Idaho’s wolf hunting season begins Friday and runs through the end of March in parts of the state, and through the end of June in others. It’s Idaho’s longest hunting season. A few spots in Idaho’s panhandle have year-round wolf hunting. Trapping season starts in November for most of the state.
Hunters and trappers killed more than 300 wolves in Idaho during the 2012-2013 season.
The season that begins Friday marks the fourth time Idaho has had a managed wolf hunt. The first happened when wolves were removed from the endangered species list in 2009. The following year they were put back on the list. Hunting resumed for 2011-2012 when they were again de-listed.
Idaho’s Department of Fish and Game estimated 683 wolves were in the state at the end of last year. While wolf numbers are down in Idaho since hunting began, wolf depredations on livestock rose last year.
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