Quota Set for Wisconsin's Fall Wolf Hunt

Thursday, August 12th, 2021 -- 9:16 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) A quota has been set for this fall’s wolf hunt in Wisconsin.

The Natural Resources Board voted 5-2 Wednesday to set aside a Department of Natural Resources recommendation to cap fall wolf hunting kills at 130, and set the quota instead at 300.

However, Wisconsin’s Chippewa tribes are entitled by treaty to claim up to half of the quota, but do not hunt the animal which they consider to be sacred.

That could mean only about 150 wolves for state-licensed hunters to kill. A court-ordered season in February was capped at 119 kills, but hunters and trappers killed 218 wolves before it was shut down.

The state’s wolf population is estimated to be around 1,000. The DNR’s 1999 management plan set a population goal of 350.

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