Wyoming Game and Fish weekly update

*Jan. 22, 2024??*

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*Game and Fish Commission invests more dollars in mule deer initiative?*
mule deer research

CHEYENNE ?The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Cheyenne last week for its January meeting. The Commission voted to allocate $504,000 in funds to improve mule deer habitat for ten herd units across the state. The allocated funds will be leveraged with partner funding for a total of $4.38 million. *The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and partners will spend the next year improving fences to help facilitate animal movement, treating for invasive grasses and restoring riparian habitat across the state. [ [link removed] ]*

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Shed antler and horn hunting season closed for western, southern Wyoming
Shed antler regulation map 2024

CHEYENNE ? Many sections of public lands in western and southern Wyoming closed for shed antler and horn hunting on Jan. 1. *The annual closure for sections of public land, state land and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission wildlife habitat management areas is meant to protect wintering big game. [ [link removed]-(1) ]*

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Elk management in Wyoming
elk

CHEYENNE ? Over the last two decades elk populations have thrived in Wyoming. 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 on a statewide level. [ [link removed] ]*

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The Wyoming Outdoorsman

This week on the?*Wyoming Outdoorsman R**adio S**how* [ [link removed] ]


* *Prescribed burn near Lovell & CWD detected in new hunt area [ [link removed] ]*
* *Game and Fish biologist Greg Hiatt retires [ [link removed] ]*
* *Upcoming hunting application deadlines [ [link removed] ]*

*Outdoor tip/PSA*


* *How to safety drill for ice fishing [ [link removed] ]*

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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department manages and conserves more than 800 species of fish and wildlife across Wyoming. ?For nearly 120 years, we?ve carried out our mission to conserve wildlife and serve people. Through these efforts, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ensures the public continues to enjoy Wyoming?s vast fish and wildlife resource ?through ?hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife watching and other forms of outdoor recreation. Hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers contribute over a billion dollars to Wyoming?s economy each year.




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