MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities say at least 22wolves have been killed in the
Upper Peninsula during the state’s firstwolf hunt in decades.The Michigan Department of NaturalResources
says that’s the total as of Monday morning, up one from lastweek. The department has expressed doubt
that the hunt will reach itsmaximum of 43 by year’s end, when the hunt wraps up. Frigid weatherlikely
has kept the hunt in check.Five of the maximum 16 wolveswere killed in the far western U.P., 14 of 19 in
four central countiesand three of eight in the eastern U.P.The wolf hunting season opened on Nov. 15.
Before the season, the DNR estimated that Michigan had 658 wolves.___Online:http://www.michigan.gov/wolvesCopyright
2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities say at least 22wolves have been killed in
the Upper Peninsula during the state’s firstwolf hunt in decades.The Michigan Department of
NaturalResources says that’s the total as of Monday morning, up one from lastweek. The department has
expressed doubt that the hunt will reach itsmaximum of 43 by year’s end, when the hunt wraps up. Frigid
weatherlikely has kept the hunt in check.Five of the maximum 16 wolveswere killed in the far western
U.P., 14 of 19 in four central countiesand three of eight in the eastern U.P.The wolf hunting season
opened on Nov. 15. Before the season, the DNR estimated that Michigan had 658 wolves.___Online:http://www.michigan.gov/wolvesCopyright
2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.