MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials in Wisconsin are considering adopting a 130-animal limit for this fall's wolf hunt.
The Department of Natural Resources' vote Wednesday in Milwaukee figures to be contentious after conservationists complained hunters killed far too many wolves during a rushed spring season in February.
The Trump administration removed wolves from the endangered species list in January, triggering a Wisconsin law that requires the DNR to hold a hunt between November and February.
The DNR was planning to hold a season in November but a hunter advocacy group won a court order forcing the department to hold a season in February. DNR Deputy Secretary Todd Ambs told the board Wednesday that the state was pushed into having "a rushed, ill-advised hunt."
