Predator Xtreme - Feb 2012
Managing Great Lakes Wolves NEWCedarHillGameCalls5632v_ PXCedarHillGameCalls5632v 8 4 11 11 Hog Squealer 66 www PredatorXtreme com FEBRUARY 2012 COMBO CALL 2 reeds give a more realistic sound Very easy to use Control sound by squeezing end of tube Cover small reed inside of barrel for older hog leave open for younger pig For more information contact Jerry Antley 238 Vic Allen Rd Downsville LA 71234 WWW CEDARHILL GAMECALLS COM 318 982 5632 consistently for two decades In a letter to USFWS Acting Director Rowan Gould Michigan DNR Director Rodney A Stokes applauds the Services proposal to delist Michigan wolves and assures that this will not mean a lapse in conservation or management but will give the state more latitude in controlling its burgeoning wolf population Treating an abundant and increasing population of wolves as if it were endangered is causing many of Michigans citizens significant hardship Stokes wrote Since 2009 when wolves in the Western Great Lakes were relisted as endangered we have recorded 204 nuisance wolf complaints verified 106 livestock killed by wolves on 16 farms and documented 12 cases were wolves killed someones pet In some cases lethal control of wolves could save the lives of livestock and pets he continued The Michigan Wolf Management Plan clearly states that lethal control of wolves is not to be undertaken lightly or indiscriminately but that it is appropriate in some situations Lethal control in Michigan would be regulated and would not threaten the viability of the overall wolf population The lack of a carefully regulated lethal control option is harming Michigan citizens both financially and emotionally Michigans current wolf management plan 2008 provides for a hunting season on wolves stating If biologically defensible legally feasible and supported by the public the state could develop a program to offer opportunities for the public to harvest wolves for recreational or utilitarian purposes In a letter to the USFWS Wisconsin DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp supports the USFWS delisting effort There is strong support by Wisconsin residents for wolf delisting she wrote In Spring Conservation Rules hearings held across the state in all 72 counties 89 percent of the 4928 people commenting supported the delisting of wolves The count of over winter wolf populations in 2011 was 782 824 wolves spread across the central and northern portions of Wisconsin far exceeding the population goal of 350 wolves in the Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan The Wisconsin DNR is committed to the longterm conservation of the wolves in the state but management will need to include selective controls on problem wolves and problem wolf packs that has not been possible with federal listing But Michigan and Wisconsin wildlife managers disagree with the USFWSs conclusion that a newly discovered species exists in the Western Great Lakes DPS as a separate species or population Both states emphasize that gray wolves Eastern wolves and their hybrids cannot be differentiated physically occupy the same ranges and function as a single popula
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