Just a week after the BLM withdrew its decision to issue a Special Recreation Permit to “Idaho for Wildlife” (IWF) for a predator killing contest, Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR) and a coalition of Environmental Groups have sent two separate letters to the U.S. Forest Service asking them to not allow the contest on U.S. Forest Service […]
Continue Reading →POPULATION AT END OF GENERAL HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASON IS ABOUT 525 WOLVES
The Idaho Fish and Game has just released it’s 2012 annual report for wolves and it shows that the year-end population is 11% lower than the 2011 year-end estimate. The report estimates that there were 683 wolves on December 31, […]
Continue Reading →According to a state records request submitted in November, as well as publicly available information on the Idaho Fish and Game’s website, there have been 193 wolves killed since April 1st of this year. The records request response contained information for documented mortality from April 1, 2012 to November 25, 2012. Since then an additional […]
Continue Reading →With two weeks left of wolf hunting and trapping left in Idaho, with the exception of the Lolo and Selway zones, the number of Idaho wolves is down significantly from the 746 number published in the Annual Wolf Report. At the present time the population is at about 574, if the estimate in the annual […]
Continue Reading →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 →Legal wolf trapping is now underway in northern Idaho-
Idaho first legal wolf trapping season is underway. Trapping is controversial and there are many questions about it. Answers will come. Lessons might be learned.
During this first season, wolves can be caught with leg-hold traps or by snares.
Whether trapping is ethically or morally right, […]
Continue Reading →Inexperienced trappers will likely trap pets and other non-target animals.
Backlash will ensue
I think people should be prepared for many non-target animals to be taken with snares and traps including pets. It takes years and years for government employees to learn how to properly trap and snare wolves without taking non-target species and […]
Continue Reading →The outfitter shot at 4 wolves but only recovered 2 of them. Were the other 2 killed or just wounded?
The IDFG specially sanctioned wolf hunt for outfitters in the Lolo Zone has resulted in the death of 2 wolves and possible wounding of 2 others. Two of the wolves were not recovered. I guess […]
Continue Reading →Trapping of wolves may begin in Idaho next year.
Unsurprisingly, Cal Groen wants more wolves to be killed in the Lolo Zone and other places. Trapping is also being considered for next year.
Fish and Game director wants expanded wolf hunting
Associated Press
The Middle Fork zone had a limit of 17 wolves.
That is roughly 1/3 of the population estimated to be there. So far there have been 146 wolves killed in the hunt in Idaho.
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/wolf/quota.cfm
Of note is the death of wolf Y239 which was a disperser from the Greater Yellowstone wolf population and […]
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