Many years ago a friend and I decided to do a last minute hunt for some antelope does. He was a local and I was from a town about an hour down the road. In those days doe/fawn tags were much easier to come by and it was a bit …
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Wyo Lawmakers Double Down On Corner Hopping
In response to the Carbon County corner hopping case Wyoming legislators are currently seeking to shore up the law so a concrete definition can be formed around what constitutes “corner crossing”. “The amendment would add a clause so the statute reads “no person shall enter upon or travel through” private …
Read More »Utah: Ethics Course Required For Shed Hunting
Just a reminder that if you plan on collecting shed antlers this spring in Utah and plan on going shed hunting between Feb 1st and April 15th, Utah’s Antler Gathering Ethics Course is a requirement for you to be in the field. Moose, elk and deer drop their antlers during …
Read More »COLORADO Anti-AG, Wolf Advocate named Director Bureau of Animal Protection
Gov. Polis’ Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg hired a wolf advocate with anti-ag ties, Dr. Rebecca (Becky) Niemiec, to lead Colorado’s Bureau of Animal Protection (BAP). Niemiec is currently a wolf reintroduction and “humane food choice proponent” as an assistant professor in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department at …
Read More »Poached Jerky For Sale!
“Investigators sent tissue and jerky samples from these animals to the Game and Fish Wildlife Forensic Lab for DNA comparison,” the release adds. “Through this work, the lab was able to identify a combination of 18 unique mule deer and pronghorn antelope that were poached.” A Natrona County, Wyoming resident …
Read More »$791K In Wildlife Damages!
A wicked stretch of Highway 26 near Dubois, Wyoming is a pinch point for wildlife and racks up over three-quarters of a million dollars in wildlife related accident costs each year. This has prompted the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to produce a mitigation study and propose mitigation measures to …
Read More »Wyoming Corner Hopping Turns Into Hunter Harassment?
The Carbon County, Wyoming corner hopping saga involving four Missouri hunters and the Elk Mountain Ranch continues to evolve as claims of hunter harassment are now being brought into play. “Ranch employees spied on them to the point they couldn’t relieve themselves in private, stalked the group, harassed them in …
Read More »Montana Hound Hunting Bears: Good or Bad?
The 2021 Montana legislature passed HB 468 to allow the hunting of black bears with hounds during the state’s spring bear season outside of occupied grizzly habitat. This decision has come with challenges and questions from both hunters and state wildlife biologists and managers. Is hunting bears with hounds “fair …
Read More »Washington State Predator Update
This past winter the predator impact on ungulate populations in the state of Washington has been front and center. This blog will give you a couple of updates on what is going on and how you might be able to get involved. After much pressure from sportsmen, in late …
Read More »Montana FWP Commission Approves New Elk and Deer Seasons
The controversial and high publicized changes to the deer and elk regulations have been passed by the Montana FWP Game Commission. Many residents expressed their concerns about the “rushed” changes but the commission declared too much work had already been done on these changes so they passed them, with the …
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