Wisconsin wolf hunting season ends

December 23, 2013 By Bob Meyer 

Wisconsin’s wolf hunting and trapping season officially ended at 5 p.m. on Monday with the closing of the last Wolf Harvest Zone. Zone 3 covering parts of Washburn, Burnett, Rusk, Taylor, Price, Polk and Chippewa Counties had a quota of 71 wolves, the ideal tracking conditions are credited with a dozen wolves being taken on Friday and Saturday so DNR officials decided to close the zone when wolf 64 was taken on Saturday. As of Monday, 67 wolves had been reported from the Zone.

With the closing, all hunters and trappers are advised that any wolves harvested up to 5 p.m. on Monday need to be called in within 24 hours.

The goal was to harvest 251 wolves in the Badger State this year. The state had been divided into six Zones with a quota established for each. The first to reach quota was Zone 2 which was closed on October 23rd. Zones 1 and 5 were closed on October 30th. Zone 4 was closed November 5th and Zone 6 November 7th.

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