Canadian Wolf down in Idaho

[BIGINNER]

Are you sure this happened in canada, I recieved the following email from a pretty reliable source in Idaho, sounded like it happened in Idaho?

Shane is the one whos hounds were eaten in the clearwater....

"This wolf came running toward Rene last night to attack her.  She had to drop her bow & pull her pistol.  She shot it in the head about 10 feet from her.  She had to shoot it a couple more times to actually kill it.  CRAZY!  This – not even a week after Shane’s dogs were killed by wolves."

My friend is out of Idaho too, i'm pretty sure it was Idaho, they just called it a Canadian Wolf.

thats what they usually call them,  canadian wolves: the non-native subspecies that was introduces into idaho and yellowstone.

[Machias]

Are you sure this happened in canada, I recieved the following email from a pretty reliable source in Idaho, sounded like it happened in Idaho?

Shane is the one whos hounds were eaten in the clearwater....

"This wolf came running toward Rene last night to attack her.  She had to drop her bow & pull her pistol.  She shot it in the head about 10 feet from her.  She had to shoot it a couple more times to actually kill it.  CRAZY!  This – not even a week after Shane’s dogs were killed by wolves."

Crap, I know who that is, I need to call him.  We just had a looooong conversation a month and a half ago about how bad things have gotten around Headquarters.  I didn't put two and two together.  This blows even more now.   

[bearpaw]

I adjusted the topic title to read:  Canadian Wolf down in Idaho

[Seatown5]

I just cant believe how damn big they are

[Lowedog]

This story should get some real travel time.  A google search turns up a crap load of stuff all over the entire net already. 

Here is an article with the hunters account of what happened. 

http://lmtribune.com/mobile/article_589437ee-418a-5f10-ba30-5486eb51584f.html

Idaho hunters bag 30 wolves
FOUR HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THIS REGION
By ERIC BARKER of the Tribune | Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:00 am
Through Wednesday morning, Idaho hunters killed 30 wolves, including four in the state's Clearwater Region.
Five each have been harvested in the Panhandle and Island Park wolf-hunting zones at opposite ends of the state and seven in central Idaho's Sawtooth Zone. In the Clearwater, one wolf has been shot in the Palouse-Hells Canyon Zone and three in the Dworshak-Elk City Zone.
Rene Anderson of Headquarters shot a male wolf with a .44 caliber handgun while bow hunting near her home Sunday. Anderson said she didn't set out to kill a wolf but felt compelled to when the animal made her uncomfortable. She had done a little cow calling about a half-hour before and was working to get to one of her favorite spots. Her eye caught some movement and she thought it was a wolf.
"I kind of ran over the hill," she said. "He apparently seen me and I stopped and he was coming directly at me and kept going so I just laid down my bow and picked up my pistol and I shot him in the head about 10 feet away."
The wolf was close enough and seemingly determined enough that the experience spooked her. She said it clearly saw her and should have known she was human.
"The reason it bothered me so bad is the wind was at my back. I was sweating and the wind was blowing right at him."
She normally doesn't carry her .44 but her husband convinced her to take it. Anderson said she would have preferred to shoot a wolf later in the year when the weather is cold and the animals have their winter coats.
"This is the warm season. The hair is falling out. You got to wait for the cold season when it is long and pretty. I wouldn't have done it except that it was a scary situation."
The wolf season in Idaho opened in late August and runs through March 31 in much of the state but lasts until June 30 in the Lolo and Selway zones. Hunters can kill up to two wolves per calendar year and trappers can take up to five. There is no quota on the number of wolves that can be killed in the state. However, some hunting zones have individual quotas. Updated wolf harvest totals are posted on the Idaho Fish and Game website at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/?getpage=121.
Barker may be contacted at ebarker@lmtribune.com or at (208) 848-2273.