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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 … unfortunate consequences in every option, it needs to be changed. Sixteen of the 18-member task force voted to …
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Game and Fish predicts good season for elk hunters
… 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, … that some regulations for certain areas have changed. More information about this coming hunting …
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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” … that emerged from the task force in the first year changed state law, granting Wyoming residents a higher …
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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, … to understand how the ratio of fawns to older deer has changed over winter. That will give him a better idea of how …
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Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics
… said. In the winter of 2021, politics in Montana changed. Lawmakers decided to lift wolf quotas around … trapping on private property, unlimited purchase of wolf tags and any method of take for any wild canines. Wolf …
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Hunting Wyoming antlers
… King said in January. Wildlife managers later changed the start of the antler hunting season — and the … quotas for antler hunting, saving the majority of tags for residents and a minority for others. … “If these horns were worth a buck apiece, and then they changed the rule to allow anyone in the world to come again, …
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2022 - A look back - the year's top stories
… the current management system works and does not need to be changed. He added that the higher demand for mule deer could … 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 …
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