This photo is very graphic It is out of Mercer Wisconsin

I have been keeping up with the wolf problems in Wisconsin through a few friends of my on facebook,
One of them posted this photo the other day that came out of the Mercer area,
Just made me sick to see it,
Hope it does not offend anyone,

Thats a shame.

I've lost track of the number of pics I've seen like this or of dead dogs as a result of wolf attacks. It only took like 5 yrs worth of pics like this as well as declining deer harvests for the DNR to admit that "they might have slightly underestimated" the wolf population. Ya think?

Man, they sure do a number on their prey! Hopefully they put a season on them soon... It doesn't sound like it takes too many to mess up a large area.

wihunter24 wrote:I've lost track of the number of pics I've seen like this or of dead dogs as a result of wolf attacks. It only took like 5 yrs worth of pics like this as well as declining deer harvests for the DNR to admit that "they might have slightly underestimated" the wolf population. Ya think?

Ya Zack I have been reading many articles on your DNR thoughts and their calculations on the increase of the wolf herd's
Lot's of concerns and alot of people are pushing to get them off of the protected list,
This is just one from last week-
State biologists say Wisconsin's gray wolf numbers have reached a modern record of about 825 animals in over 200 packs.

Adrian Wydeven, wolf ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources, says the estimate represents an increase of 100 over the previous counting period.

It came out a day after the Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to remove wolves in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan from the Endangered Species List.

The growing wolf population has led to increased depredation in Wisconsin.

The state paid a record $203,943 in wolf damage claims in 2010. Records show 47 farms sustained wolf depredation in 2010.

I am Still reading some new articles that where posted today,

bowGal wrote:

wihunter24 wrote:I've lost track of the number of pics I've seen like this or of dead dogs as a result of wolf attacks. It only took like 5 yrs worth of pics like this as well as declining deer harvests for the DNR to admit that "they might have slightly underestimated" the wolf population. Ya think?

Ya Zack I have been reading many articles on your DNR thoughts and their calculations on the increase of the wolf herd's
Lot's of concerns and alot of people are pushing to get them off of the protected list,
This is just one from last week-
State biologists say Wisconsin's gray wolf numbers have reached a modern record of about 825 animals in over 200 packs.

Adrian Wydeven, wolf ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources, says the estimate represents an increase of 100 over the previous counting period.

It came out a day after the Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to remove wolves in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan from the Endangered Species List.

The growing wolf population has led to increased depredation in Wisconsin.

The state paid a record $203,943 in wolf damage claims in 2010. Records show 47 farms sustained wolf depredation in 2010.

I am Still reading some new articles that where posted today,

One of the last articles I read state the population was 1,000 at the minimum- the DNR's "goal" or whatever is like 550-600. Attempting to get wolves de-listed in WI has been going of a couple years now. There's progress and they're on the verge of being de-listed, and then next thing you know we get some different officials and the things are protected again. I know several people who have cabins up north and they don't go outside without a gun- no matter what time of year it is. The vast majority of people would shoot them and not say a word if they ever encountered them while hunting. Deer populations are already down in northern WI- throw in a relative lack of agriculture to support a bigger herd, more wolves than originally thought and more black bears than orginally thought and you've got some upset residents. No wonder there were several management units last year and this coming year are "buck harvest" only.

Not going against anything anyone has mentioned as I too believe there is a wolf problem that has yet to be properly dealt with. However, I will say this seems to be an odd picture of "wolf activity". Hardly any meat at all eaten. In fact, it looks more as if whatever killed it dove right into the organs and gently placed the two fetuses aside without harming them. Odd?

Geez, that is brutal. I suspect someone scared the wolves off perhaps before they could eat much? We deal with wolves up here all the time. Luckily, the government allows them to be hunted so we can keep the numbers in check and keep them fearful. We took 6 last year and 4 this year.This winter we had a deer killed by a pack 40 steps from our doorstep. There was nothing left but bones in the morning. I constantly worry about our dogs, but so far they have managed to avoid them.
We deal with cattle operations in our area and try and help them out to control wolves who start killing their cattle. It is very common for the wolves to kill an adult cow in the spring and rip her open and then pull out and eat the calf and move on to the next one (sorry for the graphic words). This year they killed 3 adults in one night and all they ate were the calves. I was shocked when I first saw it, and I am not sure why they do it, but have seen it often enough now to know it is no coincidence. Just looks kind of like that is what they were doing here, but got scared off?

like I said ..... they attack from the rear. They start at the rear, they go for the meaty parts first. I am not doubting the problem with them but I have my doubts about this picture. for the fetuses to just be laying there intact, seriously doubt a wolve would have gone to the trouble of pulling them out for display like that, they would have been eaten for sure. that wound on the hind quarter looks like road rash, hardly any meat if any gone from it.
But regardless, look at how the picture got everyone talking about the wolve problem. I think that is exactly what the photo shop author was hoping for.

3 deer dead with one kill....she had to be an older doe since she had the 2 fawns, that will never get a chance to jump around during the summer....that is too bad....and if a wolf done this I can see how they could easily....they are almost as big as she is and taking her down would be no problem....just a shame

If they start getting farther down south toward my area (st. croix county) I think that will be the turning point, because it is more populated, and they will have some sort of tag or season for wolves, or the DNR will say "they are taking care of it." I know there have been reports of a couple in my area, on trail cams and sightings but they aren't as bad here. The chunks of woods are so big up north it is hard for anyone to estimate a number, A friend of mine this season saw 4 or 5 walking through the woods lined up as a pack in "hunt" mode. Hopefully it gets taken care of somehow, like Zack said, between the DNR's mis-count of deer 2 years ago and the wolves, it has made deer hunting extremely hard up north.

All I know is if I had one under my stand, it wouldn't cross my mind on what I would do.

I am so glad we don't have them around here. The coyotes and stray dogs are bad enough.

Follow the wolf stuff a bit. Hard to keep track of all the political and legal wrangling going on. Archery Trade Association had a 4 part writeup that was pretty good at summarizing, I will dig it up if there is any interest.

Here are a couple stories
http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/predator-hunting/articlecontent/4/2011/2137/wolf-protections-in-northern-rockies-expected-to-be-lifted

Here is another pertaining to the Great Lakes Problems with these killers

http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/predator-hunting/articlecontent/4/2011/2152/great-lakes-wolves-could-come-off-endangered-list