Anyone who thinks that timber wolves feed exclusively on ill, lame, and inactive deer, and maybe a tiny beaver here and there, might be surprised to learn that wolves feel no qualms about eating stale Wonder Bread, stiff Chip’s Ahoy cookies, moldy Pop Tarts, cereal bars, popcorn, parched marshmallows, or anything else someone might stuff into a tree stump for bear bait.
Bear hunters have known this to be the case since the state’s wolf population began to grow in the 1980s. Now, with the state’s wolf population easily topping 1,300 animals, bear hunters are feeding as many wolves as bears.
Wisconsin hunters have found a way to deal with the increased number of wolves in bear-hunting areas.
