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Grizzly hunt in Wyoming could target upwards of 39 bears
Grizzly hunt in Wyoming could target upwards of 39 bears … Exchange Future Wyoming grizzly bear hunts — a near certainty if federal … The explosion in anticipated grizzly hunting tags owes to a spike in the bear population — at least on …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Moose population growing
… a “trifecta” of the 1988 Yellowstone fires, wolves and grizzly bears — a species he has lobbied for removal from … Greybull River drainages. There will be three total moose tags given out in the Greybull-Owl Creek area, five tags for Absaroka (Hunt Area 11) and no tags once again for …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Local advocates for more black bear support, research
… are often overshadowed by their contentious cousin the grizzly, an animal many have sought to delist from … 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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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” … moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, bison and grizzly bear hunting licenses. That reform enjoyed unanimous …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Shot down, resuscitated: Hunting fee hike still alive
… hunting licenses for seven big game species plus grizzly bears, were they to be hunted. Notably, however, the … and Fish Department to keep the other 60% of nonresident tags on the cheaper side. The theory of the two pools is … 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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Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers
… and adaptability hinder both hunters hoping to fill their tags and ranchers whose properties sustain damage, according … plus this ecosystem and its lack of predators wolves or grizzly bears mean elk thrive on the landscape. … 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
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Two of griz 399’s offspring take a Green River walkabout
… Two of famous mamma grizzly bear 399’s male cubs are on a walkabout out of … looking for the queen mother’s two princes, he said. Grizzly 399 emerged from her den in 2020 with four cubs, and … soon, Thompson said. Both remain tattooed and have ear tags. For now, all is quiet on the southern front. …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Powell man pleads not guilty to 18 wildlife violations
… who was born in 1977, is accused of illegally killing two grizzly bears some time ago and illegally collecting grizzly claws, golden and bald eagle talons and feathers and … 21 sheep heads seized from Cadwallader’s home also lacked tags, but were “of unknown origin,” Crane wrote. …
admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38
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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 be hunted. Gov. Mark Gordon said that delisting grizzly bears could help achieve that goal, though the …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50