What type impact do Wolves have on Wisconsin Deer?---------Wisconsin wildlife biologist Jeff Pritzl makes a bold and fearless statement --"I think wolves affect deer sightability, more than the population directly. Deer change their behavior when wolves are in the neighborhood"...............Jeff is obviously a bliever in the LANDSCAPE OF FEAR theory and rightly pulls no punches answering this question honestly and directly

DNR biologist talks deer, hunting, wolves

The Wausau Daily Herald and http://www.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com/ hosted a live online chat Thursday with Jeff Pritzl, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist.

Pritzl, who spends his hunting season measuring deer and talking with hunters at registration stations, fielded all sorts of questions as hunters prepared to head into the woods this weekend.

The discussion was hosted by http://www.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com/ editor Brian Otten. Following are a selection of questions and Pritzl's responses; most readers identified themselves using only first names.

Q: What is your opinion on the impact of wolves on the deer population? I hunt in the southern end of the Nicolet near Armstrong Creek, and we are seeing wolves now every year during bow and gun season. They sure look bigger than 65 pounds from a tree stand.

A: I think wolves affect deer sightability, more than the population directly. Deer change their behavior when wolves are in the neighborhood.