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Game and Fish upcoming harvest surveys include furbearer
Oct 29, 2019 14:53 ET

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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters that they will soon be receiving a harvest survey via e-mail or through the mail.

The surveys, which some hunters may have already received, are a means to gather harvest information and feedback on the 2019 hunting season. G&F Wildlife and Habitat Management Supervisor Tim Woolley said that the survey is the best way to obtain large amounts of data from the public and that they use the responses to estimate harvest, hunter success and hunter effort.

Woolley said that all license holders for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, mountain lion, gray wolf, fall wild turkey, spring wild turkey, furbearer, sandhill crane and light goose conservation order are included in the survey process. He added that because of the large volume of antelope, deer, elk, small game, upland game bird and migratory game bird license holders, a random sampling of those licensed hunters are surveyed; not all license holders of those species will receive a request to complete a harvest survey.
Hunters who do receive and complete an antelope, deer or elk harvest survey will be entered in a drawing to win one of several donated prizes as a thank you.