In 2007, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter told cheering, camouflage-bedecked hunters at a snowy rally on the Statehouse steps, "I'm prepared to bid for that first ticket to shoot a wolf myself." But it turns out no bidding is necessary - for Idaho's first public wolf…
Gov. Butch Otter, through spokesman Jon Hanian, had this reaction to the Fish & Game Commission's decision today to have hunters go after 25 percent of Idaho's wolves: "We support the decision that was made by the commissioners today, and the governor has supreme and…
Panhandle region Fish & Game Commissioner Tony McDermott said wolves are not easy to hunt, and though the commission has set a quota allowing up to 220, or 25 percent, of Idaho's wolves to be shot by hunters starting in September, "We'll be lucky to…
Idaho will start selling tags next Monday for its first-ever public wolf hunt, to give hunters from both inside and outside the state a shot at up to 220 of Idaho's wolves, or about 25 percent. Idaho's Fish and Game Commission set the numbers for…
Idaho's Fish & Game Commission has voted 4-3 against its most aggressive option for the state's first public wolf hunt, which called for letting hunters kill 49 percent of the state's wolf population, or 430 wolves statewide. They're now debating a second option, for 25…
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