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New West: Wolf Hunt Turned Out Well

Posted by DFO

Dec. 4, 2009 11:03 a.m. • 0 comments

The fears on both sides of the coin proved overblown. The FWP set a quota of 75 wolves. Some skeptics (myself included) said hunters would have minimal success at harvesting so many of these far-ranging predators in the diverse landscape of western Montana. Others predicted hunter efficiency that would push wolves back toward extinction. Hunters hit their target nearly perfectly with 72 wolves harvested. FWP shut the season down a little early, maintaining a conservative position. This measured, step-by-step approach will be key if this is (as I hope) to be the first of many hunting seasons for wolves under the Big Sky/Chris Marchion, New West. More here.

Question: Are you happy re: the way the wolf hunt in Idaho and Montana played out?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.