States really need to start using the law!! Throw the book at these Hunters!!! They are supposed to identify what they are looking at before KILLING IT!! DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources say testing has confirmed two large canines that were shot in Iowa over the winter have been positively identified as wolves. One of …
DNR investigates possible illegal wolf hunting
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating two possible illegal shootings of wolves, both by hunters who had thought the animals were coyotes. In the last week of December, a deer hunter in Van Buren County shot and killed what he thought was a coyote from about 100 yards away, said Kevin Baskins, DNR spokesman. In November, a hunter …
Official: Wolves could wander into North Iowa
CLEAR LAKE | A possible wolf shooting in northwest Iowa last weekend is an extremely rare event, but an increase in the species populations in other states might mean a wolf could wander into North Iowa, an official says. Samples from the 98-pound wolf-like animal shot on Saturday by a coyote hunter in Osceola County will be analyzed to determine …