Saturday, July 9, 2011

The Specs on Idaho's 2011 Proposed Wolf Hunt

Posted: Jul 08, 2011 7:12 PM CDT Updated: Jul 08, 2011 7:19 PM CDT
Boise, Idaho --- Idaho's Department Fish and Game published its proposal for a "carefully regulated general hunting season" on Friday.
Plans call for the proposal to be finalized on July 27th at the IDFG Commission meeting in Salmon.
Director Virgil Moore says the 2011 hunting season proposal would allow Idaho hunters to take up to two wolves each, while trappers in the Gem State would be allowed to take up to three wolves.
Moore says the hunt is necessary to control the state's growing population of wolves.
"What we're trying to do is ensure that we can relieve both social and biological conflicts where we have more wolves than are needed, Moore said.
Under the proposal, Idaho's 2011 Wolf Hunting season would extend from August 30th to March 31st.  Hunters could use rifles, handguns, shotguns, and bows to pursue them.
Wolf trapping would be permitted from December 1st to February 15th.

Wolf tags are currently priced at $11.50 for residents and $31.75 for nonresidents.

Top wildlife officials did not release the exact number of wolves hunters would be allowed to kill in Idaho's 2011 hunt, because there is officially no statewide limit listed in the proposal.
However, harvest limits for certain zones do exist, with the Sawtooth, Salmon, Island Park, Beaverhead and Southern Mountain regions included.
Trapping restrictions would also be enforced in the proposal, with the Salmon, McCall-Weiser, Sawtooth, Southern Mountain, Beaverhead, Island Park, and Southern Idaho regions all closed to trapping.
According to Moore, state biologists would utilize an electronic monitoring system to ensure the harvest limits stay within federal limits in every zone, and hunters would be required to report wolves taken within 72 hours of the initial kill.
"We'll be able to monitor real-time what's going on with harvest mortality on wolves so that we can make adjustments if we see more harvest than is appropriate in any zone," Moore said.
Other Wolf Hunting Season Proposals:
  • Standard hunting season dates statewide: Aug 30 - Mar 31, except for Aug 30 - Dec 31 in Island Park and Beaverhead wolf management zones.
  • Hunters may buy 2 tags per calendar year.
  • Bag limit: No person may take more than one wolf per legal tag in his or her possession.
  • Wolf seasons are Any-Weapon seasons.
  • Electronic calls may be used statewide.
  • Wolves may be taken incidentally during fall bear baiting.
  • Reduced-price nonresident wolf tags ($31.75) in Lolo, Selway, and Middle Fork Wolf zones, consistent w/ nonresident bear and lion tag prices.
  • Hunters must report killing a wolf within 72 hours. Hunters must present skull and hide to IDFG office within 10 days.
  • The wolf season closes when the harvest limit for that zone is reached or the season closing date, whichever comes first
For more information, visit the IDFG website:  http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/wolf/huntTable.cfm

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