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Upland game bird hunters in the southern Big Horn Basin have an opportunity to submit a wing from their harvested sage-grouse or partridge to help the Wyoming Game and Fish Department gain insight …
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Upland game bird hunters in the southern Big Horn Basin have an opportunity to submit a wing from their harvested sage-grouse or partridge to help the Wyoming Game and Fish Department gain insight into local bird populations.
From Sept. 15-30, eight new collection barrels will be available throughout the southern Big Horn Basin so hunters can easily submit one wing from their harvested sage grouse, chukar or Hungarian partridge. Game and Fish analyzes the wings to estimate reproductive success that year. Using length and wear of the primary feathers, each wing is aged as a chick, yearling or adult, and sex is determined by the size or measurement of the wing.
While Game and Fish routinely collects sage grouse wings primarily in central and southwest Wyoming, this is the first time collection barrels will be available in the southern Big Horn Basin.
