http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/04/01/news/wyoming/14df5a030a0d85438725741e00048afb.txt

What I had heard is that all ground south of I-80 (runs through Rock Springs, Rawlins, Cheyenne) was the predator zone, not just the NW part of the state is the managed trophy zone. If true, not sure why that is....maybe that part of the state had better lobbyists?!! Or, Colorado had some lobbyists that wanted the wolves cut off?

A quote from the article:

“I think they’re [wolf hunters] finding just what we figured,” Pollard said. “These wolves are an extremely tough animal to hunt. There was a significant amount of hunters out this weekend, and very few of them were taken.”

That's my concern with Idaho's plans for wolf hunting, during deer and elk season. Not very many are going to be taken. Need to have seasons during Jan & Feb when they'll be harassing concentrated herds on winter range.

The trophy game area just includes those national forests and wilderness areas adjacent to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. The rest of the state is a predator zone, in which wolves can be shot at any time, as long as the kill is reported to the G&F within 10 days. The state of Wyoming fought long and hard to reach this compromise with the Feds. Court challenges still loom ahead from preservationists' groups.

They have finaly taken wolves off the endangered list in Minnesota, but you still can't hunt them. The farmers in northern MN disagree. My cousin has a pack living just outside his deer hunting area and they are getting bad. The DNR says to leave the wolves alone, unless they are harrasing livestock. The farmers are shooting them when they can.

I don't want to see the wolves wiped out. but our lifstyle is not going to coexist very well with them I'm afraid. Lots of people here want to see them, but don't have them killing there dog or cat yet. Some kind of responsible managgment is needed. It's nice to hear some states are already stepping up. Canada lets you shoot all you want from what I hear. Lots less people.

Google earth Lowman Idaho then travel east on HWY 21 toward Stanley about 10 miles. You will find two ponds there just south of the river, they are called Lowman Ponds and are stocked with trout. I have a buddy that lives in that area and was fishing at those ponds last evening. He turned to see a wolf within 30 feet of him ad his young dog coming toward them in a submissive stance, head down tail tucked. In that stance showing no aggression his dog seemed to want to go visit the approaching critter. His dog had started toward the wolf when he spotted it and yelled at his dog. Immediately once he yelled the wolf ran for cover, approximately 80 yards away, I was told. Said it looked to be around 150 Lbs, it's back about as high as his hips or waist, big critter.

It kinda unnerved my buddy to think the critter had no more fear of man than to get that close and he figured it was after his dog for dinner. He had a small 32 we sold him along but is planning on a larger handgun in the near future and wishes he hadn't sold his 44 mag last year. This is the second friend of mine that has seen wolves in that area in the last year, All I have seen was tracks close to there.

I wanna wolf tag!

hmm and here i thought the canadian folks couldn t carry guns..mabe canada is a better place than i thought..
when i heard the folks up there had given up the right to own guns ,,my opinion ofum kinda dropped some..
no wolves ive heard about here in north carolina.