Professor C. E. Johnson considers the timber wolf an abused 

 creature. C. E. Johnson, of Bergville, Minn., believes that it is 

 a question of the timber wolf or the deer. The following 

 article is written from practicle observations. 



4 4 O OMETHING must be done to exterminate the timber 



^wolves. Why? Because they are destroying more than 



their share of the deer. They will have all the deer in 



Minnesota killed within ten years, unless something is done 



to stop their fast-increasing number. 



What will it mean to Minnesota, especially to this northern 

 part, to lose all the deer? People are beginning to get better 

 acquainted with the possibilities of Northern Minnesota. It is 

 truly a 'playground' for the vacationist and a 'paradise' for 

 the hunter. But this is not the question I wish to discuss. I 

 want to give you a few facts concerning the timber wolf and 

 deer. 



A few days ago, I was out cruising over a quarter section, 



id I found the carcasses of seven deer that had been killed 

 timber wolves. It was a shame to see the remains of those 



*eat noble beasts. I consider I am safe in saying that I have 

 found the remains of over one hundred deer that have been 

 killed by timber wolves in the last three years in Itasca coun- 

 ty. That probably represents about ten per cent of the num- 

 ber killed. A pack of six of eight of those cowardly brutes 

 will kill more deer in one year than all the hunters in the 

 county. Any time that a timber wolf gets after a deer, that 

 deer is doomed without a doubt. I have followed a pack of 

 eight for three days, and found that they had killed from one 

 to four deer every night. Just think what the slaughter must 

 be in the course of a year! 



I have been informed by reliable authority that a bunch of 

 three timber wolves killed a herd of thirty-eight caribou in 

 one winter. I have found the remains of caribou north of 

 Red lake that had been killed by wolves. 



We are striving in every way to protect the forest of Min- 

 nesota. Why not be more strenuous in our efforts to protect 



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