WYOMING — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is encouraging hunters to submit their harvest surveys and feedback on the 2021 hunting season. Hunters’ responses about their season are used in making future wildlife management decisions.
Many hunters have received or will begin to receive a harvest survey via e-mail or the Postal Service.
“This harvest survey is the best way to gather large amounts of data from the public. We use the responses to estimate harvest, hunter success and hunter effort,” said Embere Hall, supervisor for the Game and Fish science, research and analytical support unit.“Hunter feedback is important information and is a valuable tool for monitoring populations, setting future quotas, season dates and other regulations. We appreciate every response.”
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.
However, all license holders for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, mountain lion, gray wolf, wild turkey, furbearer, sandhill crane and light goose conservation orders are included in the survey process.
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.
To be eligible for prizes, hunters who are selected for a survey must submit responses by Jan. 6, for antelope, Jan. 27 for deer and Feb. 3, 2022, for elk.
“In Wyoming, it’s not a requirement that all hunters fill out a survey,” Hall said. “But, if you get a survey, it’s important to fill it out, even if you didn’t hunt or harvest.”
