wolf hunt

Hunters participating in Minnesota's wolf hunt found the animals to be elusive on day one. A total of 3,600 licenses were issued for the early wolf season, which started Saturday. By that evening, 32 wolves were killed.

Tribal lands will be off limits to wolf hunters when Minnesota's wolf season opens Saturday. All of Minnesota's Chippewa bands have banned wolf hunting and trapping on tribal lands.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to block the state's wolf hunting season from opening Nov. 3.

Two national groups have filed notice with the federal government that they intend to sue to restore wolves in the western Great Lakes region to the endangered list.

Two groups have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to block the state's wolf hunting and trapping season.

State officials have asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to reject an attempt by animal welfare groups to block the resumption of wolf hunting in the state.

Hunters and trappers who entered the lottery for licenses in Minnesota's first-ever wolf season can now check online to see if they won. The Department of Natural Resources received more than 23,000 applications for the 6,000 available licenses.

More than 23,000 people have applied for permits to hunt wolves this fall when Minnesota opens its first season since the gray wolf came off the endangered species list.

Minnesota is taking applications for its upcoming wolf hunting and trapping season. The state will award 6,000 licenses by lottery for a statewide target harvest of 400 wolves. The statewide bag limit is one wolf.

For the first time in 38 years, hunters and trappers in Minnesota will be able to harvest wolves this fall. In 1974 the federal government put wolves on the Endangered Species List. But, their populations rebounded and wolves were ultimately de-listed and returned to state management this January.