It has happened. A wolf ATTACKED a 16 year old boy in MN!!! The wolf reportedly approached the boy as he was lying down on the campgrounds in West Winnie Campground on Lake Winnibigoshish. The wolf then BIT the teen on the head and tried to drag him into the woods (to eat him I would guess). This is something that has to be stopped, we as a state need to continue the wolf season and remove this threat from our land. No... I am wrong. We do not need to continue the wolf season... we need to have a bounty put on every wolf hide in MN and exterminate this problem like our ancestors did many years ago. I do not mean to kill every wolf, but we need to lower the numbers drastically. I do think that wolves are wonderful animals, an have their place in this world. But we do not need so many.
Wolves are also doing major damage to the livestock in our state. The state is authorized to pay livestock farmers for Timber wolf kills; up to $20,000 a year (per farm). As a livestock owner myself I know that if one wolf were to get into our fence we would end up with more than $20,000 in that one incident.
Another thing that wolves are having a huge impact on is the wild deer population, in my hunting area I use to be able to see 20+ deer in a single nights hunt. I hunted for all 9 days of rifle season last year and saw a whopping 9 deer. I recently had a trail camera set over a soybean food plot, and during a week it came up with 28 pictures of deer... one doe and her two fawns. The fact that she has both fawns alive is incredible.
So what does all this information have to do with a wolf attacking a human? Well as the wolfs natural food (whitetail deer) disappear due to an overly high wolf population, and a lack of hunting management. The state will tell you that there are only 3,000 wolves in the "northern range" of MN. I would say that there are more than twice that amount. There is no real way to know how many are in the state, but they are like rats... If you see one, there are hundreds, or thousands you are not seeing. But to stay on track lets say that the state is correct and there are only 3,000 wolves in the state. One adult wolf eats 1-2 deer a week; depending if there are pups involved. So 3,000 deer a week multiplied by 52 weeks = 156,000 deer a year are being consumed a year. With the deer herd disappearing this quickly, it is only natural that wolves turn to other food sources. They have already tapped into the livestock, and now at least one wolf has started on humans. Wolves are intelligent animals, and if one has tried it, more will follow.
You know what lets keep these pretty, cute, helpless animals around.
Cause this is just what you want to see in your yard at night, right?
My sources are....
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57600272/teen-survives-first-confirmed-wolf-attack-in-minn/
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2013/08/wolf_bites_boys_head_in_minnesotas_first_documented_wolf_attack.php
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2013/08/wolf_bites_boys_head_in_minnesotas_first_documented_wolf_attack.php
Wolves are also doing major damage to the livestock in our state. The state is authorized to pay livestock farmers for Timber wolf kills; up to $20,000 a year (per farm). As a livestock owner myself I know that if one wolf were to get into our fence we would end up with more than $20,000 in that one incident.
Another thing that wolves are having a huge impact on is the wild deer population, in my hunting area I use to be able to see 20+ deer in a single nights hunt. I hunted for all 9 days of rifle season last year and saw a whopping 9 deer. I recently had a trail camera set over a soybean food plot, and during a week it came up with 28 pictures of deer... one doe and her two fawns. The fact that she has both fawns alive is incredible.
So what does all this information have to do with a wolf attacking a human? Well as the wolfs natural food (whitetail deer) disappear due to an overly high wolf population, and a lack of hunting management. The state will tell you that there are only 3,000 wolves in the "northern range" of MN. I would say that there are more than twice that amount. There is no real way to know how many are in the state, but they are like rats... If you see one, there are hundreds, or thousands you are not seeing. But to stay on track lets say that the state is correct and there are only 3,000 wolves in the state. One adult wolf eats 1-2 deer a week; depending if there are pups involved. So 3,000 deer a week multiplied by 52 weeks = 156,000 deer a year are being consumed a year. With the deer herd disappearing this quickly, it is only natural that wolves turn to other food sources. They have already tapped into the livestock, and now at least one wolf has started on humans. Wolves are intelligent animals, and if one has tried it, more will follow.
You know what lets keep these pretty, cute, helpless animals around.
Cause this is just what you want to see in your yard at night, right?
My sources are....
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57600272/teen-survives-first-confirmed-wolf-attack-in-minn/
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2013/08/wolf_bites_boys_head_in_minnesotas_first_documented_wolf_attack.php
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2013/08/wolf_bites_boys_head_in_minnesotas_first_documented_wolf_attack.php
