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  1. Wildlife managers look to slash Grand Teton elk hunt by more than 90%

    Wildlife managers look to slash Grand Teton elk hunt by more than 90% … fall, wildlife managers are planning to offer 90% fewer tags to hunt elk in Grand Teton National Park.   In 2022, they offered 475 tags. This year, they’re proposing to offer only 40.   …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  2. In the Laramie Mountains, too many elk and no easy fixes

    In the Laramie Mountains, too many elk and no easy fixes … licenses doled out, and by 2009 distributed 5,000-plus tags for the zone, elk area seven, which treads into five counties: Albany, Carbon, Natrona, Converse and Platte. Now tags top 6,000. Managers also “dramatically liberalized” …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  3. Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers

    Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers … and adaptability hinder both hunters hoping to fill their tags and ranchers whose properties sustain damage, according … Harvest success, or how many hunters are able to fill their tags, varies from year to year, though Wyoming tends to lead …

    admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38

  4. Game and Fish predicts good season for elk hunters

    Game and Fish predicts good season for elk hunters By … above population objectives, leading officials to add more tags and change season limitations and opening dates to … But those reduced license quotas give those who drew tags in the region a better chance at harvesting an animal, …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  5. Buffalo resident earns rare hunting opportunity

    … to hunt three of the following this fall: antelope, deer, elk, bighorn sheep, black bear, grey wolf, moose, mountain … Kozisek said he plans to hunt mule deer near Dubois; elk near Cody and Meeteetse, and mountain goat north of … sale now through Jan. 31, 2023, at the WGFD website. Super Tags for individual species cost $10 apiece, while Trifecta …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  6. Changes may be coming to hunting regs

    … it’s no different than differentiating between moose and elk and other various species hunted in the state with … are split, Sandrini is concerned that far more mule deer tags will be sold over white-tail.  “If you have two … for both, and they would even be able to fill both tags. “This would allow for an individual that was …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59

  7. Numbers down for hunt season

    … year, and this year marks the lowest number of antelope tags available over the course of his 30-year career.  … areas it will be genuinely difficult,” Sandrini said.  Elk However, elk looks promising. Elk numbers have … licenses valid for spike elk. Harvest of spikes on these tags has been modest at best,” Sandrini said. “So, this …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59

  8. Antelope, deer licenses reduced because of drought, disease

    … and disease, Wyoming wildlife managers are axing 8,000 tags for hunting pronghorn and 3,300 tags for hunting mule deer statewide. Pronghorn and mule … Game and Fish’s deputy chief of wildlife. Unlike elk, which have a broader mouth and are able to consume a …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  9. CWD positive animals a disappointment for hunters

    …   For the past five years, she's purchased three deer tags and an elk tag to feed herself and friends and family. This year, … three positive CWD tests account for 20% of her 15 deer tags over the past five years, which is in line with the 29% …

    admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16

  10. Shot down, resuscitated: Hunting fee hike still alive

    … and Fish Department to keep the other 60% of nonresident tags on the cheaper side. The theory of the two pools is … — but could not agree on — increasing the percentage of elk, deer and pronghorn hunting licenses that go to … take away money-making nonresident elk, deer and pronghorn tags, Hicks and others explored options that could offset …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

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