Aerial wolf-control hunts hampered by lack of snow
The state's aerial predator control program has gotten off to a slow start this winter because of the lack of snow in the Interior.
FAIRBANKS -- The state's aerial predator control program has gotten off to a slow start this winter because of the lack of snow in the Interior.
Only two wolves have been killed in the five areas where the Department of Fish and Game has issued permits to pilot-gunner teams. The wolves were taken in a game management unit west of Anchorage; no wolves have been killed at the four Interior sites.
This is the seventh consecutive year the state has issued permits to pilot-gunner teams to shoot wolves from the air, or to land and shoot them. More than 900 wolves have been taken since 2003, the year when the program to increase moose and caribou herds for hunting went into effect under Gov. Frank Murkowski.
