Wyoming reduces statewide Pronghorn and Mule deer tags by over 11k

[Schaaf]

Wyoming Cuts 11,300 Pronghorn and Mule Deer Tags Due to Drought

Due to severe drought conditions, Wyoming officials are reducing more than 10,000 hunting tags for pronghorn and mule deer.

www.fieldandstream.com

Meanwhile, Montana FWP is befuddled with the decision to let such a prime opportunity to cause a generational impact on the herd fall by the way side.

 

[MO Betta]

Guessing this won't impact One Shot and the WWF hunts.

 

[Bigjay73]

Deja vu all over again. Here's to a year of good weather and high fawn production

 

[seeth07]

Guessing this won't impact One Shot and the WWF hunts.

they should be canceled for a year right?

 

[HONEYBADGER]

Wyoming Cuts 11,300 Pronghorn and Mule Deer Tags Due to Drought

Due to severe drought conditions, Wyoming officials are reducing more than 10,000 hunting tags for pronghorn and mule deer.

www.fieldandstream.com

Meanwhile, Montana FWP is befuddled with the decision to let such a prime opportunity to cause a generational impact on the herd fall by the way side.

As much as I like hunting speed goats in Wyoming it's probably a good idea to cut tags. Numbers are nothing like they were.

They should cut all doe tags period. No sense killing moms when your trying to get numbers up.

 

[Birdbander]

That's some kind of depressing!

Looks like I'll have at least a couple of years of early October bird camp. Gee, darn

 

[thusby]

Wyoming is the O.G. Of game management.

 

[BuzzH]

Guessing this won't impact One Shot and the WWF hunts.

It will...statute says they will cut tags for both hunts when populations are down.

If they don't there will be trouble....

 

[Wildabeest]

Are specific unit quotas updated online yet?

 

[brockel]

Someday I’d like to know what management is like

 

[300stw]

could be the beginning of the end if the powers that be dont get on the proactive management,

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Are specific unit quotas updated online yet?

They are.

 

[EastTNHunter]

This is disappointing in the short term for hunters, but I’m glad that they are looking at biology in making their decisions. The trickle/ripple effect of this may affect points creep and my plans for hunting next year, but so be it.

 

[Khunter]

They are.

link? Always kinda hard (for me) to find that each year.

 

[huntin24/7]

It’s nice to see an agency react and set their quotas based on current conditions and herd numbers. I hunted a central WY unit in 2019 that was crawling with lope. Last fall, may wife drew and we saw10-20% of what we saw 2 years earlier and the drought was really bad. Good on you WY. Maybe a state north of you could take some lessons.

 

[Shangobango]

link? Always kinda hard (for me) to find that each year.

Regulations | Wyoming Game & Fish Department

April 22-23, 2025 - Commission MeetingCasper, WY The following regulations will be presented to the Commission at their April meeting.Final action by the Commission will occur at a later date.Chapter 2, General Hunting RegulationChapter 5, Antelope Hunting SeasonsChapter 6, Deer Hunting Seasons

wgfd.wyo.gov

Scroll down to big game. This is one place I have found it. I still haven’t found the one that shows the actual reductions by area.

 

[Shangobango]

Found it…

2022 Season Chapters for April WGFC Meeting - Google Drive

 

[RobertD]

This will continue to squeeze deer and pronghorn odds in conjunction with the rush to clear points before the 90/10 boogeyman comes. That said, I've seen some areas with increases so a few smart hunters may beat the creep and nail down a nice tag.

 

[Wildabeest]

Some weird math in those tables. My unit is up 3,000 in population, so they are adding 100 additional estimated harvest. What’s weird is they are estimating 400 additional hunters, and it’s a unit with historically 90+% success rate. Not sure how if you add 400 hunters to unit with 90% success you only expect 100 additional harvest .

Edit: Is that called “Montana math”?

 

[Shangobango]

This will continue to squeeze deer and pronghorn odds in conjunction with the rush to clear points before the 90/10 boogeyman comes. That said, I've seen some areas with increases so a few smart hunters may beat the creep and nail down a nice tag.

Yup. I am doing a party app with a buddy and getting in on a general unit. Still should be a pont ahead of the curve.

I am in no man’s land on deer points anyway. May as well pick an average area and start becoming familiar with it and hope to hunt it every 3 or 4 years.