Wolf Watch


WOLF WATCH 
188

 

wolves killed during Idaho's wolf hunt
statewide limit: 220
season ended: 3/31/10

Current News:

Wolves Relisted 08/05/10

 Conservation groups protecting wolves have a huge leg up.  U.S. district judge Donald Molloy put wolves in the west back on the Endangered Species List.The move stops all wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana this fall. Molloy says last year's move to take wolves off the list in Idaho and Montana and keep them on the list in Wyoming doesn't stand. It's an all or nothing deal, with all on the list being the rule this time around in court proceedings.

More stats:

Idaho Fish & Game sold 30,619 resident wolf tags and 781 nonresident tags for the seven-month season that ran from September 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

Of the wolves taken, 58 percent were male, and 15 percent were juveniles less than one year old. Resident hunters took about 86 percent of the wolves. Twelve of the wolves checked in wore radio collars. 

Most of the wolves were shot in October and the fewest in January. Two wolves were taken in the Southern Idaho zone, and 49 were taken in the Sawtooth zone.

At the end of 2009, Idaho had a minimum of 843 wolves in 94 packs, and 49 packs are considered breeding pairs. The average pack size was 7.8 wolves. A total of 142 wolves are radio-collared. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission objective is to manage wolves at the 2005 population level when the year ended with 518 wolves.