One down 219 to go in Montana wolf season

[bigngreen]

I thought so also till I re-read the regs, I added the bold.


Wolves are excluded from being considered as “suitable
for food”. A person that harvests a wolf and wishes to retain
possession of the hide and head must personally present the
hide and skull with evidence of sex naturally attached to a
designated FWP employee within ten (10) days after harvest.
The remaining carcass may be taken in possession or be left
in the fi eld as per Montana law.

As a prerequisite to retain possession of the hide and skull,
a hunter must personally present the hide and skull to a
designated FWP employee within ten (10) days after harvest
for the purpose of:
- inspection and registration of kill.
- verify evidence of sex.
- tagging the hide. The hide tag must thereafter remain attached
to the hide until tanned.

[elktaxi1]

yea i see that too we just called helena to see if there is anywayto change the system. they are looking in to it but it will have to go before the commision and they will have to validate the tags are not being filled. they were already awere this might turn into a problem. the guys going to call me back later wiyh some anserwers. be interesting to see were it all goes.

[bigngreen]

It won't be hard all they have to do is check the ALS and if they've only ever purchased a wolf tag ever then they can do a kill site verification then they got them on calling in a false report. If they look up ALS numbers and history it will give a clear picture of real hunter vs non.

[cowboy]

Originally Posted by bigngreen

It won't be hard all they have to do is check the ALS and if they've only ever purchased a wolf tag ever then they can do a kill site verification then they got them on calling in a false report. If they look up ALS numbers and history it will give a clear picture of real hunter vs non.

Now that is good practical thinking - lets hope our G&F does the same.

[MT4XFore]

According to the FWP site, there have been 8 wolves taken in MT so far.

[GoArmy]

I'm hunting southwest Montana next month, 4th week of rifle. I thought about getting a wolf tag, but after seeing how much they are for nonresidents ($350) I decided not to. It would suck if I got one now, and got out there next month and the quota had been met.