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Predator Hunting

NC Red Wolf Reintroduction Area Update

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold two public hearings in February to receive comments on permanent rules regarding conditional coyote hunting in the five-county red wolf reintroduction area in northeastern North Carolina and the […]

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Comments to be Received on Red Wolf-Related Rules

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold three public hearings in January to receive comments on rules regarding conditional coyote hunting in the five-county red wolf reintroduction<https://www.fws.gov/redwolf/> area in northeastern North Carolina and the designation […]

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Ice Fishing

ICE FISHING WOLF LAKE

There are two Wolf Lakes in Illinois.  This one is near Chicago just off of Lake Michigan on the Illinois/Indiana state line.  The other one is downstate. Wolf Lake is a 419-acre lake in the […]

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Moot Wolf Hunting Proposals Defeated

As expected, two laws that originally allowed wolf hunting were defeated through today’s moot referendum vote following a one-sided political ad campaign from the anti-hunting Keep Michigan Wolves Protected group, which is primarily financed by […]

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Michigan Anti-Wolf Hunt Measures

The Detroit free Press Reported Today: The president of the Humane Society of the United States is visiting Michigan to support ballot initiatives designed to stop wolf hunting. Wayne Pacelle is joining other activists Tuesday […]

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Predator Hunting

RMEF Donates $25K Toward Wolf Management

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) accepted a $25,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to assist its wolf management plan. “RMEF staunchly supports the science-based state management of wolves and other predators,” said […]

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According to New Wolf Hunt Data

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released new statistics from last season’s public wolf hunt – Michigan’s first – which showed that the majority of wolves taken by hunters were likely from problem packs. […]

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Montana Wolf Management Grant

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) accepted a $25,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to assist its wolf management plan. “RMEF staunchly supports the science-based state management of wolves and other predators,” said […]

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Wolf found in Iowa

thegazette.com first reported: A coyote hunter in February shot a wolf near Fairbank in northwest Buchanan County — the first documented wolf in Iowa since at least 1925, according to the Department of Natural Resources. […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Potential Record Wolfish and Golden Mahseer

During a recent trip to the exotic South American countries of Suriname and Guyana, UK angler Richard Hart racked up no less than 10 potential world records on trahira (Hoplias spp.); also known as wolfish.  […]

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Rare Alaska Wolf May Get Protection

LA Times Reported First: Federal authorities announced Friday that the geographically isolated Alexander Archipelago wolf of southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest may need protection under the Endangered Species Act

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ID Governor Signs Wolf-Control Bill

Missoulian Reported First: Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed a bill to create a state board that will work to control the growth of wolf populations in the state. The Republicaan signed the bill […]

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Predator Hunting

Pellet Gun Killed Wolf

CBS Detroit Reported 1st: A gray wolf that fled Isle Royale National Park across a Lake Superior ice bridge and was found dead on the mainland had been shot with a pellet from an air […]

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Wolf Drags Of Pet Dog

Wolves are getting more and more brave, and here is some footage, via liveleak.com, from Ahousat on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia–which is just north of Washington, that should reinforce the importance of wolf management. […]

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Hunting News

Female Coyotes Can Have Mixed Wolf-Coyote Pups

Scientists have successfully produced hybrid pups between a male western gray wolf and a female western coyote in captivity.  By artificially inseminating a female western coyote with western gray wolf sperm, U.S. Geological Survey scientists […]

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Status in Idaho Wolf Management Case

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed to intervene in a lawsuit by animal rights groups seeking to thwart the management of wolves in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The Idaho Department of Fish […]

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Mexican gray wolf

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During its annual year-end population survey, the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team (IFT) counted a minimum of 83 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico at […]

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RMEF Opposes Idaho Wolf Management Lawsuit

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the Idaho Fish and Game Department (IDFG) in opposition to a lawsuit aimed at stopping the management of wolves in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. […]

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Wolf In Missouri Shot

Reported by the RiverFront Report in Missouri: What are you more afraid of, a coyote wandering around Missouri — or a wolf? In this case, it doesn’t really matter, because the animal on the loose […]

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Big Game Hunting

Wolf-Elk Relationship

The presence of wolves may mean hunters can’t count on finding elk in favorite hunting spots, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there are fewer elk. That was the message from wildlife managers in three Northwest […]

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Minnesota’s wolf population remains strong

The wolf population remains firmly established on Minnesota’s landscape, according to a comprehensive population survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The latest survey results estimate that within Minnesota’s wolf range there were […]

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National Delisting of Gray Wolf

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) extended the public comment period until October 28 on two proposed rules to remove the gray wolf from the List of Threatened and Endangered species. “It is imperative […]

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Predator Hunting

Idaho Wolf Management

Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) accepted a $50,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to assist with its wolf management plan. The funds will increase IDFG’s knowledge of interactions between wolves and elk, and […]

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Wolf Attacks Teen In MN

Wildlife officials on Monday were investigating a reported wolf attack on a 16-year-old boy camping last weekend in northern Minnesota. The attack reportedly occurred early Saturday in a campground along the shore of Lake Winnibigoshish […]

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Grant Helps Wolf Management

A $50,000 grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will assist the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) with its wolf management plan.  The funding will expand WGFD’s knowledge of predator-prey interactions between wolves and […]

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Upper Peninsula Wolf Hunt

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission on Thursday again approved hunting of once-federally protected wolves in the Upper Peninsula under a new state law passed to circumvent a referendum on an earlier hunting law. The commission […]

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RMEF: Great Lakes Wolf Suit

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by several animal rights groups seeking to return gray wolves in the Great Lakes region to the Endangered Species List. If granted, […]

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New Wolf Pairs for Arizona, New Mexico

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) released a pair of Mexican wolves into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area of Arizona on Thursday. In a separate […]

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Predator Hunting

Wolf Delisting a ‘Conservation Success Story’

The federal government’s decision to remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species is grounded in sound science and achieves long-term management objectives for the species, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership […]

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Top 10 Wolf Hunting Tips from RMEF Members

In an online questionnaire about their wolf-hunting experiences, members of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation offer valuable intel that could help more hunters enjoy the challenge and fill their wolf tag this fall. A Top […]

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Oregon: Wolf Program Update

Oregon’s wolf count for 2012: Oregon’s minimum wolf count for 2012 is 53 wolves, including seven packs and at least five breeding pairs. (A pack is four wolves that travel together in winter. A breeding […]