Montana hunters have put 39 wolves on the ground so far this season, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ harvest dashboard — a figure that barely dents the statewide quota of 300 set by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission. With the general season running Sept. 15 through March 15, 2027, and trapping not even opening until Nov. 30, the numbers suggest plenty of runway left. Region 1 leads the pack with 14 harvested against a quota of 131, followed closely by Region 2 at 13 of 92 and Region 3 at 9 of 33. The wolfy corners of eastern Montana — Regions 6 and 7 — remain untouched at zero apiece, with modest quotas of four each, while Region 4 has logged just one wolf of 28. The lone closure so far is WMU 313, where the single-wolf quota was snapped up on day one; its neighbor WMU 316 still has its one-wolf quota available, making it the most exclusive tag in the state.
The early numbers also come with a clean sheet: zero non-target captures of grizzly bear, wolverine or lynx, a metric FWP tracks closely as trapping season approaches — particularly in the area governed by the federal court order, where trapping runs Jan. 1 to Feb. 15, 2027. Whether the pace picks up likely depends on snow: trappers and late-season hunters historically account for a large share of Montana’s annual harvest, and cold, trackable weather tends to move these numbers far faster than early-season archers do. For now, every region’s status light reads “OPEN” — green across the map — and hunters with unfilled tags have more than four months, and 261 unclaimed wolves, between them and the finish line. Season details and the live dashboard are available on FWP’s wolf webpage.
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