MADISON, Wis. — The state
Assembly is getting ready to vote on a bill that would push the start of
Wisconsin's wolf hunt back by several weeks if the federal government
allows the season to resume.
Under current law, the wolf
hunt begins on Oct. 15 and ends on the last day of February the
following year. Republican Rep. Al Ott's bill would push the start date
back to the first Saturday in November.
Ott has said the current
wolf season conflicts with bird hunters and the hunt begins before
wolves' thick winter coats have grown in fully.
Wisconsin has held three
wolf hunts, with the inaugural hunt taking place in 2012. The federal
government placed Great Lakes wolves back on the endangered species list
in 2014, however, prohibiting the hunts.
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