Post by: Track-er on May 06, 2011, 08:53:12 PM
The state wildlife agency started selling tags for $11.50 Idaho residents Thursday, one day after the predators were taken off the endangered species list.
Out-of-state hunters will have to shell out $186 for a wolf permit.
As of 2 p.m. Friday, Fish and Game officials said 214 resident tags had been sold and seven non-resident tags had been purchased.
The decision to delist puts wolves under state management, and Idaho officials are now setting quotas and rules for this season's wolf hunt.
Hunters took the backcountry two years ago to hunt wolves after the predators were delisted the first time. Hunters killed 188 wolves during that first public hunt, short of the state limit of 220.
Officials in Montana are also gearing up for a wolf hunt this fall.