Wolf

Lance Verhulst isn't saying where he shot the video because he doesn't want people in his elk-hunting spot. officials are confident the animal is a wolf.

The latest population surveys show no significant change in Minnesota's wolf population during the past three winters. Although the new estimate of 2,221 wolves is lower than the previous winter's 2,423.

Officials set up remote trail cameras after receiving reports earlier this year of a large, dark-colored canid, an animal from the family that includes wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals and dogs.

The law nullified two citizen votes last fall that would have prevented wolf hunts. A group called Keep Michigan Wolves Protected filed suit, claiming the law is unconstitutional.

The season when wolves come into conflict with livestock in Eastern Washington has arrived, but the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is ready.

Two congressmen from the Southwest have introduced legislation that they say would protect farmers, ranchers and rural communities in Arizona and New Mexico from economic losses stemming from the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves.

Two wolf attacks in eastern Oregon have left three sheep, one dog and one calf dead.

A 2-year-old male gray wolf is one of two to make its way into the county from a disbursed Imnaha Pack in northeastern Oregon.

Hunting season for wolves ended on March 15. The penalty for killing a wolf out of season is a citation and $1,000 in restitution.

One of the country's best known suppressor brands is making a big push into the hunting market. And what better way to make that move than to take on the forest's most fearsome predator.

Ronell Skinner's business is a rarity, albeit a high-demand industry for wilderness communities. He cleans and prepares wildlife skull mounts using flesh-eating dermestid beetles.

A Wyoming hunter sets his sights on calling in a Yellowstone gray wolf. Many miles and hours on horseback later, he’s staring down the barrel at an alpha dog in hot pursuit of his location.

“It's kind of a unique area in terms of the Continental Divide on the Helena National Forest,” said John Gatchell, MWA conservation director. “It's proximity to rich wildlife habitat and what we've seen showing up with the diversity of life, it's a neat thing for people to get engaged with.”

A high population of wolves and the whims of the courts and public opinion have created an environment where nobody wins — especially the wolves.

When Idaho launched its first wolf season in 2009, Stan Burt was determined to become a wolf hunter. His hard work paid off when he was charged by a pack of wolves this past fall! Here’s his story.

That has sparked conflict because much of the support to bolster the wolf population comes from urban and liberal western Washington, but the negative impacts strike eastern Washington.

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In Wisconsin hunters can use hounds to hunt wolves. Here’s a look at this unique method of wolf hunting.

Alaska wildlife officials have rejected an effort to re-establish a ban on wolf kills near Denali National Park and Preserve.

Idaho officials say 19 wolves have been killed in northern Idaho in an effort to reduce wolf numbers and increase the elk population.

Besides the violations of the hands-off policy, state officials said, other violations ranged from failing to report births and deaths of wolves, transporting wolves without permission, and failing to report a wolf escape in 2011.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is inviting public feedback on an updated plan for managing the state's gray wolves.

While deer numbers have plummeted in many parts of the US, the number of mature deer bagged by hunters has been on the increase. A recent QDMA study details the numbers and the contributing factors.

Trappers in Montana have killed 77 gray wolves and hunters have shot 127 so far this winter, a total of 204 animals, as the season for the animals nears its end.

This well-heeled hamlet north of New York City is embroiled in an increasingly nasty debate that seems oddly out of place amid the stately homes and tony boutiques: What should be done about coyotes?

Residents of Trenton report that coyotes are roaming the streets of the state capital at night. So many have made Princeton their home that the town debated, but ultimately dismissed, the idea of hiring sharpshooters to cull the population.

The survey focuses on animals taken by professional trappers in several counties near Augusta; on tracts across the Savannah River in South Carolina; and from the coastal plains south of Auburn, Alabama.

Gray wolves in Wyoming and three Great Lakes states would lose court-ordered protection under legislation proposed in Congress.

A gray wolf that was shot by a hunter in Utah was the same one spotted in the Grand Canyon area last year, according to federal wildlife officials.