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November 2, 2009 in Region
Wolf hunting closed in eastern Idaho zone
BOISE — Hunters reached the five-wolf limit in eastern Idaho’s Upper Snake Wolf Zone, prompting state wildlife managers to close the season there.
Two other zones were also approaching their limits Monday.
In the McCall-Weiser Zone, with a limit of 15 wolves, 14 wolves have been taken.
And in the Palouse-Hells Canyon Zone, with a limit of five, two have been taken, leaving three.
Across Idaho, wildlife managers are allowing hunters to shoot a total of 220 wolves, but in 12 different hunting zones.
So far, 86 wolves have been killed statewide.
Hunters haven’t been so successful in some regions where managers had hoped to see them reduce wolf numbers.
For instance, in the Lolo Zone, where wolves and poor habitat have been blamed for reducing elk numbers, the wolf limit is 27 animals, but hunters there have only killed five of the predators.
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gregbaker on November 02 at 4:52 p.m.
This goes to show some people will shoot at and kill just about anything given the chance. The killing culture around here is astounding. When I read about such people killing wolves and other creatures, I lose faith and hope in the evolution of mankind.
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maria on November 02 at 6:36 p.m.
gregbaker: It sickens me, too. But in the end we will all face our maker and have to account for our actions.
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CheckingItOut on November 02 at 9:09 p.m.
I will never understood why some people believe they should kill animals because the people want to take over the land on which the animals have roamed for centuries. Stop putting your livestock on land that is habitat for wolves and other creatures and then complaining your livestock is getting killed.
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jp on November 05 at 10:35 p.m.
get real city slickers. you wouldnt survive five min out in the woods. actually i take that back you wouldn't survive one min with all the wolves now!
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