Hey all,
I won't be very active here for about a week as I will be headed up to the lake with the kids for some much needed R & R.
I'm taking some gear and the camera so maybe I will have something to show for my efforts other than a good sunburn.
See you soon and get out and have fun!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
MN Wolf Hunt
This year marks the lifting of the ban on Wolf hunting in MN. According to my latest copy of Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine the MN DNR is asking for a lottery based wolf hunting/trapping season in late November. As it was a wolf could be killed if it posed a threat to livestock or people and that was about it.
We are extremely lucky in MN to have had the wolf population bounce back so quickly and even expanding out into Wisconsin and the U.P. of Michigan.
Minnesota has had a very different approach to wolf management than some of the Western states where ranchers have really been getting hit hard by wolves through the years. In MN there has been a great deal of research done to learn how to best manage the population and nurture it back to a high, sustainable, even growing level. According the DNR we have about 3000 living in the Northern 1/3 of the state and have held that number steady for several years now.
As part of the plan to de list the wolf off the endangered species list MN has to maintain a population of at least 1600 wolves, a contrast to states like Idaho which set maximum population limits.
Here is my take on wolf hunting and I would love to hear yours:
I'm an amateur hunter at best. My hunting intentions are to be able to put a little extra meat on the table and reduce the ammount of money spent on such things if I can. I am a realist and I don't expect to run out and get a deer every year, but that's why it's called "hunting" right?
I wont be rushing out anytime soon to go on a wolfhunt but I would love to do it...until I got a wolf. 1 wolf would be enough for me for my entire life. I deeply admire and respect wolves as a predator and a remarkable, beautiful animal. I would love to learn the skills needed to go out and hunt such an intelligent predator and even if I never get one I think the doing will be an adventure in and of itself.
We are extremely lucky in MN to have had the wolf population bounce back so quickly and even expanding out into Wisconsin and the U.P. of Michigan.
Minnesota has had a very different approach to wolf management than some of the Western states where ranchers have really been getting hit hard by wolves through the years. In MN there has been a great deal of research done to learn how to best manage the population and nurture it back to a high, sustainable, even growing level. According the DNR we have about 3000 living in the Northern 1/3 of the state and have held that number steady for several years now.
As part of the plan to de list the wolf off the endangered species list MN has to maintain a population of at least 1600 wolves, a contrast to states like Idaho which set maximum population limits.
Here is my take on wolf hunting and I would love to hear yours:
I'm an amateur hunter at best. My hunting intentions are to be able to put a little extra meat on the table and reduce the ammount of money spent on such things if I can. I am a realist and I don't expect to run out and get a deer every year, but that's why it's called "hunting" right?
I wont be rushing out anytime soon to go on a wolfhunt but I would love to do it...until I got a wolf. 1 wolf would be enough for me for my entire life. I deeply admire and respect wolves as a predator and a remarkable, beautiful animal. I would love to learn the skills needed to go out and hunt such an intelligent predator and even if I never get one I think the doing will be an adventure in and of itself.
Well met and all that.
This is my first blog, please bear with me and be patient.
I am a Veteran of the US Army and MN National Guard. While deployed I found a few bushcraft and outdoors type web forum and sites and avidly read and consumed the knowledge found there. I still do and you can find links to the sites I like.
Stuck in the desert and just reading about the woods really rekindled in me my love for the outdoors. I lost this love for a time while serving in the Army. Nothing takes the love out of camping and hiking like being forced to doit and do it a certain way.
But I am back now and raring to get out and live...and take my kids with me.
I am a city kid, always have been at heart. I live in the heart of the Twin Cities area of Minnesota in a metropolitan area with a huge population. I am lucky in that my family has had access and now own a cabin "up north" like so many of my fellow Minnesotans. My particular piece of heaven is just outside of Park Rapids in "Jack Pine Savage" country. It's on a decent lake and is close to the Paul Bunyan State Forest so there is plenty to get out and do.
That's it for the introduction, I will posting various projects, hikes, adventures and what not as time goes by. Please note that when I demonstrate anything on this blog it is simply my way of doing things. Simply put this just means this is how I do it, it doesn't meanthis is the best or only way to do something. Your way may be better and I am certain it will be different. I am ok with that and by no means feel like anyone has to do things my way at all. We all have a different path to take in life, I am not going to tell you how to.
Some things shown on this blog will have some inherent ammount of risk involved. I will be using edged tools, packing and carrying heavy loads, etc... If you choose to do these you then assume that same risk. Please dont hold me responsible if you damage yourself or your proerty trying to do something you see here. You chose to do it, that risk is all yours.
Now, get out and enjoy the outdoors!
This is my first blog, please bear with me and be patient.
I am a Veteran of the US Army and MN National Guard. While deployed I found a few bushcraft and outdoors type web forum and sites and avidly read and consumed the knowledge found there. I still do and you can find links to the sites I like.
Stuck in the desert and just reading about the woods really rekindled in me my love for the outdoors. I lost this love for a time while serving in the Army. Nothing takes the love out of camping and hiking like being forced to doit and do it a certain way.
But I am back now and raring to get out and live...and take my kids with me.
I am a city kid, always have been at heart. I live in the heart of the Twin Cities area of Minnesota in a metropolitan area with a huge population. I am lucky in that my family has had access and now own a cabin "up north" like so many of my fellow Minnesotans. My particular piece of heaven is just outside of Park Rapids in "Jack Pine Savage" country. It's on a decent lake and is close to the Paul Bunyan State Forest so there is plenty to get out and do.
That's it for the introduction, I will posting various projects, hikes, adventures and what not as time goes by. Please note that when I demonstrate anything on this blog it is simply my way of doing things. Simply put this just means this is how I do it, it doesn't meanthis is the best or only way to do something. Your way may be better and I am certain it will be different. I am ok with that and by no means feel like anyone has to do things my way at all. We all have a different path to take in life, I am not going to tell you how to.
Some things shown on this blog will have some inherent ammount of risk involved. I will be using edged tools, packing and carrying heavy loads, etc... If you choose to do these you then assume that same risk. Please dont hold me responsible if you damage yourself or your proerty trying to do something you see here. You chose to do it, that risk is all yours.
Now, get out and enjoy the outdoors!
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