If you would like to hunt the backcountry areas, which opens Sep 15th, you will need to get on the phone early in Dec before they sell out. Its a great area, but in the past couple years we havent been seeing the game we used to see prior to the releasing of the wolves. Yes, I assure you, they are there. We have come across random Elk/Deer/Moose carcasses that we never saw before. Not to mention, we had a wolf howling outside out wall tent one night. It made for an intersting night to say the least.