Gray wolf killed in Iowa?

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Front page headline of local paper yesterday, "DNA testing to determine whether large canine shot in Guthrie County is gray wolf". Very interesting indeed!
 

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Wouldn't take much for one to make it down there from Wisconsin or Minnesota.
Years ago a guy shot a mule deer buck in Amery Wisconsin.
Critters move
 
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According to the article, the DNR biologist estimated the canine weighed 80 pounds. A few notes:

-Sometimes hard to tell if even with an external exam whether it is a true wild gray wolf or a hybrid. The former are protected the latter are not.
-From past DNA tissue samples, Iowa gets the occasional visiting dispersing wolf from the Great Lake population- WI, MI, or MN, not the Western Rocky Mountains
-There have been confirmed sightings, killings, and trapping of true gray wolves in Iowa in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021
-DNR encourages (emphasizes) that coyote hunters spend extra time knowing their targets to avoid cases of mistaken identity.
 

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According to the article, the DNR biologist estimated the canine weighed 80 pounds. A few notes:

-Sometimes hard to tell if even with an external exam whether it is a true wild gray wolf or a hybrid. The former are protected the latter are not.
-From past DNA tissue samples, Iowa gets the occasional visiting dispersing wolf from the Great Lake population- WI, MI, or MN, not the Western Rocky Mountains
-There have been confirmed sightings, killings, and trapping of true gray wolves in Iowa in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021
-DNR encourages (emphasizes) that coyote hunters spend extra time knowing their targets to avoid cases of mistaken identity.
mistaken identity. Nope, definitely a coyote. :)
 

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A mountain lion was killed in Iowa just a few days ago by a coon hunter. Non native game to that state are not protected. In the case of lions anyway, hopefully wolves too.
 
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A quick google search showed several wolves killed there.
According to the article, the DNR biologist estimated the canine weighed 80 pounds. A few notes:

-There have been confirmed sightings, killings, and trapping of true gray wolves in Iowa in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021
-DNR encourages (emphasizes) that coyote hunters spend extra time knowing their targets to avoid cases of mistaken identity.
 
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