MADISON, Wis. – The state game agency will issue 2,000 permits to hunt wolves, a number calculated to result in 200 kills. The season will run seven days, February 22 to 28. The season complies with a judge’s order to allow hunting before the end of the month. The game agency estimates the Wisconsin wolf population a 1,200.

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Wolf wars

Farmers and hunters had objected to the wolf hunt being scheduled originally for fall because they anticipated that President Biden would restore wolves to an endangered status before then. President Trump had opened up wolf hunts.