Unlimited hunting licenses protects against wolf attacks: Minister

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He didn’t expect the amount of licences to endanger wolves.

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“One thing that we are fairly confident in is that the harvest level will be quite low,” he said.

The ministry has opened three hunting zones and issued 300 licences in years past. According to Moe, the harvest rates had always been low – within the zero to five per cent range – and he expected that to be the case this year too.

To control the situation and track the wolves’ population, the ministry introduced a project in the last two years requiring hunters to report their results within 14 days of the end of hunting season. Those who failed to report would be banned from buying a licence again until they meet the requirement.

According to Moe, in the past two years this policy ensured the ministry “pretty good data” on the actual amount of wolves hunted.

Licences can be purchased at the ministry offices in Meadow Lake, North Battleford, Spiritwood, Prince Albert, Nipawin, Saskatoon, Melfort, Greenwater Lake, Hudson Bay, Preeceville and Regina. Each licence allows the harvest of one wolf. Online purchase is not available.

All big game hunting regulations apply to the wolf hunt.

–EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was changed on Oct. 14 at 1:23 pm to correct an error. The word ‘residents’ was taken from the title.

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