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

    Pronghorn, mule deer tags slump, predator tags may bump … summers in the mountains east of Star Valley. Some of its members migrate to the Greys River drainage near Alpine. … animals, have also been waylaid by winter weather and a new respiratory virus that’s claimed hundreds of …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  2. Teton bighorn hunt puzzles backcountry skiers

    … They wonder: Why increase tags while considering decreasing skiing to protect sheep? … pursuit — came as Grand Teton formally considers new protections for the Teton range’s bighorns. This … which limits the stress those ecologically critical herd members would feel during a hunting season.   In …

    admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16

  3. Wildlife task force tackles preference points

    … task force prepares for its final meeting Wednesday, members of the group brought one of the toughest issues … to date, giving hunters an opportunity to score one of the tags by saving points, often for more than 20 years.  But … they are too old to hunt.  The task force has proposed a new weighted bonus system draw to the Legislature despite …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  4. 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 … to them needs to be reconsidered,” Gilliland told fellow members of the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce in March. … support, is “gaining some ground” on endorsing a new “type X” license, which would be valid only on …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  5. The cost of transparency

    … cases their highest paid administrator. The resulting price tags ranged from nothing to several thousand dollars to view … they don’t host the email servers used by their board members, they only provided the top administrators’ emails … didn’t respond to an interview request by presstime. New FCAG Executive Director Tim Nichols provided his own …

    Publisher - 03/13/2024 - 18:07

  6. 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 … that died have them on alert, and Courtemanch is asking members of the public to report signs of sickness when … may be more susceptible to pneumonia. So they authorized 16 tags for hunters to take ewes this past fall in the Gros …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  7. Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns

    … along Highway 351 between Big Piney and Boulder, sniffing 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 …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  8. Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics

    … territorial disputes, said Kira Cassidy, lead author on the new paper and research associate with Yellowstone Wolf … each year.    When a pack does dissolve, remaining members typically strike out on their own initially.    … trapping on private property, unlimited purchase of wolf tags and any method of take for any wild canines. Wolf …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

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

    … commissions or councils.  Between each session, members of committees are given a list of topics that … 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 …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  10. 2022 - A look back - the year's top stories

    … was especially a lot of change in the local government. New faces will appear on the Wyoming State Legislature as … At the time the News Letter Journal article was written, 35 members were either unvaccinated or had not submitted any … 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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