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  1. Pronghorn, mule deer tags slump, predator tags may bump

    Pronghorn, mule deer tags slump, predator tags may bump … animals, have also been waylaid by winter weather and a new respiratory virus that’s claimed hundreds of … Doug Brimeyer, Game and Fish’s statewide wildlife management coordinator, said further cutting “type one” …

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  2. In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep

    … outside the park. State wildlife officials issued 48 goat tags a year for the past few years in those areas, though … a goat moves out of the park into that open area, or say a new goat comes in from somewhere else entirely, a hunter can … a draft environmental assessment reviewing possible management strategies for keeping sheep and recreational …

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  3. 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 … they stay up on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands, the better chance we have for a better … will now be open to harvest any pheasant, a new change for the 2022 season. Most seasons begin Sept. …

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  4. In the Laramie Mountains, too many elk and no easy fixes

    … to a rancher, you’d think the welfare of their cattle, management of their grass and other natural resources would … licenses doled out, and by 2009 distributed 5,000-plus tags for the zone, elk area seven, which treads into five … support, is “gaining some ground” on endorsing a new “type X” license, which would be valid only on …

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  5. Antelope, deer licenses reduced because of drought, disease

    … and disease, Wyoming wildlife managers are axing 8,000 tags for hunting pronghorn and 3,300 tags for hunting mule … storms and outbreaks of mycoplasma bovis, a relatively new bacterial disease for Wyoming pronghorn, as well as … encountered little controversy over plans for pronghorn management. But hunters did inveigh against some of the …

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  6. Grizzly hunt in Wyoming could target upwards of 39 bears

    …   The explosion in anticipated grizzly hunting tags owes to a spike in the bear population — at least on … available for harvest and what’s available as far as management flexibility with a more accurate estimate of the … in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem underlies that new population estimate and the resulting change in …

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  7. Biologists worry about die-off after ewe hunt failed to substantially cull pneumonia-prone bighorn herd

    … study have died. Pneumonia was the culprit. That’s new, at least in the last 10 years, as bighorn populations … around Dubois, do not. The study also complements a new management strategy Courtemanch and other Wyoming Game and … may be more susceptible to pneumonia. So they authorized 16 tags for hunters to take ewes this past fall in the Gros …

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  8. Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns

    … members of its herd that had died from starvation and the new respiratory illness. Nearby, a wildlife technician was … department is considering cutting 1,100 doe-fawn antelope tags and slashing pronghorn buck tags by half for the Sublette herd, said Brandon Scurlock, Pinedale’s wildlife management coordinator. The department also is proposing …

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  9. Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics

    … It’s possible with enough data and attention to wolf management, said Ken Mills, Wyoming Game and Fish’s wolf … territorial disputes, said Kira Cassidy, lead author on the new paper and research associate with Yellowstone Wolf … trapping on private property, unlimited purchase of wolf tags and any method of take for any wild canines. Wolf …

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  10. Committee chairs proud of bills to come out of the interim

    … to developing legislation for sessions, as well as a Management Council and Management Audit Committee. This … up statute language or as complex as developing an entirely new voting system for the state. “I was really proud of … instate hunters’ chances of drawing certain desirable tags,” she told the WTE. “We’ll have a few bills that …

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