Wyo Game and Fish issues 2K new elk tags as herds exceed goals
Commission approves seasons, larger hunt with wapiti populations 29% above objective. Re-assessment of CWD-infected Jackson Elk Herd size is postponed.
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Bill would strip Game & Fish’s authority to close elk feedgrounds
Measure would hand power to governor and require livestock board input. Sierra Club calls the bill “a pretty terrible idea.”
Game and Fish plans for deadly disease at elk feedgrounds
Chronic Wasting Disease would be ‘impossible’ to eradicate once it infects closely congregated herds in winter, a top wildlife health official says.
‘Decade of the elk’ for hunters as herds top goals by 32%
Game and Fish Department counts, estimates find 112,900 wapiti. “Elk hunting should be really good for people this year,” said one manager.
CWD panel won’t consider closing elk feedgrounds
Tackling worries that 22 state feedgrounds might spread chronic wasting disease would “weigh down” a statewide group, Game and Fish Department says.
Tackling worries that 22 state feedgrounds might spread chronic wasting disease would “weigh down” a statewide group, Game and Fish Department says.
