Article: GRAY WOLF IS KILLED BY A HUNTER HE THOUGHT HE HAD SHOT A COYOTE.(LOCAL)

Byline: BETSY BLOOM La Crosse Tribune

A gray wolf was killed Thursday morning in Crawford County by a turkey hunter who thought he'd shot a coyote, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official said.

This wolf had a radio collar, said Adrian Wydeven, a mammalian ecologist who is considered the DNR's wolf expert in Wisconsin.

In 2006, the Michigan DNR had fitted Wolf No. 4927 with the collar as a pup in Mackinac County in the Upper Peninsula.

The Wisconsin DNR began tracking the young male in late January after it crossed into Marinette County in the far northeast corner of the state, Wydeven said.

It lost the signal after March 10 when the wolf was ...

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