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In the last 30 years, mule deer populations in Wyoming have declined significantly, so the state is launching a new project to try to better understand why.
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A new study highlights the economic impact that hunting has on one state in the Mountain West, a region of the country that sees billions of dollars spent by hunters each year.
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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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Wyoming motorists can now collect roadkill to take home and eat – all they have to do is request permission through an app on their phone.
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The crossing is designed to lessen the number of animal-vehicle collisions on a stretch of I-25 between Kaycee and Buffalo.
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Chronic Wasting Disease is a deadly neurological disease that affects deer, elk, and moose. It's caused by infectious proteins known as prions and spreads from animal to animal through bodily fluids and tissues. It's been detected in much of Wyoming. And new research from the University of Wyoming has found that this widespread disease is actually changing the genetics of the state's mule deer.
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a deadly neurological disease that affects deer and elk. This year, to try to learn more about the disease, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is requiring deer hunters in areas 96 and 97 in Sweetwater County to submit their deer for CWD testing. This is the first time testing is being required in any area. Wyoming Public Radio's Ivy Engel sat down with Lander Region Wildlife Management Coordinator Daryl Lutz to learn more.
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Scientists at the University of Wyoming have discovered that there are three distinct genetic groups of mule deer in the state.Melanie LaCava, a recent…
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Mule deer migrate twice a year, moving between low elevation winter ranges and higher elevation summer ranges. In the spring they "surf the green wave,"…
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A new study finds that hunting season does not trigger untimely mule deer migration in Wyoming.Past studies have found that hunting may trigger other…