I have heared that you guys up there can hunt them legally now and that the ecologists finally gave in. Is that true?

hi
i haven't yet heared if it is allowed yet , but in self deffens or deffens of your hunting dog it is admissible. i hope it becomes legal , because wolves have been seen far in southern parts of sweden and they kill great number of sheeps and other tame animals and house pets
regards
yes

I heard the same on the local news yesterday.
They say Sweden has reached its "green" goal on 250 something wolfs, and there is a sertain number (fifteen or so...can´t remember exactely) that can be hunted.

Not sure abouth the numbers though...was driving the car and it was on the radio.

thanks.it was a good news

I found some info on the Swedish Hunters Association´s site.
Max number of wolf in Sweden is said to be 210.

In 2010 between 22 and 40 wolfs can be hunted in the following Counties: Dalarna, Gavleborg, Vestre Gøtaland, Varmland, and Ørebro Lan.

Only Licence hunting, and the hunters must register them self to the authorities to be able to participate.

They are still working on the details it seems.
Anyway, good news!

A good news. Hunting/shooting wolves in Italy and France, despite their excessive number, is strictly forbidden and it's considered an unacceptable blasphemy. Better to be nabbed with some drug in the pockets than with a dead wolf in the trunk.

Last weekend I spend in Dalarna on an wolf hunting course. Inressting to learn about wolfs and wolf hunting. Problaby 30 wolfs on quota early next year.

Matts

A very welcome decision no doubt. Not an easy animal to hunt though as I understand. Hopefully there will be snow in the areas that may be hunted at the time, that would make it a lot easier to at least locate them.

/K

Sweden's wolf hunting ban lifted


Associated Press The Observer,
Sunday 3 January 2010


For the first time since 1966, Sweden has licensed the hunting of wolves to keep their population down at a controllable level. The month-long hunt began yesterday and allows the killing of 27 animals following a parliamentary decision to keep their numbers below 210. Sweden stopped issuing hunting licences when the predator was near extinction, but numbers have subsequently recovered and there are now believed to be between 182 and 217 wolves in the country.

AP

Kathi,

In the areas where population is highst (Dalarna and Värmland) quota was more than filled yesterday! Problaby there are much more wolfes there than expected.

22 wolves killed the first day of the hunt. Total quota is 27 wolves.

Torbjørn

The year 2009 cubs wasn`t counted in and in mars 40-50 new cubs will be born.

14 wolves killed in first hunt in Sweden in four decades
Stockhom, Jan 3, (DPA):

Hunters benefited from good snow cover on Saturday and shot 14 of the 27 wolves allowed to be culled under the first licensed wolf hunt in Sweden for over four decades.



The first wolves were shot in the western provinces of Varmland and Dalarna, media reported. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency in December announced the quota of 27 wolves, slightly more than 10 per cent of the Scandinavian wolf population.

The licensed hunting period ends Feb 15. Controlled hunting of wolves has been allowed previously, including that of animals that attack livestock. Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren has said the current wolf population, consisting of some 220 animals, needs to be renewed, noting that genetic defects like heart and kidney problems threaten the long-term viability of the wolf population.

Scandinavia's current wolf population traces its origins to three wolves that migrated from Finland and Russia in the 1980s and 1990s, replenishing a population that had declined precipitously. The population suffers from inbreeding. The Swedish parliament last year approved licensed hunting of wolves as part of the government's programme to manage large carnivores.

25 wolfes shot!

http://www.sva.se/sv/navigera/...ra-rovdjur/Vargjakt/

The wolfes are not treatened by inbreething any more sence two wolfes of finnish origin has have cubs in the last seasons, and the finnish wolfes are expanding west.
The wolfes are counted by tracking in snow but they have now expanded in to areas without snow most of the time, the numbers are counted on the low side.

Kimmo

27 down one left to shoot.

Weidmann's Heil to the Swedish hunters! I hope that one day we'll have the opportunity to legally bag one, too.

Any pictures out there?

How did your Eco-antis react? No violent demonstrations?

Would be interested to hear what methods are used to hunt the wolves so successfully.

Boghossian,
success depends on SNOW, much SNOW.
Next year if we have any wolf hunt in Sweden without snow. No success I guess !

Matts

Pictures

http://www.jaktjournalen.se/index.php?avd1=1

nice, i've always wanted to hunt wolves.

Swedens leading wolf scientist says about 60 wolfes must be shot next year to maintain todays size of about 200 wolfes.