State Ready to Adopt Wolf Quotas for Second Hunt
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 -- 9:22 AM
-The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' board is poised to adopt quotas for the state's second wolf hunt.The DNR has proposed a statewide quota of 275 wolves, up from 201 in last year's inaugural hunt. The state's Chippewa tribes would be entitled to up to 115 wolves.
The proposal calls for issuing 2,750 permits, but the DNR may have to reduce that number to offset the number of wolves the tribes ultimately decide they want. The Chippewa are fiercely opposed to hunting wolves, though. They chose not to kill any of the 85 they were allotted last year.
The Natural Resources Board is set to take up the plan at a meeting today in Wausau.
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