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04 May 2012 08:27 AM
The wolf season bill was signed.  Now it is wait and see what the DNR put together.
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04 May 2012 01:29 PM
I heard it was signed yesterday.

Other than the legislature deciding To buck the DNR, and run the opener of the wolf season in conjunction with the deer hunting season I didn't hear any other details. Did they pull their head out and decide to sell more licenses???
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04 May 2012 09:41 PM
Who's going to get the first license? 
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04 May 2012 11:34 PM
Fingers crossed!
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21 May 2012 09:31 AM

DNR MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                      MAY 21, 2012
Media contacts: Steve Merchant, wildlife programs manager, 651-259-5220, or Chris Niskanen, communications director, 651-259-5023.

DNR to outline wolf season proposal, seek public input

WHAT:
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will provide details on how it proposes to manage this year's wolf hunting and trapping season.

WHO:
Dennis Simon, DNR Wildlife Section chief.
Steve Merchant, DNR wildlife programs manager.

WHEN:
Monday, May 21, 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Via teleconference
Dial-in number: 888-742-5095
Conference code: 3617523886

NOTE:
Steve Merchant, DNR wildlife programs manager, will be available for TV/radio interviews from 2-2:30 p.m. at 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. To schedule an interview, contact Steve Carroll, DNR information officer, at steve.carroll@state.mn.us  or 651-259-5342.
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MEDIA ADVISORY - Wolf season 05-21-12.docx
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21 May 2012 05:50 PM
Mark, I don't have Microsoft Office so I can't view your link.
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21 May 2012 07:48 PM
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I threw the link up in case some one was not working and could call in.

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DNR MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                       MAY 21, 2012

Media contacts: Steve Merchant, wildlife programs manager, 651-259-5220, or Chris Niskanen, communications director, 651-259-5023.

 

DNR to outline wolf season proposal, seek public input

 

WHAT:           The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will provide details on how it proposes to manage this year’s wolf hunting and trapping season.

 

WHO:                Dennis Simon, DNR Wildlife Section chief.
                        Steve Merchant, DNR wildlife programs manager.

 

WHEN:           Monday, May 21, 12:30 p.m.

 

WHERE:         Via teleconference

Dial-in number:           888-742-5095
Conference code:       3617523886

 

NOTE:            Steve Merchant, DNR wildlife programs manager, will be available for TV/radio interviews from 2-2:30 p.m. at 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. To schedule an interview, contact Steve Carroll, DNR information officer, at 651-259-5342 or steve.carroll@state.mn.us.


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23 May 2012 05:41 AM
Here is the info:

DNR outlines wolf season details -- a two part hunt and trap

Minnesota’s first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season will be conducted this fall and winter. The DNR is proposing to split the season into two parts: an early wolf hunting season coinciding with firearms deer hunting; and a late wolf hunting and trapping season after the firearms deer season for those with a specific interest in wolf hunting and trapping.

The early hunting only season will be open only in the northern portions of Minnesota where rifles are allowed for deer hunting. It will start on Saturday, Nov. 3, the opening day of firearms deer hunting. It will close either at the end of the respective firearms seasons in the two northern deer zones (Nov. 18 in Zone 1 or Nov. 11 in Zone 2), or when a registered target harvest quota of 200 is reached, whichever comes sooner.

According to Wildlife Program manager Steve Merchant, wolf kills must be registered almost immediately after taken.

“Persons will have to register the wolves that they take by the end of the day following the day of harvest. We will have a mechanism that will keep track of those registrations. It’s an electronic system where people can register their wolves by either taking them in to an ELS agent or use the telephone or online. As those people register those animals, it’s reported and communicated to us, so that’s how we will know.”

The late hunting and trapping season will begin Saturday, Nov. 24. It will close Jan. 6, 2013, or when a registered total target harvest quota of 400 in both seasons combined is reached, whichever comes sooner. The late season will be open statewide.

A total of 6,000 licenses will be offered, with 3,600 available in the early season and 2,400 in the late season. The target harvest quota will be 400 wolves for both seasons combined, and will initially be allocated equally between the early and the late seasons.
Tribal government may elect to hold their own wolf seasons, and Merchant said the DNR is consulting with them.

“We’re having continued conversation with tribes. I am unaware at this time of any tribes who have elected to hunt wolves, but they certainly may.”

Wolf hunting licenses will be $30 for residents and $250 for nonresidents. Wolf trapping licenses will be $30 and limited to residents only. A lottery will be held to select license recipients. The bag limit is one wolf per licensee.



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28 May 2012 11:36 AM
GOOD LUCK ON THE DRAW, Y'ALL!!! Whack'em and stack'em!
And congratulations for beating the AR'S !!!!
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29 May 2012 12:53 PM
Tom, I figure I'm going to start buying lottery scratch offs. With a less than 1% chance of drawing a wolf tag, I figure my odds are just as good with the scratch offs
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02 Jun 2012 01:11 PM
FUGG Man, I just saw where the fugging AR's are starting a campagin to have their fugging members apply for a tag!!! AZZHOLES !!! I think the news release may have named you bud.....said sumthin bout jackpine rednecks....
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03 Jun 2012 07:58 PM
Tom, not that I'm doubting you, seems like a typical anti tactic, but have you got a link?

BTW, it may have been me they were referencing, sometimes the call us Bog Rednecks too.
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21 Jun 2012 10:36 AM
I give up, you Jackpine Redneck who wants to kill the family pet....could not recover the link anydamnwhere.....
Whack'em and Stack'em!!
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21 Jun 2012 10:29 PM
Fair enough Tom.

If you happen to draw an out of state tag, let me know, I'll put you into wolf country.

I'm no guide, But I live here, I can find them
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21 Jun 2012 10:47 PM
I believe the term you are looking for is "Jackpine Savages".  At least that's what we call ourselves.  Even living near the twin cities doesn't wash that away from you, but then I've never tried to cleanse my self of it either. 
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07 Jul 2012 05:07 PM
I see a scramble coming... I still don't see any info on the DNR site stating when/how to apply for a wolf license.
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08 Jul 2012 10:22 AM
I think they are still messing with us. There online survey was a bunch of crap.
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13 Jul 2012 06:03 AM

DNR announces wolf season details

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finalized rules for Minnesota’s first regulated wolf hunting and trapping season this fall and winter.

There are several changes to what the DNR originally proposed in May as a result of input received since the proposal was announced. The hunt start date remains the same -- Saturday, Nov. 3.

“We changed the closing date for the late season from Jan. 6, 2013, to Jan. 31,” said Steve Merchant, DNR wildlife program manager. “We also tightened the wolf harvest registration requirement so we can more quickly close a zone based on harvest results.”

Another notable change is that the wolf range will be divided into three zones for the purposes of harvest targets, registration and season closure.

The northeast zone and the east-central zone closely parallel the 1854 and 1837 treaty ceded territory boundaries. These zones will allow the state to allocate and manage wolf harvest in consultation with Indian bands that have off-reservation hunting rights.

The northwest zone will be the other area open to wolf hunting. When harvest targets are reached in any zone, that zone will be closed and hunters will be able to continue to hunt in any other open zone.

The season will be split into two parts: an early wolf hunting season coinciding with firearms deer hunting; and a late wolf hunting and trapping season after the firearms deer season. Trapping will begin Nov. 24. The target harvest remains 400.

Merchant said the public comment period that ended June 20 was helpful. The DNR received 7,351 online survey responses. He said of those who approved of the season, 82 percent said they supported the proposed structure. However, the DNR reported earlier at the close of the comment period, that about 5,800 respondents did not approve of a wolf hunt season at all.


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22 Jul 2012 09:07 PM
Has anyone read anything about when you can start putting in for the lottery?
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23 Jul 2012 07:42 AM
Just checked the DNR website and nothing.
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