Do Wolves Affect White-Tailed Buck Harvest
In Northeastern Minnesota?

Table 2

Table 2. Results of simple linear regressions to test the hypothesis that buck harvest should be inversely related to wolf numbers the previous winter if wolves strongly influence deer harvest. Only packs that prey on deer were included; all relationships are inverse.

Variables		Years	n	r²	P
Dependent	Independent^a	Years	n	r²	P
Isabella buck kill	Individual packs^b	1975-1997	23		NS
Isabella buck kill	Isabella packs	1975-1997	23		NS
Isabella buck kill	Total population	1975-1997	23	0.14	0.08
Isabella buck kill	Total population	1975-1997	22^c	0.22	0.03
Ely buck kill	Individual packs	1984-1997	14		NS
Ely buck kill	Ely wolves	1984-1997	14		NS
Ely buck kill	Total population	1984-1997	14		NS
Ely and Isabella buck kill	Total population	1984-1997	14		NS
Adjacent buck kill	Total population	1983-1997	15		NS

^a Winter before the deer harvest.

^b Six individual packs were tested.

^c With 1984 removed as "outlier".

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Do Wolves Affect White-Tailed Buck Harvest
In Northeastern Minnesota?