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Teton bighorn hunt puzzles backcountry skiers
… They wonder: Why increase tags while considering decreasing skiing to protect sheep? … is on the Tetons’ rugged western slope. Only six of 15 hunters that Game and Fish has authorized to hunt in the … bighorn sheep. Bighorns from totally unhunted populations may habituate to people to the point of ignoring human …
admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16
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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 … predator reduction and habitat improvement during the past 15 meetings in 17 months. The December meeting will be … received came from nonresident hunters. He said the change may hit them hardest. “Anytime you make decisions like …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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CWD positive animals a disappointment for hunters
… For the past five years, she's purchased three deer tags and an elk tag to feed herself and friends and family. … Fleck's three positive CWD tests account for 20% of her 15 deer tags over the past five years, which is in line with … Zach Turnbull said case counts in some areas of the county may be trending upward. And he cautions that it takes a lot …
admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16
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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 … public land has really deteriorated from where it was 10, 15 years ago.” Nevertheless, the Laramie Mountains … incentivize landowners to kill more elk. But even that may not be a silver bullet. Casper businessman Rick …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Coal mandate continues to cost electric customers
… located at the Wyodak complex outside Gillette. Both price tags far exceed the original costs of the plants, according … would reduce total power generation output at the plants by 15% to 36%, according to the company’s 2023 analysis. … updated cost estimate reports in March. However, lawmakers may consider a draft bill this session that would revise …
admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16
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Move em’ out
… was overseeing in eastern Johnson County this past Tuesday may have looked chaotic, it actually went smoothly, with his … and hay," Belus said. Belus' cattle wear specific ear tags that denote them as being part of the GAP program. If … initial enrollment fee and by the audits that occur every 15 months to make sure that producers are complying with the …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics
… Canada and the U.S. shows that while wolf populations may recover quickly, their social structures don’t. … trapping on private property, unlimited purchase of wolf tags and any method of take for any wild canines. Wolf … killed by agency officials because of conflict plummeted: 15 in 2022 and 14 in 2021. Total 2022 mortality in the …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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2022 - A look back - the year's top stories
… district was concerned that it could lose as much as $15 million if the mandate wasn’t enforced. ● A court … and chemistry at the University of Wyoming. May ● An ongoing dispute between Weston County and the … said that they didn’t understand how splitting the tags provided better management if individuals could still …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59
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Hunting Wyoming antlers
… While shed hunting wasn’t allowed until 6 a.m. May 1 in Teton County — the same time the Bridger-Teton … was closer to the front. But around 5:45 a.m., 15 minutes earlier than expected, the convoy started moving … quotas for antler hunting, saving the majority of tags for residents and a minority for others. …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50