Since Montana’s statewide wolf season opened this past Sunday, hunters have harvested 11 wolves in just two days bringing the state’s quota up to 30 percent fulfilled.

During the early backcountry season last month, 12 wolves were killed in record time cutting the early season short.

Montana’s statewide wolf quota is set at 75 wolves. The season will wrap on Nov. 29 if quota has not been made prior to that date.

"At this point in time, we're just watching and keeping track of harvest as it's reported by hunters,” Carolyn Sime, wolf coordinator for FWP, said.

Hunters have only 12 hours to report a wolf harvest to the FWP, and must bring the skull and hide in to wildlife officials within 10 days of the kill.

Three of the wolves killed on opening day came from Sanders, Flathead and Mineral counties in Wolf Management Unit 1. On Monday, one more wolf was shot in unit one in Powell County.

Two more wolves were shot in Beaverhead County and one in Ravalli County for Wolf Management Unit 2. Unit two makes up southwestern Montana.

Hunters in southern Montana’s Wolf Management Unit 3 were also lucky tallying four wolves on opening day. Gallatin and Sweet Grass county hunters took two wolves per county bringing the total harvest for the area to 13, one more than the quota for that area. Officials closed unit three on Monday.

"It's about what I would have expected," Sime said. "We know there's a lot of interest in opening day."

The overage in unit three will result in one fewer wolf being harvested from either unit one or two according to Sime.

"We were very conservative in setting the quotas," FWP Spokesman Ron Aasheim said. "We didn't know how successful hunters would be in different parts of the state."