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Wildlife task force tackles preference points
… to date, giving hunters an opportunity to score one of the tags by saving points, often for more than 20 years. But … But at that time … we were giving out 360 type-1 sheep tags and we were giving out about 1,300 moose tags,” he … Fish Director Brian Nesvik, former Game and Fish Commission President Pete Dube and outfitter and Park County …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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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 … disease was a bleak report,” Game and Fish Commission President Kenneth Roberts said at the board’s April 19 …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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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” … herds in places like the Laramie Mountains. Sy Gilliland, president of the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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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 … fees, King said. Jim Magagna, executive vice president of the state's stock growers association, said …
admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38
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Local advocates for more black bear support, research
… a lot about bear hunting and biology.” Kondelis is president and one of the founders of the Western Bear … of its black bear research. In 2020 there were 5,367 bear tags sold in Wyoming, with about 4,800 made up by in-state … Since 2011 there has been a 31% increase in black bear tags sold, with a 25% increase in harvests. Kondelis said …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns
… more migration routes. Paul Ulrich is the vice president of Jonah Energy, which drills south of Pinedale. … department is considering cutting 1,100 doe-fawn antelope tags and slashing pronghorn buck tags by half for the Sublette herd, said Brandon Scurlock, …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Move em’ out
… and hay," Belus said. Belus' cattle wear specific ear tags that denote them as being part of the GAP program. If … Magagna, Wyoming Stock Growers Association Executive Vice President, said at the time. That doesn't seem to be the …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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2022 - A look back - the year's top stories
… said that they didn’t understand how splitting the tags provided better management if individuals could still purchase tags for both species. However, task force member Sen. Ogden … resigned the day following his arrest, but FOCUS board President Denice Pisciotti said he was serving only as a …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59