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Safari Club International’s Treasure Valley Chapter Receives Two Wolf Tags for Auction and Sweepstakes

Boise, Idaho - Safari Club International's Treasure Valley Chapter is set to receive a piece of hunting history as the Idaho Fish & Game Commission authorized the award of two Gray Wolf conservation tags commemorating the first public wolf hunt in state history.

Ten commemorative tags, bearing serial numbers 1 through 10, which will allow hunters to harvest one wolf, are being used to help promote gray wolf conservation and management in the state. The tags will be auctioned or raffled by six different conservation organizations with the proceeds going towards continued wolf conservation and management efforts based on sound-science in the state to help ensure that that hunters in Idaho can continue hunting wolves under state regulated seasons.

Winners of the tags will receive a tag for hunting and a framed commemorative tag from Idaho Fish and Game. Winners must also be eligible to hunt in Idaho and have a 2009 resident or non-resident Idaho hunting license.

"We commend the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for giving Safari Club International's Treasure Valley Chapter the opportunity to contribute to Idaho's important conservation effort," said Jack Lupien, Treasure Valley Chapter President. "We know that Idaho's hunting and conservation community will be excited about future seasons for years to come."

Following the recent April 2009 delisting of wolves, Idaho authorized a hunt of up to 220 wolves per season. Safari Club International was integral in the fight to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf population.

Safari Club International President Larry Rudolph said "SCI continues to lead the way for the hunting community in efforts to keep the recovered wolves of the Rocky Mountains where they belong - off the endangered species list."

The Treasure Valley Chapter will offer Commemorative Tag Number 2 through an on-line auction on the Internet ending on November 1, 2009 at 10:00pm Eastern Time. To place a bid please go to: http://www.safariclub.org/wolftag

Commemorative Tag Number 7 will be offered in a mail-in sweepstakes. Tickets are $5.00 a piece or 5 for $20.00. To purchase sweepstakes tickets mail a check payable to SCI-Treasure Valley Chapter, with your name, address, and telephone number, to PO Box 133, Nampa, ID 83707. The sweepstakes closes on November 2, 2009 and the drawing will be held on November 16, 2009. For the Official Sweepstakes Rules go to: http://scitreasurevalleychapter.org