I hunted the Longville area for a couple weekends and saw almost as many wolf and coyote tracks as I did deer tracks.

Anyone else see an unusually high number of wolf tracks?

I agree with you 100%....lots of wolf tracks. And I think that all of the wolf activity pressured the deer out of the area. I did not see anywhere close to the number of deer that I have seen in the past.

we hunt by hackensack 2 yrs ago i shot a deer,gutted it,and not ten mins later when i just got back in the tree i looked in front of me and there was 7 or 8 wolves in front of me,one was sniffing my deer in the tree!!! i shot into the ground and they all scattered havent seen one since

The numbers are growing more and more every year near Hackensack and Longville.

I hunt near Longville and saw for the first time in hunting the same area for 15 years a big timber wolf that was well fed also heard alot of howling in the mornings. I also noticed less deer tracks, beds, rubs, and scrapes that equals less deer.

I hunt southwest of Longville and we are seeing fewer deer and more wolves every year. I know some guys who hunt up by remer and they saw more wolves than deer while deer hunting this year. It's a real problem.

SSS
SHOOT SHOVEL SHUTUP

my luck it has a under-skin GPS tracking device LOL

Beardown, Right in that same area, about 6 years ago already, I took a late night walk to the commode. It was on an icefishing trip to the cabin. Just for S&G I did a little howling about 11:30 PM, and I got a couple answers. They couldn't have been more than a 1/4 mile back in the brush and that definitely put a little spring in my step! Still stands the hairs on my neck up! Phred52

Funny you bring it up. We hunt a little North of Walker and are seeing the same thing. We have also talked to a lot of the surounding deer camps and they are as well. If we aren't careful we are in the makings of a perfect storm. Bonus tags, wolves, rough winter and our deer heard could take a real hit.

Muskie456,
I too hunt federal land about 5 miles north of Walker. Three years ago, I counted 48 deer in a field less then a mile from my hunting area in one night. This year, I checked that same field 6-8 times late this Fall around the rifle season. I saw 1 doe in all those checks. I saw what I thought to be a "big bushy coyote" on I believe Tuesday of opening week from my stand. I now think it was a wolf because it was so large and was with what sounded like several other wolves that I could hear, but not see. Three days later my dad saw what he thought was another "big brush wolf". He now thinks it was a timberwolf after looking at the comparison pics in the 2008 Minnesota Hunting manual. I saw no deer from my stand this year. I have shot over a dozen deer over the years from this particular tree and there has never been a shortage of eye candy each day. Something is definitely up. There is way less deer sign in the woods and way less shooting in our area. I bet we will be back to lottery next season, who needs 5+ deer anyways.....come on!!

MNVIKING,
I know the field that you are talking about. We drive by it all the time. I know the guys that hunt the property to the SW of that field where the majority of those deer would bed. They were telling me that those animals are gone. They own a ton of property and keep very close tabs on the deer that are on their property. They feel that thier doe heard is half of what it was last year. These guys would know too. They take thier deer hunting very serious, as do we. You wouldn't fish with slimmy a lot would you? Your photo looks framiliar.

I am friends with Slim and Ben (If you know Slim, I'm sure you know Ben) and I bet you are talking about Strand's property. I hunt right in that general area as well. You must hunt off of 200 somewhere, on some private land close to the airport or back in the Paul Bunyan huh? Small world! It was slow for pretty much everyone I talked to around that area this year. I don't know what happened to the deer, but they are gone! The last couple Winters have not been that tough. I honestly think wolves do have something to do with it. My name is Tate by the way, if that sounds familiar.

ben jacobson?

Yup, thats the Ben LakeDocktor.