Since the beginning of the Idaho wolf hunting and trapping season I have been keeping a spreadsheet with a running tally of wolf kills. Presently the total stands at 332 dead wolves with 237 taken in the hunt and 95 taken by trapping and snaring. There are three zones that have been closed so far [...]
Continue Reading →The Montana FWP Commission has decided not to extend the wolf hunt in the Bitterroot area. While many claim that the elk declines seen there have been due to wolves but a recent study implicates cougars and a quick look at the historic numbers shows that poor hunting management has also contributed to the [...]
Continue Reading →Final figure to be about 163 166 wolves, 75% of quota-
Montana’s once extended, second wolf hunting season ends today. As of noon today, Feb. 15, 166 wolves had been reported killed in the hunt. Statewide this is about 75% of the quota set by Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners. Three hunting units closed before [...]
Continue Reading →Commission gives initial approval on divided vote, but final approval might fail-
Like the Lolo in Idaho on the Idaho/Montana border, the decline of elk in the West Fork of the Bitterroot area (hunting district 250) in Montana in recent years has been widely blamed on wolves, but the Montana wolf hunters can’t seem to [...]
Continue Reading →Photos of giant wolves or huge wolf packs near where you live? It’s not so-
By now people are familiar seeing photos of dead cattle, sheep, elk, horses, whatever, all supposedly by killed voracious wolves. Some are eaten, some not. Either way the amount eaten is evidence that wolves are incredibly hungry or not hungry [...]
Continue Reading →Wolf 692f illegally shot outside Yellowstone Park-
While there is no evidence any Yellowstone Park wolves have been killed inside the Park, in November a dispersed member of the Blacktail pack was shot near Gardiner, MT outside the Park about 4 weeks after the legal hunting in that zone closed.
Wolf 692F, who wore a [...]
Continue Reading →Quota of three wolves is filled-
Montana wolf hunters have killed the small quota of just 3 wolves immediately north of Yellowstone Park, so the wolf hunt there is now closed. It is subunit 313-316 of wolf management unit 390.
The quota next to the Park was set low because it is bad public relations [...]
Continue Reading →Hunting Wolves In Montana – Where Are The Data?
Jay Mallonee says Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks annual wolf report clearly shows defective math.
The story about his paper “Hunting Wolves In Montana – Where Are The Data?” came out in the Missoulian. I [...]
Continue Reading →The attached article details what many of us advocate on this blog, a more equal representation in wildlife management – especially with regards to wolves. However, because we published this article in the Journal of Wildlife Management (JWM) we had to be careful with our wording and ended up removing certain sections like on Public [...]
Continue Reading →The resumption of wolf-hunts in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming illustrates why citizens must continue to oppose such unnecessary and senseless slaughters.
The wolf-hunts are predicated upon morally corrupt and inaccurate assumptions about wolf behavior and impacts that are not supported by recent scientific research. State wildlife agencies pander to the lowest common denominator in the [...]
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