Genetic testing showed the animal, killed by hunters, originated from a population of wolves found in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
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The ram, with a gross score of 170-2/8 on the Boone and Crockett scale, was a trophy caliber sheep.
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A responding conservation officer, who later shot and killed the deer, said the animal showed no fear of him.
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The deer, which was taken by bow and scored 197-4/8, reportedly is the second largest typical mule deer entered into the Nebraska records regardless of method of take.
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Data from this study will help determine survival rates and mortality factors, habitat use, home range size and movements of adult female and fawn mule deer in southwest Nebraska. Another goal of the study is to understand why mule deer population density changes so abruptly in the study area.
LINCOLN, Neb. — In 2017, a record 209 active bald eagle nests were estimated in Nebraska by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Bald eagles were on federal and state endangered species lists as late as 2007 and 2008, respectively. In a little more than a quarter-century the species has gone from a nonexistent breeding
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More than 50 bighorn sheep are carrying new equipment to help the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission track and aid their populations, with hopes of finding the answers to the struggling species’ survival.
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Chronic wasting disease found in 203 deer tested during 2017 firearms season; detected for the first time in Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Frontier and Franklin counties.
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CRAWFORD, Neb. — Nebraska’s limited bighorn sheep season wrapped up recently when the second of two permit holders harvested a ram near Fort Robinson State Park’s Cheyenne Buttes. Jack Nemeth of nearby Chadron, who won the permit by lottery, said he was not looking for the “biggest, baddest ram” in the state, but rather a
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