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Idaho wolf hunt results
« on: September 01, 2009, 04:34:50 PM »
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First dead wolf?
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 04:39:31 PM »
Shot and tagged the first 1/2 hour of the season this morning by a friend of a friend.
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2009, 04:41:04 PM »
 :kneel: :kneel: :kneel:
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 04:42:05 PM »
That will make either a nice wall rug or a great hat and some nice ruff for a winter parka.
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2009, 04:43:19 PM »
Here is the article from the Missoulian.

Idaho logs first wolf kill
Story Discussion By Todd Dvorak of the Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:35 pm | 1 Comment

Font Size: Default font size Larger font size BOISE, Idaho - Gray wolves were back in hunters' crosshairs Tuesday, just months after they were removed from the federal endangered species list and eight decades since being hunted to extinction across the Northern Rockies.

Hunters in Idaho began stalking gray wolves in a handful of districts in the central and northern mountains. Shortly after dawn, an Idaho real estate agent became the first to report a kill.

Robert Millage of the lumber town of Kamiah bagged an adult female from 25 yards away in the mountains near the Lochsa River, state officials said.

"I just wanted to beat my buddies to the punch, but I didn't know I'd beaten everybody in the state," said Millage, 34, who has hunted in Idaho for 22 years. "It was really an adrenaline rush to have those wolves all around me, howling and milling about after I fired the shot."

It remained unclear, however, just how much longer hunters would have to thin the wolf population in Idaho and Montana, which is scheduled to open its season in two weeks.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Montana was expected to rule soon on a request by environmental groups to stop the hunts in both states.

"The human population successfully eradicated wolves from this region in the early part of the 20th century, and it would be a true shame after all the efforts that went into recovery if that happened again," said Jenny Harbine, an attorney for Earthjustice, a plaintiff in the case.

An estimated 1,650 of the animals now live in the Northern Rockies thanks to a controversial reintroduction program that started in 1995.

Idaho set a quota of 220 wolves for this hunting season as part of its plan for managing the wolf population. The quota is 75 in Montana.

Idaho officials say they have no idea how many hunters headed into the woods to track the predators. State rules require hunters to notify game officials within 24 hours of a wolf kill and present the skull and pelt to wardens within five days.

So far, Idaho has sold more than 10,700 wolf permits, mostly to hunters who will head to the backcountry next month when elk and deer season begins. Hunters in Montana snatched up more than 2,600 tags on Monday, the first day of sales for the upcoming hunt.

The wolves were removed from the endangered species list in those states just four months ago. The environmental groups fear there aren't enough state protections in place to maintain their comeback.

The creatures were once abundant across North America, but by the 1930s had been largely exterminated outside Alaska and Canada.

About 300 wolves in Wyoming are still under federal protection because the government has not approved the state's management plan.

Last year, about a dozen wolves were killed in Wyoming during a brief period when the state management plan declared wolves wandering outside established recovery zones could be shot and killed on sight. That policy was later scrapped by a federal judge.

Idaho officials and hunting guides say the opening weeks of the season are likely to be slow.

Outfitters said they are not booking trips for hunters exclusively looking to bag a wolf. But guides are encouraging clients to buy wolf tags to have handy when tracking deer and elk later this fall.

"Any success we have with wolves will be more of a happenstance sort of thing," said Richard Huff, a guide for Silver Spur Outfitters and Lodge near Grangeville.

Wolves are difficult to track because they move 30 to 50 miles a day, and hunters can't use bait or artificial calls.

"But I can tell you if I see one it's going to be adios," Huff said.

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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2009, 04:44:42 PM »
That thing would make for a great start on a fur coat for my wife :chuckle:
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2009, 04:45:24 PM »
Couple more pics
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Re: wolf kill
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2009, 04:46:10 PM »
good article
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2009, 04:49:29 PM »
They still look pretty flat coated.  I hope the season lasts long enough to see some prime fur taken; that wolf will  not make much of a coat, but it would be cool to be the #1 harvest!

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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 04:52:37 PM »
Well done!!
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2009, 05:14:21 PM »
well it's a start... 1 down... what 1500 to go :chuckle:
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2009, 05:16:19 PM »
right on
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2009, 05:17:59 PM »
I'm pretty happy to see this, thought it would never happen!!!   :)
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2009, 05:21:18 PM »
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2009, 05:25:59 PM »
truly an american heroe............... ;)

bet he will have a multitude of magazines contacting him for the story
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Re: wolf kill
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2009, 05:30:14 PM »
 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2009, 05:53:22 PM »
wonder how many death threats this guy is gonna get now from the peta wackos :pee:
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2009, 05:54:52 PM »
Quote from: saylean on September 01, 2009, 05:53:22 PM
wonder how many death threats this guy is gonna get now from the peta wackos :pee:

Who cares. They need to get a life in a bad way, friggin losers!!
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Re: First dead wolf?
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2009, 05:56:01 PM »
I wonder what the story was with it...if he called it in or what...
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2009, 07:28:49 PM »
saylean  this is from the Idaho Statesman

not familiar with wounded coyote, but makes scents wolves hate other Canidis.


Robert Millage of Kamiah said he was surrounded by a pack of wolves before dawn and waited until light to call them with a hand call that sounded like a wounded coyote. The 80-pound female wolf came fast to him 25 yards before Millage shot her with his .243 rifle in the Lolo Zone.
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2009, 07:33:44 PM »
Quote from: denali on September 01, 2009, 07:28:49 PM
saylean  this is from the Idaho Statesman

not familiar with wounded coyote, but makes scents wolves hate other Canidis.


Robert Millage of Kamiah said he was surrounded by a pack of wolves before dawn and waited until light to call them with a hand call that sounded like a wounded coyote. The 80-pound female wolf came fast to him 25 yards before Millage shot her with his .243 rifle in the Lolo Zone.
I was about to post that...you beat me denali.  Nonetheless, who thinks there's gonna be some wounded coyote sounds ringing through the woods over there?   ;) :chuckle:
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2009, 07:40:36 PM »
Nice! 
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2009, 07:47:33 PM »
It was a female wolf too, BONUS!!!!  Two were reportedly taken today.  I'm with Wacoyotehunter, I would MUCH rather take a winter pelt.  The trapper in me cringes when an animal taken only for it's pelt is so thinly haired.  However when I'm over there in Oct hunting and I have an opportunity I will be harvesting one as well!!  However since the season doesn't open for my area, the Panhandle, until 1 Oct they should be better furred by then.
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2009, 07:58:33 PM »
Quote from: denali on September 01, 2009, 07:28:49 PM
saylean  this is from the Idaho Statesman

not familiar with wounded coyote, but makes scents wolves hate other Canidis.


Robert Millage of Kamiah said he was surrounded by a pack of wolves before dawn and waited until light to call them with a hand call that sounded like a wounded coyote. The 80-pound female wolf came fast to him 25 yards before Millage shot her with his .243 rifle in the Lolo Zone.

Thanks Denali, I read that after I followed the links, instead of just lookin at the pics. How very cool! What an experience that must have been!
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2009, 03:43:11 PM »
Man that must be the happiest day in his hunting life.  Did he custom make that hand call?  I dont beleive i have ever seen that call on the market. :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2009, 03:16:53 PM »
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #26 on: October 01, 2009, 05:18:55 PM »
For those of you who wanted the Robert's story on this it is in the October / November Issue of Eastmans Hunting Journal.
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Re: Idaho wolf hunt results
« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2009, 10:02:31 PM »
Quote from: HUNT on October 01, 2009, 05:18:55 PM
For those of you who wanted the Robert's story on this it is in the October / November Issue of Eastmans Hunting Journal.

Just read it, very good article!!
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