Wolf

Hunters already are closing in on killing their annual limit of wolves in northwest Wyoming.

Hunters have killed half the allowable number of wolves in a trophy hunting area bordering Yellowstone National Park.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says the quota in another wolf area has been met and will be closed for the remainder of the season.

Wyoming's second wolf hunting season started this week and the state has lowered the quota of wolves available for hunters to kill.

Got this note and a couple of pictures from a friend driving Hwy 220 this morning. Spotted this wolf at 6:45 AM this morning along Hwy 220 just west of the Alcova Lakeshore Drive turnoff.    

A lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups challenging the federal government's decision to transfer wolf management to the state of Wyoming should be heard in the state, a federal judge has ruled.

Hunters didn't take all the wolves they were allowed to during Wyoming's wolf hunting season.

Wyoming's wolf hunting season ends Monday.