This picture provided by Robert Millage shows Millage, 34, of Kamiah, posing with the first reported wolf killed in Idaho today - the opening day of the state's 2009 season.

Robert Millage of Kamiah shot a wolf shortly after dawn Tuesday in the Lochsa area and may have been the first to claim success in the state's wolf hunt. Millage, a real estate agent, said he was surrounded by a pack of wolves before dawn and waited until light to call them with a hand call that sounded like a wounded coyote. The wolf came fast to him 25 yards before Millage shot him with his .243 rifle. "The whole area is lousy with them," Millage said. "But I guess it was the luck of the draw." Millage said he had not seen many hunters/Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman. More here.