BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise wolf advocate has used a public records request to get the names of hunters who reported killing a wolf in Idaho and posted all 122 names on a Web site.
Rick Hobson also bought an ad in the Idaho Statesman that directed people to the Web site. A search by The Associated Press identified the Web site at http://wildwolves.homeip.net/TagKills.html.
Hobson says his intention in getting the names from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game was not to cause the hunters to be targeted for harassment by wolf hunt opponents. But he says hunters who bagged wolves have by default inserted themselves into the debate.
Robert Millage is the state’s first successful wolf hunter.
He says he’s been dealing with harassment since he killed a wolf last September on the opening day of the season.
