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Whitetails Unlimited has provided merchandise incentives to entice hunters in Wyoming to complete the Big Game Survey. WTU has been providing merchandise to the Wyoming Fish & Game Department since 2015 and plans to continue to do so in the future. Surveys are distributed each year to approximately 100,000 Wyoming hunters to estimate harvest, hunter success, and hunter effort. Information obtained from the annual surveys are used along with information from annual herd composition surveys, harvest field checks, and mortality surveys to estimate the size, demographic characteristics, and trends of each population (herd) over time.
Most game license holders are automatically included in the survey process. Antelope, deer, and elk license holders are selected randomly because of the sheer volume of licenses sold. Hunters who are selected to complete these surveys will be entered in a drawing upon completion. The surveys are conducted by Tetra Tech, a survey research firm based out of Madison, Wisconsin.
“The Big Game Surveys are extremely important to the WFGD to help them regulate herd populations,” says Whitetails Unlimited Program Services Director Russ Austad. “These surveys are not required, so anyway we can help draw hunters to complete them is a plus.”
About Whitetails Unlimited:
Since our beginning in 1982, Whitetails Unlimited has remained true to its mission and has made great strides in the field of conservation. Thanks to more than 475 chapters, 113,000-plus members, chapter volunteers, and corporate sponsors, Whitetails Unlimited has earned the reputation of being the nation’s premier organization dedicating its resources to the betterment of the white-tailed deer and its environment. Our mission is to raise funds in support of educational programs, wildlife habitat enhancement and acquisition, and preservation of the shooting sports and hunting tradition for future generations. To date, Whitetails Unlimited has expended more than $94 million on program services and activities that continue to enhance, and ultimately foster, our mission.
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Contact:
Russ Austad, Whitetails Unlimited
Program Services Director: (920) 743-6777, Ext. 102