Historic die-off at Wyoming elk feedground prompts management changes
• One of the largest documented outbreaks of hoof rot in Wyoming struck the Horse Creek Feedground last winter, killing nearly half of the congregated calves. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Biologist Ben Wise received the first feedground reports of…
Western Wyoming’s big buck country sees slowest hunt in 30 years
• Game and Fish biologists checking hunter-killed mule deer at historic Greys River check station observed a 74% decline in harvested animals compared to 2022. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com ALPINE — Gary Fralick’s calm demeanor shifted to a hustle…
Mule Deer Monitoring Project provides valuable information on winter mortality and movement
CHEYENNE – 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…
Antelope hunt challenged by disease and difficult winter
• Numbers down in Upper Green/Evanston – Speaking with the SVI Weekday Wake Up program aired in Star Valley, Kemmerer and Bridger Valley, Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Gary Fralick said, “I think your listeners are keen on effects of…
Sept. 6: Gary Fralick, Wyoming G&F Biologist
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Sept. 6: Justin Laycock, Greys River District Ranger
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Weather, disease whacks wildlife
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — This winter is killing mule deer fawns in Wyoming’s largest herd, and may be exacerbating a pneumonia outbreak in pronghorn near Pinedale. “This is a real deal winter…
A closer look at Wyoming’s five deer herds
◆ Wyoming Range herd is largest of the herds. The January 4, edition of the Star Valley Independent includes a feature report called, “Deer and Data.” This report takes an in-depth look at Wyoming’s five main deer herds in a…
Greys River deer migration continues on time, every year
It’s a tradition every spring — Wyoming Mule Deer leave their winter ranges around LaBarge and Evanston and make their way back to their summer range on the Greys River and Salt River Mountain Range where new fawns are born….
Moose Calf Rescued from Icy Pond
On January 24th, an unusual kind of rescue took place in a subdivision just outside of Jackson. A calf moose had fallen into an iced-over pond on private property. Gary Fralick, a wildlife biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish…