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Jackson1, It seems in this area the wolves have won. This was my 60th Wisconsin deer season and I have had the same hunting buddy for all of them. Wolves are a terrible problem, but I think baiting and feeding deer are just as bad. We don't bait and although we are in a no bait (because of cwd) county, every sports shop, gas station, and store sell corn and other goodies. I did hear that a few got busted, but that won't stop it. Baiting makes deer nocturnal, but the light never seems to come on for those who do it. Before wolves and baiting people actually hunted, still hunted, made drives and watched good runways. Years ago during gun season our town and every small town in northern Wisconsin was full of hunters. You can drive thru Crandon anytime during season and it looks abandoned. Baiting and feeding should end now and a bounty placed on wolves. Next year if I'm fortunate enough to be here, I will hunt Michigan and to hell with Wisconsin. Barlow
The UP has a pretty healthy wolf population as well. It's up and down as far as the areas that are populated. My camp is in the UP and the last couple years the wolves have been scarse and deer numbers are rising. I'm guessing so will the wolf population eventually when deer get plentiful. It's kinda like a cycle in our area. Maybe one day they'll have another wolf hunt but annually. Some areas along 28 near Seney, the wolves seem to exist every year. Numbers stay high.Barlow, I hunt Oconto and Marinette counties for 50 plus years. Post timber wolf introduction the quality of the Northern Wisconsin deer heard has suffered. Couple that with my aging and becoming lazier Wisconsin deer have become few and far between. I like to blame all the special deer seasons as another part of the problem. To me the deer heard is becoming increasingly nocturnal. In all honestly, these reasons my be just excuses to cover my declining lack of effort or have some viability, I don't know. My in laws sold the cabin to my brother in law and I am now looking to purchase land and a cabin in the UP. My sons now in their early 30's are finding renewed hunting interest, so private land a and cabin seem like a good idea. Food plots and heated deer stands sound quite appealing today. The hunting may not improve, but the excuse will be limited.
I have lived in Bayfield county for 75 years. The hunters now are just lazy. We used to get up at 3:30 in the morning to do chores & milk cows. Would start making drives at day break the first morning. We hunted all 9 days. No one heard of sitting in a stand. I think it was illegal back them. Get off your butt & make them move.T49:
That sounds remarkably similar to how we acted on Sundays when we were teenagers!![]()