Hunter-reported harvest in Michigan’s Calhoun County shown to be a gray wolf

This photo provided only as an example of the species. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NCTC Image Library.
This photo provided only as an example of the species. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NCTC Image Library.

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Though a Michigan hunter reported that he harvested a large animal in Calhoun County in January during a legal coyote hunt, subsequent genetic tests by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources revealed the animal to be a gray wolf.

Michigan’s known wolf population is located in the Upper Peninsula. The department continues to search for wolves in the Lower Peninsula but has found only a …