Commission sets wolf hunting regulations, quotas; units tweaked near Yellowstone
Following pressure from Yellowstone National Park and locals living north of the park boundary, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday unanimously adopted an amendment to the wolf and furbearer regulations for the upcoming hunting season that will split Wolf Management Unit 313 – just north of the park boundary – back into two units and only allow three wolves to be killed in each.
The commission also approved another amendment that will again ban the use of telemetry and motion-tracking devices when people are hunting wolves. It had been banned up until the 2021-22 wolf hunting season, when the commission again allowed the practice for wolf hunting, as well as the use of bait and night hunting on private lands.
Both amendments were offered by Region 3 Commissioner Susan Kirby Brooke, who said they came as a result of a year’s worth of meetings with locals and business owners in Park and Gallatin counties, as well as leadership at Yellowstone National Park.
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