target harvest is 73. The early-season wolf hunt ends Nov. 24 in Series 100 deer permit areas and Sunday in Series 200 permit areas. A late-season wolf hunting and trapping season in Minnesota opens Nov. 30 and runs through Jan. 31 or until target harvest quotas are reached. Wisconsin hunters and trappers had taken a total of 206 wolves from a quota of 251 as of Thursday. Only Zone 3 of Wisconsin’s six wolf zones remained open. Harvest quotas have been reached in all other zones.
These are The words from The DNR and Biologist and Legislators in Minnesota. Contradictions are to many for them to be telling the truth, and hunting should have never been allowed on misleading data , they say 2221, 2220,3000,2900, 2600, and then they say Wolves
population exceeds the state’s minimum goal of at least 1,600 wolves and is above the federal recovery goal range of 1,251 to 1,400 animals.
Survey results estimate that within Minnesota’s wolf range there were 438 packs and 2,211 wolves last winter – down 710 wolves from the survey five years ago. So last winter Minnesota had 710 less wolves from 2008 started with 2,200 killed 431 that left 1,791 not counting the loss of wolves in other ways adding 200 more that left 1,790 wolves .And hunting season is going on right now we will have with 220 hunted that leaves 1,570 That is Between federal recovery and below 1,600 .Stop The late season harvest before any more die.
number with a 90% accuracy 1,652 wolves to 2,640 wolves
The 90% confidence interval ranges from1,652 wolves to 2,640 wolves then they say , Minnesota's wolf population – now estimated at 2,200 – has fully recovered from its once threatened status and is firmly established on Minnesota's landscape.Then they say ,2013 population estimate, which dropped from the 2009 estimate of 2,900 wolves Then they sayMinnesota’s wolf range there were 438 packs and 2,211 wolves last winter – down 710 wolvesThen they say ,wolf population survey estimate of 2,921 wolves, the population exceeds the state’s minimum goal of at least 1,600 wolves and is above the federal recovery goal range of 1,251 to 1,400 animals.hen they say Officials estimated there were about 2,200 wolves in the state last winter down about 700 wolve from five years ago. Well above the range they say but with 90% accuracy we start at 1624 wolves That is why wolves should have never been allowed to be hunted.
It is all about Greed and Their power .
Their Words from The Star Tribune..
One lawmaker with a fresh wolf pelt currently on a stretcher-board in his basement is Rep. Dan Fabian, R-Roseau.
Fabian, who teams with a friend, a federal trapper, trapped a 95-pound wolf — good-size for the area, Fabian said — while working a long trap line through the Beltrami Island State Forest area.
They trapped a second wolf at exactly the same spot as the first, Fabian said.
The trappers used scent to lure the animals.
“It’s very, very educational for me,” said Fabian, an “avid” sportsman, of learning how to trap.
This education includes learning to skin a wolf and prepare the pelt.
One day the pelt, measuring more than 7 feet in length, may be on display in Fabian’s legislative office in St. Paul.
Like Hackbarth, Fabian wanted the wolf quota to be higher than 400 animals.
But he appreciates the “compromise” was a means of getting the legislation through, he explained.
Dayton says the hunt was established by the legislature and if people disagree with the hunt, they should take it up with their legislator.
Wolves are not biologically in danger of extinction and should be removed from the ... There are 1,500 to 2,000 wolves in Minnesota
Man has Literally just about took every peice of land and everything away from all Wildlife .They have destroyed It to the brink of there is going to be nothing left but them, Maybe they will then get the Karma they deserve.
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