Wolf packs in the north have grown. We are now seeing them around where we live. Our son lives just down the road from us and has had them in his yard. He followed wolf tracks into our drive-way.

Last winter we were driving down the highway just about into town when a wolf jumped in front of our car after a deer that was on the run from the wolf. The deer ended up in front of the cars in front of us and walked slowly down highway staying close to the cars. Everyone slowed down let the deer walk close by. The wolf then took off in the other direction. The deer went in the opposite direction and was safe for another day.

 About 5940 deer may be consumed by wolves annually. 40,000 deer hit by cars each year, and about 450,000 deer shot by hunters each year.

We use to live on a lake and to go into town we had to take a long winding wooded road out to the highway. There was always lots of wildlife on this road. One day I saw something in the bushes along side the road and I stopped to see what it was it was a wolf. I rolled my window down just a little and talked to the wolf. He sat right there looking right at me not moving a muscle then he just turned and walked into the woods. I saw that wolf a few more times after that.

When I got home and told my husband about it he said:

1. Must be a coyote
2. Must be a malamute
3. Couldn't be a wolf

I said "NO, it wasn't a dog. I know what a coyota looks like. It was a wolf."

MEN!!!!

Later I ran into a lady that lived by where I had seen the wolf. She ask me if I had seen a wolf around her place because they had spotted it and wonder if anyone else had.

I was thrilled to go home and tell my husband that I wasn't the only one that had seen the wolf. I was the only one that had talked to the wolf.

Picture to the right looks like the wolf I saw.

Total count in Wisconsin of timber wolfs (gray wolfs) for 2008 is 520. The farmers aren't happy about them because they have attacked livestock.

They have attacked and killed hunting dogs.

My husband works for a potato farm and says there is a wolf pack out there that they see in the fields. He said one of the wolves is all black.

Of course I said to him your just seeing a coyote!!!!!!!!!

Endangered Resources Fund on the Wisconsin Income Tax Form, purchases of Endangered Resources License Plates, and support of private groups that promote sound wolf management.

Wolves are endangered and need to be protected but there are times when they are a danger to people and pets. They are putting radio collars on as many as they can to track them and see what their movements are.