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  • Western states take aim at antler gatherers

    Ralph Maughan

    More people are gathering antlers. The recession makes some of them desperate for money. The end result is trouble for wildlife- About a month ago I posted an article about this in Wyoming, but the issue is bigger than that. Overzealous antler gatherers face a new flurry of regulation by U.S. Western states trying to…

  • Wyoming Game and Fish establishes a season on antler gathering

    Ralph Maughan

    Season established to reduce disturbance of ungulates on their winter range- Antlers and some horns (such as bighorn) are very valuable. There a quite a few “horn hunters” — people who gather them after they have fallen. As a result, there is competition and an incentive to get into the wintering grounds early, often when…

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