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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. … hoping to bring population numbers down, better animals’ body condition and prevent a pneumonia die-off. …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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To prevent pneumonia die-off, Game and Fish inches toward bighorn ewe hunt in the Gros Ventre
… allowed hunters to apply for bighorn lamb and ewe tags in hunt area seven, which covers the Gros Ventre range … Gocke acknowledged that allowing hunters to apply for tags ahead of commissioners approving the hunt is a bit … with one another for food — would allow the herd’s body conditions to improve and prevent another …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:32
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Changes may be coming to hunting regs
… 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 … is drafted and passed on to the general legislative body next session, the public will have further opportunity …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59
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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” … group is yet to recommend a strategy, Coursey said. But the body, whose recommendations only require majority support, …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns
… department is considering cutting 1,100 doe-fawn antelope tags and slashing pronghorn buck tags by half for the Sublette herd, said Brandon Scurlock, … basic bodily functions, like metabolizing food, maintaining body temperature and keeping internal organs running. …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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The cost of transparency
… parent couldn’t afford to know more about the governing body in charge of their child. It wasn’t the only … cases their highest paid administrator. The resulting price tags ranged from nothing to several thousand dollars to view … it depends on the size of the request,” he said of price tags for government data. “It’s going to depend on the …
Publisher - 03/13/2024 - 18:07
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Biologists worry about die-off after ewe hunt failed to substantially cull pneumonia-prone bighorn herd
… may be more susceptible to pneumonia. So they authorized 16 tags for hunters to take ewes this past fall in the Gros … Game and Fish may propose increasing the number of tags issued next season. In the meantime, it’s unclear … causes pneumonia can consume as much fat off a sheep’s body as rearing a lamb. Nutrition is the foundation of …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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2022 - A look back - the year's top stories
… 16-4-401 et. seq., which requires action of a governing body of an agency to have a public meeting, and Public … 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 …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59