Hunters in Idaho have killed 15 wolves so far
BOISE - Idaho Fish and Game says a total of 15 wolves have been killed in Idaho since the start of wolf hunting season.
Idaho Fish and Game says the 15 wolves have been killed in the designated hunting regions in the state - Lolo National Forest, Sawtooths in south central Idaho and the Selway and Middle Fork zones.
One wolf has been killed illegally, Fish and Game says. Witnesses told officers an Eagle man shot the wolf while standing in the road at the back of his pickup truck in the Sand Creek area in Valley County. Fish and Game says the man called the 24-hour wolf harvest reporting line and said he killed the wolf in the Sawtooths.
Wolf hunting will expand statewide Oct. 1. Hunters can kill 220 wolves this season. Fish and Game is tracking the wolf hunt online.
Wolves remain a protected species in Oregon, where packs have established themselves after crossing the Snake River from Idaho. The state killed two wolves suspected of killing livestock in eastern Oregon.
