Measure to increase wolf hunts advances
One bill aiming to create an unlimited wolf hunting quota met its end on the House floor Thursday.
On Friday, an amendment to another bill designed to reduce the state’s population of roughly 1,100 resident wolves made it palatable enough to pass the chamber.
House Bill 176 initially required the state Fish and Wildlife Commission to allow unlimited hunting when Montana’s wolf population is above 550 animals, but an amendment softened the language to merely “allow” for such measures.
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