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  • N. Idaho outfitter reports 4 wolves killed

    Ken Cole

    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…

  • IDFG releases Video Summarizing Wolf Hunt

    Ken Cole

    Cal Groen Claims that the balance in the Lolo “is completely out of whack” People have been discussing this on another thread but I thought it deserved its own. Some of the same old arguments on why even more wolves need to be killed next year are being made and how IDFG will allow even…

  • Idaho wolf hunt finally ends

    Ralph Maughan

    Were more or fewer wolves killed than expected? People will ask that question, but it’s hard to answer because there were so many different predictions. I said “it depends.” Here are some stories. Idaho wolf hunt draws to a close. By Roger Phillips. Idaho Statesman. First wolf-hunting season a success, official says. Betsy Z. Russell.…

  • Fish and Game director wants expanded wolf hunting

    Ken Cole

    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

  • Update on the weight of wolves shot in Idaho hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    Latest data. Average female 86 lbs. Average male 101 lbs- Earlier I reported data from the Fish and Game Comission meeting a couple weeks ago with the largest Idaho wolf at 109 pounds. One in extreme Northern Idaho was 130 pounds. The Spokesman Review has a new article on this. Actual wolf weights often skimpier…

  • ID Fish and Game shows they are turning Idaho's wolf plan into one like Wyoming's

    Ralph Maughan

    Leaked memo shows massive effort coming to kill off Idaho wolves- The memo below from Cal Groen, Director of the Idaho Fish and Game Department confirms my call about six months ago that the Department was working with, or told to work with livestock interests to devise a method for a massive wolf reduction program.…

  • Initial Estimates Indicate Idaho's Wolf Population DECLINED

    Ken Cole

    First Decline Since Reintroduction In Testimony to the Senate Resource and Environment Committee on January 18th Jim Unsworth, Deputy Director of the Idaho Fish and Game, said that the Idaho wolf population is about 800 animals which is down from last year’s estimate of 846. This would be the first decline seen in the wolf…

  • Middle Fork Salmon River wolf hunting zone now closed

    Ken Cole

    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 the…

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