The Barbarism continues in Montana

Sportsmen's group aims to encourage wolf hunting in southwestern Montana by giving away rifle

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   November 28, 2011

HAMILTON, Mont. — A southwestern Montana sportsmen's group is hoping to encourage wolf hunting in the Bitterroot Valley by holding a drawing for a rifle from among the names of those who successfully bag a wolf in December.
The drawing is an effort to fill quotas set for wolves in two areas where elk populations have been declining, Ravalli County Fish and Wildlife Association President Tony Jones told the Ravalli Republic (http://bit.ly/vgCf89 ).
"It's been a long, hard-fought battle to get a wolf season in this state," Jones said. "We have a legal quota set by (Fish, Wildlife and Parks), and now our next step is to make sure that we fill it."

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99 wolves killed so far in Montana less than half of quota

By NICK GEVOCK Montana Standard | Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 1

PERRY BACKUS/Ravalli Republic

 

(Wonder how this jerk would feel if HE was the one being hunted?--wiinterrr's comment)

 

  Dustin Nielson of Darby's Big Bear Taxidermy examines a wolf pelt from Alaska. Nielson hopes that this year's wolf hunting season will mean more work for the Darby shop where local business has dropped with the recent decline in elk numbers.

BUTTE - Hunters across Montana had killed less than half the quota of wolves set by state biologists as of Sunday, the end of rifle season for deer and elk.
The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks had recorded that hunters had shot 99 wolves by Sunday across 14 management units. The quota was reached in only one wolf district, the large unit that stretches from just east of Butte to the North Dakota state line.
But the total wolf kill lags well behind the 220 statewide quota state biologists set this year. The target wolf kill is the number needed to reduce predation on game animals and cut down on attacks on livestock, state biologists said.
With many hunters packing away their rifles for the season, state biologists are waiting to see how many keep going into the field, said Quentin Kujala, FWP wildlife section chief.

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