What states allow non-residence to trap and hunt wolves on public land,in the lower 48 ?

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would LOVE to trap a wolf!

Idaho with some stipulations. You have to pass a wolf trapping class they put on, and your state has to allow an Idaho resident to purchase a trapping license (reciprocity)

Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Idaho and Wyoming are reciprocity states, your state has to allow their residents to trap. Not sure about Montana, but I think it is also. Wyoming is reciprocal according to each species, for example Nevada allows nonresidents to trap most species but not bobcats or grey fox, so Nevada residents cannot hunt/trap grey fox or bobcat in Wyoming, but can other species. I believe that if a species isn't present in your home state this is not applicable, I know for instance that Florida residents can trap marten in Wyoming, because while Florida doesn't allow Wyoming residents to trap marten, that is because there are no marten in Florida, not because they are restricting nonresidents.

AK Tramp is correct, except Idaho just passed a regulation change (within the last couple weeks) so a client of an outfitter can dispatch a wolf in a trap (and I believe set the trap theirself) as long as they are accompanied by a licensed guide, without having passed the trapping course or the wolf trapping course. If you want to trap on your own or without a licensed outfitter you still must have taken a Idaho trapping class and a separate wolf trapping class (often offered back to back on consecutive days, or I've heard sometimes even offered the same day, now) those must be taken in person. That makes it a headache for someone from a long ways off, because they must sign up for a class (usually offered a few times a year), and travel to Idaho to take the class, usually not during trapping season, and then travel back again later during season to trap. We did have long seasons, September 10-March 31 on public ground in most of the state (select units had both longer and shorter trapping seasons) and year round on private, until last spring when the Grizzly lawsuit shortened them to December 1-February 28 in 3/4 of the state. Hunting seasons are still year round in the majority of the state.

Montana has an even shorter trapping season, Wyoming however has them classified as a predator (same as a coyote) in the majority of the state, except around the "Greater Yellowstone" area. Where classified as a predator it is open year round, no tag necessary, and no requirement to bring it in to have it checked and sealed, or even a requirement to retrieve it. You can legally shoot them and leave them lay, you are required to have a trapping license to trap, however.

Sounds like Wyoming is the place to go if an out of stater wanted to take s shot at trapping wolves.

In the states that allow wolf trapping, is there a limit?

I'm pretty sure in Wyoming you can trap wolves in the predator zone without any kind of license, they are predators like coyotes.
We do have a few areas that are trophy wolf areas part of the year and then they go to predators, kind of weird but that is the way it is.
Not sure in those areas if a NR would need a license or not.

Best bet is Western Wyoming but we have wolves here in the Southern part too, our own and Colorado's wandering wolves that can be taken on sight.
Predator wolves have no limit in our part of the state.
The WG&F requires you to report the take and give them a genetic sample.

Here is a link to the regulations:

WY Wolf Hunting

There is a limit in Montana. No limit in most of Idaho and Wyoming. I think they both have individual units that have a limit/quota, but the majority of both states in unlimited.

One note on the Idaho requirements. If you have taken a trapper education class in another state, and have the certificate, Idaho will sell you a trapping license. My trapper education was from Washington 30+ years ago and they recognized it and sold me my trapping license. You will still need the wolf certification class.

Why limit yourself to the lower 48? Just go up to AK and catch one

Dylan, what are you doing in Japan? Did you get stationed there?

Yeah I got stationed in Japan. Not much trapping or hunting out here sadly lol.

Really? You're the only one I've heard of that they accepted that. Everyone I've known has been told, "Sorry, we don't honor any other states." In fact my dad had taught the class in Washington 30+ years ago, and he had to take the Idaho class. It used to state right in the regs that they didn't honor any other states trappers education, unlike hunters ed.

I had both the Washington trappers education and was a Washington trapper education instructor. They issued me a resident license based on that. I also took the Idaho trapper education instructor class. I took the required wolf class at the convention in Glens Ferry last year.

I went back through the calendar for last year. I was wrong. Last year was a blur with my wife’s health problems. I did take the Idaho trappers education class. It was the Washington Trapper Education Instructor certification they honored. I only had to take the short update class to become an instructor in Idaho.

My apologies for putting out bad information.