The original plan for Idaho called for 100 wolves, or 10 breeding pairs. Of course that was a lie. It's 15x that now. 18 months ago, Idaho enacted a law to attempt to reduce wolf numbers by 90%. Hunting and trapping are highly encouraged with liberal low cost tags and year round seasons. However, 1500 wolves scattered over 86,000 square miles doesn't put wolves behind every tree. I've only seen live ones once in 20 years although I've seen smoking fresh tracks many times. I don't live in central ID where the highest numbers are but there are quite a few here in so. central ID.
Resident tags cost $11 and there's no limit. Non-res tags are about $30, also with no limit. They made them cheap in hopes that every hunter would buy one 'just in case'. I do.
