Montana Wolves. Proposed quota change

[mt terry d]

Note that the quota was not filled last year. 308 wolves taken.

Regarding biological vs social "carrying levels", if they want to "manage" to social levels then
the legislature should eliminate ALL jobs relating to biological studies.

*Edit*. I don't know how raising the quote will help unless there are quite a few guys limiting out.
That would surprise me.

How about trying bounties, year long open season, poison, ariel hunting, etc?



Wolf report from 0:00 to 3:20

 

[Dan Carey]

Open season on them and I will come spend months in Montana.

 

[ElDiablito]

Make Your Voice Count on Aug 21 - Support Responsible Wolf Management

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is proposing to raise the statewide wolf harvest quota to 500 and allow each hunter/trapper up to 15 wolves. Why? State law (SB314, 2021) tells FWP to reduce wolf numbers, now ~1,200—triple the 400 wolves the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service said Montana habitat could...

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[Jon Boy]

I can’t count the number of wolves I could have whacked if the season opened aug 15 or even sept 1 with a rifle. When they’re still chasing elk in the alpine before the elk drop into the timber

 

[lager]

Season is open year round for shoot and release !

 

[Lawnboi]

Atleast you don’t have the opposite problem.

Last wi wolf hunt ended with a significant amount over quota being taken. And lasted like a day.

And to this day we can’t hunt them because of politics.

 

[Dust Rider]

Aug 1 start date to help drop the numbers.

 

[S.Clancy]

I commented on this during the season setting meetings in June.

To me, this is politics. We don't fill the quotas as is, what's the point of increasing them?

I believe it also significantly increases the chance the State gets sued and doesn't win if our quotas don't make biological sense.

I just see this as political pandering to a group of people that love complaining about wolves but are really bad at actually killing them.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I think opening the season to run concurrently with spring bear would move the needle a bit as well. I’ve had multiple opportunities on wolves while hunting in the spring, not so much once September rolls around.
I agree, I’m not sure how upping quotas that don’t get filled is supposed to help.

 

[MTguy0341]

I didn’t see in the proposal that it lengthens the trapping season due to the judge. Sure a few more wolves will be killed but without extending the trapping the quota will not be met.

 

[insanelupus]

The one thing about the new proposal which did seem beneficial is the ability to hunt wolves (plural) with the purchase of one tag. The revenue drop, if I recall, was less than $50k. But dropping the requirement to have an individual tag for each wolf does seem beneficial to the hunter/ trapper.

 

[2ski]

The one thing about the new proposal which did seem beneficial is the ability to hunt wolves (plural) with the purchase of one tag. The revenue drop, if I recall, was less than $50k. But dropping the requirement to have an individual tag for each wolf does seem beneficial to the hunter/ trapper.

Why should this be a thing? And $50k is still $50k. It probably pays for over 50% of one warden's salary.

 

[doc holiday13]

Open season on them and I will come spend months in Montana.

Yeah. I would definitely spend time MT if there were longer seasons or no seasons

 

[Axlrod]

Yeah. I would definitely spend time MT if there were longer seasons or no seasons

So you would come to Montana and hunt wolves if the season was 12 months long? But the fact that it only lasts 6.5 months you don't?

 

[Dawg In Montana]

Colorado has proposed to buy all the wolves that Montana will sell them at $1M each.

 

[wyogoat]

I would actually believe this….

Colorado has proposed to buy all the wolves that Montana will sell them at $1M each.

 

[FunkEyeMissed]

I would put in a lot of effort to learn more about hunting wolves if it ran concurrently with spring bear for sure

 

[TheTone]

For those of you wishing for longer seasons, you realize Idaho is year round and no limit on tags

 

[bayoublaster7527]

This may all be a moot point. States could likely lose management authority. Federal activist judge just ruled that U.S. FWS violated the law when they denied endangered species protections for wolves.

 

[doc holiday13]

So you would come to Montana and hunt wolves if the season was 12 months long? But the fact that it only lasts 6.5 months you don't?

I would be hunting spring time for bears. The lack of wolf season during spring was actually a deciding factor this year