Half the zones in Idaho’s first regulated wolf hunt are closed and another is one wolf shy of the harvest limit, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Hunters have taken 162 wolves, as of Monday, with 58 left to reach the statewide harvest limit.

Fish and Game set wolf harvest limits by 12 zones. The season closes in each zone when the limit for that zone is reached, when the statewide limit of 220 wolves is reached, or on March 31, whichever comes first.

Wolf harvest is nearly at the limit of 16 in the Salmon zone where hunters have taken 15, leaving one wolf left until the season closes in that zone.

Six other zones already have closed: Feb. 1 in the Middle Fork zone, Jan. 2 in the Southern Mountains zone, Dec. 18 in the Palouse-Hells Canyon zone, Nov. 17 in the Dworshak-Elk City zone, Nov. 9 in the McCall-Weiser zone, and Nov. 2 in the Upper Snake zone.

Wolf seasons remain open elsewhere in the state .

Wolf hunters are reminded to check the harvest limit in the zones they intend to hunt.

To find out whether a wolf zone is open: 877-872-3190. To report a wolf kill: 877-872-3190.