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Montana wolf hunt

  • Montana FWP proposes to go the Idaho way on wolf hunting

    Ralph Maughan

    No quotas, long seasons, trapping, electronic calls, 3 wolf bag limit- Many will argue that Montana FWP will throw caution out the window for wolf hunting in 2012-13 season.  After two hunts in the space of three years did not clearly reduce the Montana wolf population, it looks like the state’s wildlife commission will issue…

  • Montana wolf hunting season ends today

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Montana’s wolf hunt north of Yellowstone Park is over

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Montana wolf hunt: Hunters not obligated to eat wolf kills

    Ralph Maughan

    Article on what do you do with a wolf you shoot this time of year- Hunters not obligated to eat wolf kills. By Rob Chaney. The Missoulian.

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