BOISE, Idaho — The first legal wolf hunt in decades in the lower 48 states is off to a slow start.
Hunters in Idaho could begin shooting wolves just before sunrise today in select hunting districts in the central and northern mountains.
By midday, however, state officials were still waiting for the first wolf kill report and an estimate of the number of hunters in pursuit of the predators.
The hunt began as U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy considers a request for an injunction by environmental and animal protection groups to halt the killing in Idaho and Montana.
The wolves were removed from the endangered species list in those states in May.
Montana’s season is scheduled to begin Sept. 15. Hunters there began buying wolf tags Monday.
Idaho set a quota of 220 wolves this season as part of its plan for managing the population.
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