Trapping classes for school credit–wtf??
If you plan to hike or do anything on Wisconsin State Parks after January 1st, be very careful. Because of the endless pandering to kill everything groups like the deceptively named hunting group, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, earlier this year the Wisconsin Legislature rubber-stamped a law that opens up all but two state parks to SEVEN months of non-stop killing. And of course the same names and groups that were behind the wolf kill bill were behind this garbage bill that also teaches hunting and trapping in PUBLIC schools for CREDIT.
When this insane bill came up for a vote all but ONE state senator voted for it. Only Senator Fred Risser had the courage and common sense to oppose this travesty. In the Assembly all but 12 voted for it. This essentially means that wildlife in Wisconsin have almost no safe areas from guns, traps, and bows. Why…
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Exposing the Big Game 
This is beyond infuriating. It seems apparent they are dependent upon general apathy to get away with this b.s. because it is so “in your face”. People should be outraged. It’s all happening right under their noses. I certainly will cross post this wherever I can.
Thanks Gail, yes it’s unbelievable.
Rick Meril suggests keeping this resource to dispell tall tale “monster” Gray Wolves.
I agree.
With all the tall tales currently circulating about alleged “monster” Gray Wolves tipping the scales at 175+ pounds, Idaho Biologist Jason Husseman shared the following information with Norm Bishop depicting our biggest Wolves hitting the scales at 135 pounds–see data below
Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:56 PM PDT
FROM OUR FRIEND NORM BISHOP WHO SECURED THIS WOLF WEIGHT DATA FROM JASON HUSSEMAN, IDAHO WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Seems like a lot of Wolf weights being tossed about, so I figured I’d kill two birds with one stone and get all the backlogged, pre-IDFG wolf management capture forms entered (250-plus capture events), and then summarize the weights for all recorded captures. I also did this for all mortality weights, but kept them separated under the rationale that there may be differences between the two categories (e.g., diseased, dead wolves being lighter than healthy, live wolves, or harvested pups coming from later in the season when they are heavier than pups caught during the capture “season”).
135 pound Gray Wolf–as big as they grow em
That said, here’s the Excel document to file away on your computer somewhere for when you get asked about the massive 175 pound wolves running around Idaho, or if you want, just the summary tables (below):
Table 1. Summary of weights (scale and estimated) from wolves captured in Idaho.
Male
Female
Mean
Range
n
Mean
Range
n
Adult (>2)
100
72-135
98
82
50-101
71
Subadult (1-2)
85
65-113
56
73
50-92
82
Pup (0-1)
55
20-105
67
49
25-85
60
Table 2. Summary of wolf weights from confirmed mortalities in Idaho.
Male
Female
Mean
Range
n
Mean
Range
n
Adult (>2)
99
69-132
41
79
46-98
36
Subadult (1-2)
91
66-101
8
74
65-81
11
Pup (0-1)
71
25-90
9
54
23-70
7
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Jason Husseman
Regional wildlife biologist
PO Box 1336
99 Hwy 93 North
Salmon, ID 83467
208-756-2271
Visit http://coyotes-wolves-cougars.blogspot.com
Sorry….i can see the table did not go through properly. You can click on the link for further info.
I see the text in your last post
The text went through, yes Jim. But the table did not go through in the appropriate format, so looks kind of meaningless.
CRITICS HOWL ABOUT COYOTE HUNT!
This article is in regard to the hunt that was schedule and subsequently called off a week or so ago. Now it is back on. Comments might be good.
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_21884772/critics-howl-about-coyote-hunt
Thanks Gail, I can’t believe they’re still thinking of doing this!