Both Minnesota and Wisconsin are moving into the second year of sanctioned wolf hunts, but the wolf population and state policies differ significantly. We've compared some of the numbers below. For more information on the concerns biologists are raising with the kill quota, read the report MinnPost republished from The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
| Minnesota | Wisconsin |
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| 2,211 wolves Estimated population |
815 wolves Estimated population |
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| 70,579 km2 Occupied range in Minnesota |
30,528 km2 Occupied range in Wisconsin |
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| 2012 Wolf Hunt | |
| 413 MN wolves killed |
117 WI wolves killed |
| 199 (48%) trapped 214 (52%) hunted |
61 (52%) trapped 56 (48%) hunted |
| 2013 Wolf Hunt | |
 Nov. 9–23 Nov. 30–Jan. 31 |
 Oct. 15–Feb. 28 |
| 220 Kill quota |
275 Kill quota2 |
| Target Population | |
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| 1,600 wolves Minimum (no maximum) |
350 wolves |
1In the 2012 wolf hunt, 85 of Wisconsin's total 201-wolf quota were reserved for American Indian tribes in the ceded lands portion of northern Wisconsin. Because wolves have religious significance to these groups, none of the 85 were killed. Back
224 of these wolves are reserved for American Indian tribes and are not expected to be killed. Back
Sources: Status of the Timber Wolf in Wisconsin [PDF], Wisconsin Wolf Season Report 2012 [PDF], Distribution and Abundance of Wolves in Minnesota, 2012-13 [PDF], 2012 Minnesota Wolf Season Report [PDF].
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