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Last year's elk hunting season was wildly successful with nearly a 5% increase in harvest compared to the previous season. This comes at a time when wildlife managers look to hunters to help shrink the ever-increasing elk numbers.
CHEYENNE — Last year, the Game and Fish Department removed more than 100 head of elk from rangeland in southeastern Wyoming, salvaged the meat and donated it to Wyoming first
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Information Specialist Christina Schmidt made an appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to announce the registration has opened for land owners to join the Access Yes Program. According to Schmidt, the program facilitates public hunting and fishing access on
The agency estimates the state’s elk population at about 109,000. Over the last five years elk damage claims made by landowners have increased by 42%.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reports that over the last two decades elk populations have thrived in Wyoming. The 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 landow