Wisconsin hunters have more wolves, less bears crawling all over bait sites this year

Anyone could tell by talking to Wausau, Wis., resident Tim Witzeling that he takes pride and enjoyment from the 400 acres he owns in northern Lincoln County.
“We’ve had the property for almost 20 years and hunt deer and bear there,” he said. “We’ve always had wolves out there – bears, too – but we’re not seeing bears on trail cameras or baits this year like we have in the past,” Witzeling said. “We’re running three baits about a mile apart in kind of a triangle shape this year. We have a few bears coming in, but we usually have a lot more activity."
Most of the animals Witzeling is seeing on his cameras are wolves. He’s convinced the number of wolves this year are the reason he can’t keep bears on the baits.

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