Don't forget that it says, "shall allow" not "allow". What is unsaid here is that the state was sued to enforce this law, because it hadn't yet created a wolf

Don't forget that it says, "shall allow" not "allow". What is unsaid here is that the state was sued to enforce this law, because it hadn't yet created a wolf hunt. That law also says, "(5) Seasons; zones. (a) The department shall establish a single annual open season for both hunting and trapping wolves that begins on October 15th of each year and ends on the last day of February of the following year."