Remembering Deer 255: Wyoming muley renowned for longest migration dies June 6, 2024 WyoFile on MSN
... The most famous mule deer in Wyoming died April 11 on a brushy pocket in the middle of the Red Desert. A mountain lion likely killed the 10-year-old doe known for migrating more than 200 miles each spring and fall in search of nourishing meals...
Game and Fish Commission invests in the Wind River to Grand Tetons — Connecting Wildlife on the Togwotee Trail project May 30, 2024 Wyoming DNR News
... The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Dubois last week for its May meeting. The Commission once again invested in wildlife crossings to help prevent vehicle collisions with big game, as it voted to approve an additional $500,000 toward The Wind River to Grand Tetons – Connecting Wildlife on the Togwotee Trail Dubois project on U.S. Highway 26...
Wyoming, tribal impasse over hunting persists May 25, 2024 Casper Star-Tribune
... “The case unequivocally says that just because you create a national forest, [it doesn’t mean] that those lands are occupied.” The Crow’s treaty grants hunting rights in perpetuity on “unoccupied” lands. But other important questions about off-reservation hunting remain unresolved ...
Mule deer decline and management strategies are hot topics at first Sportsperson Conservation Forum May 24, 2024 Wyoming Public Media
... It's almost like this “death by a thousand cuts” kind of an analogy. When you look at things like wildlife disease, like chronic wasting disease (CWD); and then you look at continued human presence and human-dominated landscapes with urban sprawl, and more subdivisions and more development in many different ways, whether it be roads or fences or energy development ...
Chronic wasting disease alters the movement behavior and habitat use of mule deer during clinical stages of infection 2024, Ecology and Evolution
... using GPS collar data from two distinct populations collared in central Wyoming, USA during 2018–2022 ... CWD and predation were the leading causes of mortality during our study (32/91 deaths attributed to CWD and 27/91 deaths attributed to predation). Deer infected with CWD moved slower and used lower elevation areas closer to rivers in the months preceding death compared with uninfected deer ...
Green River man pleads guilty to deer shootings in local neighborhood May 23, 2024 Wyoming News
... sentenced in the Sweetwater County Circuit Court to 15 days in jail for five counts of wanton destruction of a big game animal ... Over five years, at least five deer were shot and killed in the area ...
Chronic wasting disease detected in 13.9% of Wyoming big game animals tested May 21, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish
... The number of samples submitted and tested in 2023 has dropped slightly from previous years. In 2022, 5,875 samples were submitted, a decline compared to 2021, when 6,884 samples were submitted. The percentage of samples that tested positive in 2023 was 13.9%, which remained similar to 2022, when 14.1% of samples tested positive. The proportion of positive samples in 2023 was slightly higher than in 2021, in which 12.2% of samples tested were positive..,
Wyoming Battles BLM Over New Energy & Migration Rules May 7, 2024 Laramie Live
... The National Parks Conservation Association wants the rules to protect mule deer and pronghorn that travel 200 miles from the Red Desert to Grand Teton National Park... "That corridor has been exceedingly fragmented by decades of widespread oil and gas development and leasing," Kiklis pointed out...
Gray wolf report outlines management and conservation efforts, highlights a decrease in conflicts and an increase in population May 6, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish
... As of Dec. 31, 2023, at least 192 wolves and 17 breeding pairs reside within the wolf trophy game management area. When combined with other jurisdictions within Wyoming, the state has at least 352 wolves and 43 packs, with at least 24 breeding pairs. The documented increase in wolves is attributed to increased recruitment of young wolves entering the population and lower mortality than noted in previous monitoring years..,
National Elk Refuge will stake out the future of feeding; legal challenges all but certain May 2, 2024 Wyoming, Gillette News Record
... If officials depart from the status quo, they could be sued by a group like Gilliland’s [Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association] ...But if the Elk Refuge chooses to continue feeding, environmental groups could also sue, building on suits they’ve already filed, arguing the refuge hasn’t moved fast enough to stop feeding and slow the spread of chronic wasting disease ...
Colorado Wolves Expand Range, May Already Be Crossing Into Wyoming April 25, 2024 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... Tracking data for Colorado’s reintroduced wolves shows them possibly wandering right up to the Wyoming state line, but it’s not confirmed whether any have crossed over...wolves were released in Colorado in late December ...
CWD 'study' goes viral, gets debunked April 24, 2024 Wyoming, Jackson Hole News&Guide
... The publication laid out a possible connection between the two hunters’ deaths, and their consumption of meat from a deer herd infected with chronic wasting disease. The report did not say where the hunters died, where they harvested the deer and, importantly, whether the deer they ate tested positive for the disease...
Chronic Wasting Disease report incites sensational media response April 23, 2024 Wyoming, Casper Star-Tribune
...In 2022, a 72-year-old Wyoming hunter with a penchant for venison was suddenly beset by bouts of confusion and aggression, which later proved to be the symptoms of a central nervous system disorder known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD, which took the man's life. Shortly after, another hunter from the same community also died of CJD, and when it became known that both men had a history of consuming meat from deer populations afflicted by Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) ...
$28M Crossing Project Planned On Deadly Highway For Wyoming Mule Deer April 18, 2024 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... Hundreds of mule deer are killed along a 25-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 26 ... It’s hoped that $2.7 million in private money can be raised by July. That should help snag a federal grant to cover the remaining balance ...
Two Wyoming agencies debut their plan to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions around Dubois April 16, 2024 Wyoming Public Media
... The proposed mitigation plan includes adding three new overpasses and an underpass to help separate animals from the roadway. It also calls for improving already existing underpasses and removing vegetation so motorists can better see deer from farther away...
Conservation groups press for big game habitat exclusions in federal solar energy initiative April 15, 2024 Wyoming Tribune Eagle
... The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to expand its Western solar energy initiative should be modified to carve out big game migration routes and critical wintering habitat in Wyoming, according to several conservation groups...
Wyoming learning from 'state of the art' mule deer study April 8, 2024 Billings Gazette
... new technology. Solar-powered ear tags are being attached to fawns and rutting males. So far, 40 of the units have been deployed, 20 on adults that also had a GPS collar and 20 on juveniles. The nice thing about the ear tags is that as fawns grow, and the size of their neck changes, there’s no worry about a constricting collar...
Yellowstone research reignites debate over wolf-generated trophic cascade April 7, 2024 The Spokesman-Review
... The results of a 20-year study in Yellowstone ... In 1995, wolves were reintroduced... By 2003, the elk population plummeted ... “We conclude that the restoration of apex predators to Yellowstone should no longer be held up as evidence of a trophic cascade in riparian plant communities of small streams on the northern range,” ...
For these mammals, migration is a means of survival April 1, 2024 Wyoming, High Country News
... Deer 255 didn’t need a name. Between 2019 and 2022, four animated videos of her 240-mile annual trek from southwest Wyoming to central Idaho — the longest one-way mule deer migration ever recorded — racked up almost 4 million views online. Her collar number became synonymous with marathon feats...
$30M Wildlife Crossings To Target Wyoming Highway ‘Slaughterhouse’ March 31, 2024 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... a new $30 million wildlife crossing project will be built on a stretch already known as a “slaughterhouse” for antelope and deer... thousands of dead deer and antelope ...
Court rules against BLM on oil and gas lease sales March 28, 2024 Wyoming, Gillette News Record
... the court said the BLM’s lease plans did not sufficiently account for risks to wildlife, namely sage grouse and mule deer, both of which are negatively impacted by oil and gas development, studies have shown...
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Approves Feedground Management Plan March 26, 2024 Game and Fish News
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission voted to approve the department’s Feedground Management Plan, the result of a four-year collaborative process. Regional wildlife managers will now be tasked with developing adaptive Feedground Management Action Plans with local stakeholders.
New elk harvest record set by Wyoming hunters March 26, 2024 Wyoming Game & Fish Department News
... Elk populations have thrived in Wyoming over the last two decades. Wildlife managers estimate the elk population in the Cowboy State to be about 109,000 ... according to the latest elk harvest survey report. During the season, hunters spent more than 480,000 recreation days in the field and harvested nearly 29,000 elk ...
Wyoming Game And Fish Proposes Unlimited Elk Tags To Cut Down On Gigantic Herds March 23, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... The draft season proposals are available online. “In many areas, Type 8 elk licenses are being proposed with some additional restrictions,” Ball said. “For instance, some hunt areas may have a restriction of ‘private land only’ or ‘valid off national forest.’” ...
Wyoming Wildlife Getting Used To New Network Of 9 Underpasses In Lincoln County March 23, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... The $15 million Dry Piney wildlife underpass system was built primarily with mule deer in mind... There were as many as 150 wildlife collisions reported on that section of highway every year ...
Wyoming Elk, Antelope Adapt Better To Housing, Energy Developments Than Mule Deer March 18, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... Wyoming, elk and antelope are more likely to adapt to avoid humans. Mule deer on the other hand are too stubborn to move and will keep their migration routes... Research was conducted around Cody, Pinedale and along big game migration corridors in the Red Desert...
Game and Fish Commission approves Feedground Management Plan March 18, 2024
Wyoming Game and Fish Department - State of Wyoming
... “This is not a plan to shut down elk feedgrounds. The Feedground management plan provides a long-term roadmap and a suite of adaptive management options that may be utilized for each feedground,” said Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik. “Not all feedgrounds are the same ...
Governor's Big Game License Coalition allocates $1.8 million for conservation projects
Wyoming Game and Fish Department March 18, 2024 State of Wyoming
... A total of 78 projects that benefit the committee’s five priorities were funded. Funds were generated through the sale of the Wyoming Governor's complimentary big game licenses in 2023. The coalition allocates funds for various wildlife conservation projects through committees that focus on wildlife species-specific initiatives: elk, mule deer ...
Idaho Man Sentenced to Probation and Ordered to Pay $6,100 for Illegally Collecting Antlers in Wyoming March 19, 2024 Wyoming, K2 Radio
... for attempted unlawful transportation and sale of illegally possessed wildlife ... illegal shed antler collecting...
‘Unrestricted hunting’ out, market value in, as elk damage payments bill advances February 29, 2024 Wyoming, Buffalo Bulletin
... HB 60 ... Grass lost on state land grazing allotments would no longer be eligible for compensation, and the revision added that eligible landowners must permit “reasonable” hunting opportunities on their property... Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership also emailed ... this bill disincentivizes the partnerships we need to effectively address elk overpopulation in Wyoming while costing [Game and Fish] and Wyoming sportspeople millions of dollars...
Wyoming Range mule deer population declines after severe winter of 2022-23 February 29, 2024 Wyoming Game & Fish Department
... Wildlife biologists estimate the current herd number to be about 11,000 animals — a considerable decline from the February 2023 estimate of 30,000 individuals..,
Rare 'Frankendeer' Crossbreeding No Threat To Wyoming Mule Deer February 24, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... Mule deer-whitetail “frankendeer” hybrids are extremely rare, but not unheard of in Wyoming. They generally aren’t good survivors ... probably fewer than “the single digits” of the percentage of the deer population in any given area ...
Wyoming Game and Fish elk feedground plan walks tightwire of social, disease issues February 24, 2024 Billings Gazette
... To lessen the chances that disease will spread on feedgrounds, the department may shrink elk populations through hunting. In some places, this may mean a reduction to the point where the herd can subsist without a feedground. Another tactic is to spread out feed to disperse the animals, or to move feeding areas. The duration of the feeding season could also be cut...
Wyoming Whitetail Deer: Are They A 'Noxious Weed,' Or Do They Belong? February 20, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... “Lewis and Clark noted the whitetail deer all up the Yellowstone valley on their Corps of Discovery ... We can assume that the migration of the whitetail was up the Yellowstone gallery forest of cottonwood then up the Bighorn tributary to the Wind River and subsequent valley. At any rate, the deer was here at the time of western white expansion.” ..,
Game and Fish releases updated draft of Wyoming Elk Feedgrounds Management Plan following public comment period February 20, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish News
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released its final draft of the Wyoming Elk Feedgrounds Management Plan with the public and will present it before the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission at its meeting in Pinedale March 12-13 for its approval. The draft plan, which can be found on the Elk Feedgrounds: A Challenge We Can Take On web page, is designed to guide the department’s overall and long-term approach to elk management as it pertains to the 21 Game and Fish-operated elk feedgrounds in western Wyoming.
Wyoming Legislators Propose Separate Seasons for Whitetail and Mule Deer to Aid Conservation February 16, 2024 NewsBreak Original
... This legislative move aims to provide targeted management strategies to support the struggling mule deer populations, while accommodating the growth of the whitetail deer numbers across the state... with mule deer numbers declining and whitetails increasing in various regions of Wyoming...,
Even With $2000 Elk Tags, Hunters Still Want To Hunt In Wyoming February 10, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... There was a dip in nonresident applications for special draw elk tags this year, possibly because of the price hikes, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department... some nonresident elk tags scraping the $2,000 mark ...
Wyoming's Second-Deadliest Highway For Deer Gets Wildlife Crossing January 30, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... As many as 40 deer a month were being struck and killed along that stretch of I-25 ... a wildlife crossing, which uses fencing to funnel animals toward safe underpasses, is about 60% complete and could be finished by this summer...
CWD detected in new Wyoming deer hunt area January 29, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish Department
... The disease was confirmed in a buck mule deer in December. Deer Hunt Area 90 is in the Lander Region and is bordered by deer hunt areas 36, 89, 97, 157 and 160 — all of which are CWD positive..,
Wyoming's latest coyote-killing plan results from brutal 2022-'23 winter January 29, 2024 WyoFile
... Last winter killed most of western Wyoming’s mule deer... Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved a $200,000 sum requested by wildlife managers to supplement existing aerial gunning of coyotes in western and south-central parts of the state ...
They are few. They are fat. They are Western Wyoming's deer. January 26, 2024 WyoFile
... The 7-year-old doe survived a harrowing winter that killed off more than 70% of the female deer that researchers were monitoring in the Wyoming Range ... This winter has so far been mild, but if it turns into another severe one, they’d be likely to survive...
Wyoming’s deer factory — the Black Hills — is emptier than ever January 23, 2024 WyoFile on MSN
... In the fall of 2021, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department documented one of the worst EHD epidemics on record. In places, it was every bit as deadly as the winter of 2022-’23, which killed upwards of 60% of collared adult deer and over 70% of adult collared pronghorn in some swaths of western Wyoming.. Mule deer numbered an estimated 13,500 in the Black Hills Herd after the 2022 hunting season, down from a recent high of over 32,000 in 2017 ..,
Game and Fish Commission invests more dollars in mule deer initiative January 22, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish Department - State of Wyoming
... The Commission voted to allocate $504,000 to improve mule deer habitat for 10 herd units across the state. This will be leveraged with partner funding for a total impact of $4.38 million...
Elk management in Wyoming January 22, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish
... The Wyoming Game and Fish Department estimates the population of elk in the Cowboy State to be about 109,000. In some areas of the state, the population increase has caused damage issues for private landowners, and over the last five years elk damage claims have increased by 42 percent statewide..,
Hunters Worried As Huge Die-Off, Disease Decimate Wyoming Mule Deer Herds January 17, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... Wyoming’s mule deer population plunged from an estimated 409,000 in 2017 to 243,000 in 2022, and last winter’s huge die-off and disease have further decimated herds, which has left many hunters worried... In 2012, Wyoming had an estimated 376,000 mule deer, and roughly 409,000 in 2017...
CWD-positive deer near Bondurant January 12, 2024 Wyoming, EIN News
... Wyoming Game and Fish Department first confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154 near Bondurant this past September, from a hunter-harvested buck mule deer. A second CWD-positive buck mule deer was confirmed in this hunt area in late November 2023..,
CWD detected in new Wyoming elk hunt area January 9, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish Department
... The disease was confirmed in a hunter-harvested cow elk in late December 2023. Elk Hunt Area 28 is in the Lander Region and is bordered by Elk Hunt areas 127 and 98 where CWD was detected in 2022 and 2021..,
This Winter Looking Less Deadly Than Last For Wyoming Mule Deer January 3, 2024 Cowboy State Daily
... when that snowpack melted, it dumped much-needed moisture into the land. And that was followed by ample rains throughout the spring and early summer... “When a lot of juveniles die over the winter, the moms are going into that next year really fat and happy,” Merkle said. “We’ll probably see a really high survival rate this winter ..,
Powder River/Pumpkin Buttes Mule Deer Study 2023 Prepared for: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department
... Cause of death was determined for 41 of the 65 mortalities. Vehicle collisions (26%) and disease (chronic wasting disease [CWD, 11%] and epizootic hemorrhagic disease [EHD, 8%]) accounted for nearly half of all mortality (Fig. 12). Interestingly, these main mortality sources had clear spatial patterns, where 76% (n=13) of deer-vehicle collisions occurred in the Interstate 90 study area, 71% (n=5) of CWD mortality occurred in the DeSmet/Highway 14/16 study area, and 100% (n=5) of the EHD mortality occurred in the Interstate 90 study area..,
Winter so far has been mild but is it enough for Deer and Antelope? Wyoming Game and Fish Has the Answers December 27, 2023 Wyoming, Local News 8
... Winter of 22-23 was filled with lots of snow and cold ... Western Wyoming lost probably half of the pronghorn and mule deer herds due to the extreme winter... the half of the herd that did survive, the does didn't give birth to new fawns... it's going to take several years for them to rebound..,
CWD Detected in Elk Near Pinedale December 27, 2023 Wyoming, SweetwaterNOW
... Chronic wasting disease was recently confirmed in a new hunt area near Pinedale ... found in a cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 92, which has a small border with Elk Hunt Area 98, where the disease was detected in 2021..,
How to decimate a mule deer herd: A case study in Wyoming December 21, 2023 WyoFile
... Death is inevitable for the mule deer that cross the interstate here in the Powder River Basin with any frequency. “... none of the animals figured it out,” said Hall Sawyer, an ecologist who studied three segments of the Powder River and Pumpkin Buttes mule deer herds for the "They tried a few times and they’re dead.”...
Plea Agreements Reached in Campbell and Johnson County Poaching Cases December 19, 2023 Wyoming, Sheridan Media
... The investigation and subsequent plea agreement resulted in more than $137,000 in fines and restitution among three individuals... multiple wildlife violations for all three suspects were discovered dating back to December of 2018, including eight buck mule deer and one bull elk taken out of season or wantonly destroyed...
CWD detected in new Wyoming elk hunt area December 11, 2023 WGFD News
... The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 122. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested cow elk in early November. Elk Hunt Area 122 is in the Casper Region and is bordered by three areas where CWD was previously detected..,
Three Deer Bucks Running Around Sheridan With Christmas Lights In Their Antlers December 8, 2023 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... “We are aware of three deer with lights entangled in their antlers. There is also one deer that has remnants of a soccer net entangled in its antlers,” ...local office of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ...
Outrage in Wyoming erupts over public-land auction December 6, 2023 Mountain Journal
... Wyomingites have been resolute in their opposition to selling the state-owned parcel... The land is a vital migration corridor for elk, moose, big horn sheep antelope, pronghorn and mule deer traveling into and out of the national park...
WYDOT receives $24.3 million federal grant for Kemmerer wildlife crossing project December 4, 2023 Wyoming Game and Fish News
... The grant will be used for the Kemmerer Wildlife Crossing Project on U.S. Highway 189 in southwest Wyoming. The project will consist of five underpasses, one overpass and fencing improvements along a 30-mile stretch between Evanston and Kemmerer...
Deer rescued from ice in Green River on Sunday December 3, 2023 Wyoming, Rocket News
... The game and fish department requested GRFD use its Swift Water Rescue Team (SWRT) to save the deer. Upon arrival, the SWRT began retrieving the deer with a nebulus emergency flotation device...
Good Samaritans Save Young Mule Deer Caught In Electric Fence November 30, 2023 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... his antlers became helplessly entangled in an electric fence... two Wyoming men ... using wire cutters to free the nearly exhausted buck from the wire. After it’s freed, the buck springs up and runs away ...
CWD detected in new Wyoming elk hunt area November 24, 2023 Wyoming Fish and Game Department
... The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested bull elk in early October. Elk Hunt Area 58 is in the Cody Region and is bordered by two areas that previously detected CWD in elk..,
Wildlife documentary shows how large ungulates migrate far beyond Grand Teton National Park November 21, 2023 Wyoming Public Media
... A film called “Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations” highlights how mule deer and pronghorn travel from Grand Teton National Park to winter ranges across Idaho, Wyoming, and the Wind River Reservation. It documents how the animals depend on habitats almost 200 miles away from the park’s boundaries...
Montana Land Board signs off on 328-acre Lower Yellowstone acquisition November 21, 2023 Montana Free Press
... A statement from Gianforte’s office said the acquisition will open access to 2.2 miles of Yellowstone riverfront and support multiple game species, including mule and white-tailed deer ...
Yellowstone increases CWD monitoring after it was discovered in the park for the first time November 15, 2023 Wyoming Public Media
... chronic wasting disease ... has been spreading across Wyoming since the 1980s, and about 10 to 15 percent of the mule deer near Cody already have it... Yellowstone said it’s stepping up testing and monitoring efforts ...
Zombie Deer Disease: Everything To Know About Chronic Wasting Disease After Yellowstone Confirms First Infection November 15, 2023 Wyoming, Forbes
... Officials at Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Tuesday confirmed a case of CWD in an adult deer buck found near Yellowstone Lake. The discovery marks the first time the disease has been found in the national park, one of the most visited in the country. As “there is no effective strategy to eradicate” CWD once established ..,
Historic die-off at Wyoming elk feedground prompts management changes November 13, 2023 Wyoming, WyoFile
...1,733 elk being fed every morning on top of feces-filled ground in the feedground’s flat valley floor... “in early February I could tell we were going to see a hoof rot outbreak here.” ... Nearly half of the calves counted on the Horse Creek Feedground last winter died...
After achievements in Wyoming, USDA expands big game conservation program November 13, 2023, Wyoming Tribune Eagle
... deer, pronghorn, elk and other big game species in Wyoming face a number of obstacles that complicate their historic migrations, from housing development and energy extraction to recreation and roadways... Migratory Big Game Initiative ... works with farmers and ranchers to fund conservation on private working lands...
CWD found in elk south of Cody November 6, 2023 Wyoming, Cody Enterprise
... chronic wasting disease south of Cody ... in a hunter-harvested bull elk in early October... Elk Hunt Area 58 overlaps with Deer Hunt Area 113 where the disease also has been detected..,
Johnson County Busting At Seams With Elk, But Not Much Deer November 5, 2023 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... booming elk herds ... Meanwhile, the county’s legendary gobs of whitetails have been knocked back severely by disease. But they’ll probably recover, whereas mule deer might be in longer-term trouble ... this fall ... An outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) – or blue tongue disease — hammered whitetails herds..,
Cameras on collars give scientists intimate view of natural world November 2, 2023 Wyoming, WyoFile
... Cameras tucked under their necks give a unique, up-close perspective... "we can look at some of the decisions that these individual animals make, and then tie that to things that we do have, like more remote data on survival and reproduction and if they are successful in raising fawns.” ...
Migrating mule deer will move unhindered on Bridger-Teton National Forest October 31, 2023 Wyoming, Local News 8
... a special order creating a seasonal recreational closure near the outlet of Fremont Lake ... known as the “Fremont Bottleneck.” This bottleneck is a top concern for mule deer managers, as this narrow segment of the migration route is critical for the passage of an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 mule deer each fall and spring...
Western Wyoming's big buck country sees slowest hunt in 30 years October 25, 2023 Jackson Hole News & Guide
... The winter of 2022-23 was a killer unlike any biologists had ever seen for Wyoming Range mule deer and pronghorn in the adjoining Green River basin. Roughly 3 in 4 adult pronghorn died, and the mule deer death rates were nearly as bad: 70% mortality in does and 60% for bucks. Virtually all the 2022-born fawns of both species perished..,
CWD detected in new Wyoming elk hunt area October 25, 2023 Wyoming Game and Fish News
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 58. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested bull elk in early October. Elk Hunt Area 58 is in the Cody Region and is bordered by two areas that previously detected CWD in elk.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Mule Deer Study October 19, 2023 Jackson Hole Radio
... The winter of 2022-23 was harsh, resulting in significant losses for mule deer, particularly in central and western Wyoming. For example, in the Wyoming Range herd, all 100 collared juveniles succumbed to the challenging winter conditions..,
Mule Deer Monitoring Project provides valuable information on winter mortality and movement October 16, 2023 Wyoming Fish and Game Department
... A five-year, groundbreaking project by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to study mule deer in the Cowboy State is underway. This project, which started in late 2022, takes a deeper data dive by researching six areas considered critical for mule deer management: abundance, composition, data management, survival, herd health and harvest management. One of the primary research questions the project hopes to address is abundance — how many individual mule deer are in each of the state’s herds...
$15 Million Wildlife Underpass Project Near La Barge Dedicated On Thursday October 12, 2023 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... Darin Westby, director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation, said the Dry Piney Wildlife Crossing Project cost $15 million and includes nine underpasses, 33 miles of fencing, 2 miles of new road and “an amazing amount of partnership and cooperation.”...
Wyoming Wildlife Crossings Saving Money and Wildlife October 10, 2023 Laramie Live
... The state has identified 240 projects to reduce vehicle-wildlife collisions. WGF said underpasses are proven to reduce these collisions: Seven underpasses and 8-foot-high fencing along a 13.5-mile stretch of Wyoming Highway 30 west of Kemmerer resulted in an 81% reduction in deer-vehicle collisions after three years...
CWD detected in new Wyoming deer hunt area October 9, 2023 Wyoming Game and Fish
... The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 154 is in the Jackson Region and is bordered by three areas that previously detected CWD in deer ...
Researcher paints broad picture of wolf-prey interactions with Jackson Hole Study October 8, 2023 Wyoming, Billings Gazette
... “We have learned that wolves decrease the population size of their prey … sometimes. After wolf reintroduction, some elk population sizes decreased, others remained stable and others increased ... wolves change the behavior and distribution of their prey … sometimes..." the study
Deer population trends point upward October 5, 2023 Wyoming, Casper Star-Tribune
... “Like everywhere, we have population of deer is a fraction of what it used to be; however, I think relative to the last five years, the population in the Big Horns is probably on a bit of an upswing,” ... Parts of southern and western Wyoming, meanwhile, saw survival rates of approximately 30%..,
Dry Piney wildlife crossing project complete October 4, 2023 Wyoming Game & Fish Department
... The project includes nine underpasses and 17 miles of 8-foot tall fencing on both sides of U.S. Highway 189 to encourage big game, primarily mule deer and pronghorn, to use the underpasses and avoid wildlife-vehicle collisions... This section highway has one of the highest wildlife-vehicle collision rates in Wyoming ...
Feed the wildlife September 17, 2023, Casper Star-Tribune
... Many deer in towns around Wyoming survived because people were feeding them ... weather forecasters say the upcoming winter will be just as bad as last year’s winter...
Wyoming Hunters Giving Up Deer Tags Catching On Across The Nation September 16, 2023 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily
... The Let a Deer Walk program started by a Wyoming hunter has gained fans all over the country, as people praise the idea of hunters giving up their deer tags this year so herds can recover from a devastating winter... Nearly 1,200 hunters turned in their tags, and roughly $43,000 was raised for wildlife conservation...
Killing more lions may not help mule deer. Wyoming OKs it anyway. September 15, 2023 Wyoming News
... Game and Fish’s large carnivore supervisor, Dan Thompson, spoke candidly ... “Killing more lions isn’t going to bring back mule deer,” ... supported by a nearly decade-long research project examining the Wyoming Range Mule Deer Herd. Winter mortality and habitat conditions are much more influential factors for the herd than predation ...
In Teton County, Game and Fish will pay for hunters' carcass disposal September 13, 2023 Wyoming, Jackson Hole News & Guide
...In a bid to keep chronic wasting disease from spreading, and unattended carcasses from attracting grizzlies, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will pay for the disposal of hunters’ carcasses in Teton County this year...
Video Below: Wyoming Mule Deer Survey, September 10, 2023. Mule deer have been in the discussions of many big game hunters over the past years; their status in recent years seems to be growing along with the number of folks who like hunting them. Every so often, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department surveys Wyoming mule deer hunters to get their views and opinions on how mule deer are being managed in Wyoming. Last month Game and Fish, in collaboration with the University of Wyoming, initiated an online deer hunter attitude survey of Wyoming resident deer hunters.
