Comments on: Wolf Hearing Held; HSUS Files Another Wolf Lawsuit

By: MichRes

MichRes — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:43:00 +0000

Please tell me where the studies that MUCC referneces on the need for hunting wolves in Michigan are located. MUCC has not provided a link.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

It is clear that there are oppinions coming from people that don’t live near nor come in contact with wolves in Michigan. I feel the people that live in the UP of Michigan have been very patient with the DNR and the other groups by waiting on the side lines for a solution to the problem to arrive. Now that it has it would be very damaging for it to be changed now because it would be very easy for people to come up with their own ways of managing the population and that would be more damaging then a controlled management.

By: Clearcut1

Clearcut1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:47:00 +0000

The white-tailed deer are overbrowsing much of their range and wolves are a proper solution. They hunt year ’round and generally take the weak, old, stupid, and injured, though they’ll certainly not pass up new fawn. I’m in favor of 500+ wolves in the U.P. and at least 100 in the northern L.P. to allow the forests to regenerate properly. There’s plenty of regeneration, but too many areas fail to recruit viable saplings (whips) into the next cohort because the deer browse the regeneration to death as soon as it pokes up above the snow.

A generous population of wolves is the ally of foresters in managing our timberlands in Michigan.

By: Dan Less

Dan Less — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:40:00 +0000

I agree. No hunting wolves.

By: thistledew tds.net

thistledew tds.net — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:23:00 +0000

Boy Louise and Dave;

you really need to understand that a Wolf is not a domestic dog but a pure predator. All species of life, including humans need some type of management if they are to flourish. The Human Society of the United States is a anti hunting organazation bent on stopping hunting of any form thru out the world.. Its a fact that they kill more animals than any other group, including hunters.. Please learn about wildlife, habitat management, and the role that hunters play in all this before you pass judgement
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Bob from the the U.P.i

By: Mike Sneider

Mike Sneider — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000

Mark and Mary have the right information. Some people have to encounter the problem before they can support it.

By: Mary Sparkman

Mary Sparkman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Dave and Louise…the wolf population in the U.P. is such that farmers are losing livestock to them and families are losing beloved pets. No one is suggesting that we should be allowed to hunt wolves to extinction, only that a limited number be taken during a regulated, license required season to keep the population under control. I personally have friends who lost their dogs to wolves right outside their homes! It is only a matter of time before a small child is taken and killed. If left to breed without some sort of population control, they will go from being a nuisance to being a real danger within a very short time, as a healthy female can give birth to 8 or more cubs at least twice a year.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:16:00 +0000

Louise Kane,
You are very uneducated about wolves and hunters!!!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:17:00 +0000

I agree with Louise’s comment to protect the wolves, and think Mark’s comments are out of line with a lot of “ifs” that reflect the thinking of the 1800′s.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:44:00 +0000

Brilliant response Louise…Do you have any science to back up your remarks, or are you making your statements based on the fact that wolves “look like your dog”…. Ask any farmer in the U.P. about how they feel about wolves. Look at what the wolf population (which is much higher than the suggested carrying capacity that state biologists suggest) has done to the deer & moose populations in this state. You might feel differntly when a wolf eats your poodle….or a child. They have no natural predators, therefore an unmanaged population can cause serious problems.