mightyhunter
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Idaho wolf populations remain stable despite higher mortality
2020 was the second-year of statewide wolf population estimates based on remote camera surveys.
bonnercountydailybee.com
I read this article about wolf management and mortality from the adjoining State of Idaho. Although, I am not convinced that Idaho is a state to emulate when it comes to fish and game management, it would appear that IDFG is miles ahead of Wyoming when it comes to knowledge of and the management of the wolf. They have been at it a lot longer than Wyoming, because Idaho and Montana were the first states to have the wolf delisted from the ESA. Idaho was also the first state to allow trapping as a management tool. Idaho has the same goal as Wyoming in keeping the population in the state at no less than 150 wolves.
Is Wyoming G&F more conservative in their estimates of wolf populations because of the way in which they were delisted in the state?
Is Wyoming devoting enough resources to wolf management?
Is their a reason why quotas set in the trophy zone areas of Wyoming are not consistently being met?
Does Wyoming have a lot fewer wolves than Idaho? If so, why is that?
Is hunting wolves an efficient way to manage populations?
Would the use of trapping be something that Game and Fish in Wyoming should look at?
Should Game and Fish in Wyoming consider dropping the wolf tag fees for residents and nonresident hunters in the state?
I have lived in both Idaho and Wyoming for my entire adult life. I have a lifetime hunting license in Idaho but have only used it a few times over the last 20+ years that I have lived in Wyoming. Although the deer and elk seasons are very long in Idaho, I have never found the hunting to be all that great.
I didn't post this thread to be bashed by the usual clowns. I am interested in what others think on the subject. just sayin...mh