The Montana FWP Commission has decided on a quota for the 2010 wolf hunt, and it more than doubles the 2009 quota.

May 2010 saw the Montana FWP Commission narrow down and approve three different quotas for the 2010 wolf hunt – July 8, 2010 sees a meeting where the Commission is expected to announce which quota they plan to use.

According to an article from the Associated Press, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has authorized the killing of 33 wolves, of which 15 are already dead.

As reported in this story Montana FWP were considering two options, both of which included drastically increasing the wolf hunt quota for 2010. Officials elected to go with the lower quota of the two proposed, but this still at least doubles the 2009 number.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are considering a new hunting quota which would either more than double or even triple the current quota.

Montana is making it easier to kill wolves in the state after officials says there are too many wolves on the landscape.