MI: Wolf hunt yields far short of harvest limit
JOHN PEPIN – Journal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE – Michigan’s first state-managed wolf hunt closed Tuesday, with hunters posting results falling far short of the harvest limit of 43 wolves.
The season opened Nov. 15. A total of 1,200 wolf hunting tags were sold at $100 each for state residents and $500 for non-residents. The hunting bag limit was one wolf per hunter for the season and no trapping was allowed.
As of midnight Tuesday, a total of 23 wolves had been killed from three Upper Peninsula wolf management zones. The hunt was designed to lessen wolf conflicts with animals and humans in three areas where non-lethal methods employed by the Michigan Departments of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to deter wolves had not been successful.
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