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Pronghorn, mule deer tags slump, predator tags may bump
Pronghorn, mule deer tags slump, predator tags may bump … licenses. Some hunters questioned why the department was still planning to offer “any antelope” tags, concerned …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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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 … could start accumulating points when they’re young and still never have enough points to guarantee they draw a tag … But at that time … we were giving out 360 type-1 sheep tags and we were giving out about 1,300 moose tags,” he …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep
… entirely in the Tetons. “We know a handful of them still remain,” park spokesman C.J. Adams said in an email. … outside the park. State wildlife officials issued 48 goat tags a year for the past few years in those areas, though … continued. This year Game and Fish reduced the number of tags to four. The goal, Courtemanch said, is to give hunters …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Shot down, resuscitated: Hunting fee hike still alive
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 … 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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To prevent pneumonia die-off, Game and Fish inches toward bighorn ewe hunt in the Gros Ventre
… the Jackson Hole Daily. The hunt isn’t yet official and still needs to be approved by the Wyoming Game and Fish … 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 …
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 … Nesvik maintained that over-the-counter licenses would still be available to hunters as well — they would just be … 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
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Game and Fish in good position to mitigate increasing costs
… for 2023. Those include sportsperson fees, licenses and tags (65%); federal aid in the form of taxes collected from … as people turned to the outdoors to find recreation while still mitigating the effects of COVID-19. The pandemic was a … each year to defer the costs of free and reduced price tags. But the department has been returning the funds to …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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In the Laramie Mountains, too many elk and no easy fixes
… when seeing an elk pass through his family’s property was still rare enough that it was “neat.” Now there are … 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
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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. … just average, or a little down on the whole, but there are still a few good bucks around,” he said. Deer The … 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
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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 … land due to both forage and disease concerns, there are still some who are perfectly happy housing hundreds or a …
admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38