| Hoping to rest your slippers on bushy wolf skin rug this winter? You’re in luck, but you’ll need to track one of the buggers down first. Thanks to the radio collars used during the reintroduction, and records of numerous livestock kills, plenty of data has been collected to give us a general idea where to start tracking down a gray wolf.
The distribution map above, was generated by Montana Fish and Game.The orginal can be located at http://fwp.mt.gov/content/getItem.aspx?id=37259
The densest populations are in western Montana and basically all of central and northern Idaho. Considering Wyoming is still struggling to get an management plan introduced, and wolves are still listed endangered, you’ll want to stick to Idaho and Montana. If you live in one of these states and hunt deer or elk, you probably already have a pretty good idea where to start. If you don’t, talk to a rancher. Any rancher that grazes cattle in these states would probably be happy to tell you where to find a wolf, and you can bet if you’ve got a tag in your hand they would be most amiable if you ask to hunt on their land.
We’re currently in the process of compiling a list of landowners in Montana and Idaho who are willing to let people hunt wolves on their property. If you’re a land owner, and you would like to report locations of wolf packs on or near your land, or are interested in letting people hunt on your property contact us and we’ll be happy to connect you with a hunter happy to help you out with your wolf problem. Send us a message at http://www.huntwolves.com/contact if your interested.
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