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MT: Plenty of wolf-hunt opportunities still available

The Daily Inter Lake

Wolf hunting ends today in one Northwest Montana hunting district, while another district has reopened to wolf hunting.

Wolf Management Unit 101 in Lincoln and Flathead counties closes to hunting tonight because the 19-wolf quota for the area was reached.

However, hunting has reopened in Wolf Management Unit 130 (an area that includes the Swan Valley and the Middle and South Forks of the Flathead River) because the last wolf killed there was an illegal harvest and will not count against the quote.

In that district, there is the opportunity to take one wolf.

Across Northwest Montana, about 75 percent of the overall wolf quota has been met in Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1. A total of 54 wolves have been taken of the regional quota of 71.

Regional Wildlife Manager Jim Williams said good wolf hunting opportunities remain.

“Hunters may not realize that the Thompson River area (south of Highway 2) is in Wolf Management Unit 121 along with the Lower Clark Fork,” Williams said in a news release. “This is a good, accessible area for wolf hunting, and there are still eight wolves left in the quota for that district.”

Farther west and north there are still six wolves left in the quota for Wolf Management Unit 100, which includes the Yaak River Valley and the Purcell Mountains north of Libby. In the North Fork Flathead area, there is one wolf left in the quota.

Williams reminded hunters that a wolf harvest must be reported within 12 hours of harvest by calling 877-397-9453 or 1-877-FWP-WILD. Check the agency website, http://fwp.mt.gov, for quota updates or call 1-800-385-7826.

Statewide, at least 122 wolves have been killed by hunters so far this year, out of a statewide quota of 220.

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