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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
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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
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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
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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 … 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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