Wolf trapping and snaring will be restricted across the majority of Idaho this Spring for the second year in a row, after a federal judge upheld a ruling that was challenged by the state.

House Bills 258 and 259 had public hearings before the Senate Fish and game committee Tuesday, and members of the public ...

Federal Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale in spring 2024 prohibited Idaho recreational wolf trapping and snaring in grizzly bear habitat in 19 counties during the bears’ non-denning season ...

and designate the rest of the state as a “predator zone,” where people could gas wolf puppies in dens, trap wolves in snares and, yes, run over them with snowmobiles. The state also proposed ...

“We have a trapper on our lease so he can trap and bate and snare,” says Cunningham. In Sundre, private hunting and trapping groups now offer bounties, usually about $300 for each wolf kille ...