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A wildlife task force is asking public input for changes to moose and bighorn sheep hunting licensesThe recommendations are aimed at making the system more equitable in the face of increasing complaints from hunters, many of whom claim that they won't be able to get a moose or bighorn sheep license for years under the current system. The public can weigh in throughout this month.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reducing the number of pronghorn and mule deer hunting tags for this year. Officials say it is largely due to disease and drought.
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The Old West Invitational Turkey Shoot began in 2010 and brings in hunters from across the country. The fundraising event benefits the Greater Hulett Community Center (GHCC) as well as the Wyoming Wildlife Foundation.
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Back in 2021, four Missouri hunters were charged for criminal trespassing while hunting on Bureau of Land Management land between Rawlins and Laramie. The owner of the Elk Mountain Ranch believed that the hunters violated his property rights along a four corner crossing. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska spoke with Wyofile reporter Angus Thuermer on how this trial is moving forward the issue of whether four corner crossing is illegal or not.
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A Wyoming court case involving public land access may soon head to federal court. Landowners there want damages from four Missouri men who went over a corner where four pieces of land meet: two private, two public. They didn’t touch the private land, but landowners argue they still went over it and, therefore, trespassed.
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Without snow or cold temperatures, hunters in the Mountain West have had a difficult time this fall and winter.
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Next time you hit a deer while driving, you could legally harvest the animal for meat, if you like. That's because the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved a new law that gives permission each time an individual wants to collect a carcass along the road.
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The pandemic slowed food supply lines across the country as workers at major meat processing plants got sick. That meant more ranchers were turning to local butchers for processing, and consumers were turning to them for meat. But more business at local meat shops means less room to process wild game for hunters.
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Big game species like deer, elk, and pronghorn are closely tied to their environments. As droughts and storms driven by climate change become more common, it's becoming even more important to learn how they're all linked. Wyoming Public Radio's Ivy Engel has more.
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It’s no secret that sage grouse numbers have been declining in the West for decades. Once numbering in the millions, the ecologically critical species has faltered due to habitat loss from wildfire, drought, and human development. There's not much research, though, into the role of hunting greater and Gunnison sage grouse across the West.