Idaho Authorities Offered Huge Bounties to Kill Wolf Pups – Wildlife advocates are incensed after documents surfaced showing lawmakers in Idaho paid up to $2,000 per kill of public money in a sanctioned push to reduce the state’s wolf population. And in one instance, the bounty led to hunters killing a dozen newborn wolf pups in the spring. The payments are part of an ongoing effort to cull the state’s booming wolf population after their reintroduction in 1995. Recently, the state also began reimbursing wolf hunters’ and trappers’ truck payments, fuel, ammunition, and outdoor clothing.