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and members of the public shared sightings of
neck-banded elk. Johnson's final report noted
the majority of elk in the study used the Bud
Love during the winter or early spring.
"Twenty elk were radio-collared on either
the Bud Love or Shell Creek and data was
obtained from 13 of these animals for more
than one year. All of the radio-collared elk
found on Shell Creek in fall moved to the
Bud Love by December or January," wrote
Johnson. "All radio-collared elk on Hunter
Mesa moved between winter range on Hunter
Mesa and the face of the mountains both
winters. Eight of nine were located on the
Bud Love at least one time and only No.
2311 was never observed there."
He wrote that one elk made an impressive 32-mile journey from Bud Love to the
southwest side of Hazelton Peak.
POPULAR PLACE
Like most of Wyoming's WHMAs, 75
percent of the money for the Bud Love purchase came from the federal government via
Pittman-Robertson Act funds. The federal
program, which began in 1937 and remains
in effect today, collects a small excise tax on
firearms and ammunition and distributes the
money to states for wildlife conservation.
In accordance with Pittman-Robertson
funding requirements, the property is managed primarily for the purpose of its acquisition, which is the conservation of big game
winter range. To support this goal, it closes
annually from Jan. 1-May 14 to protect wintering elk and other wildlife from unnecessary disturbance. Game and Fish personnel
manage the property and it is owned by the
Game and Fish Commission, which pays all
applicable local taxes.
"One of the things that makes Bud Love
unique is that it is so close to Buffalo," Buffalo
Game Warden Jim Seeman said. "From town,
you can be there in 10 minutes. It is also a
multipurpose unit. It is always very busy with
hunters the first week of deer and antelope
season in the fall, and the ponds are stocked
by Game and Fish so there is good fishing
access in the spring, summer and fall. Once
it opens on May 15, I don't think there is
a day that goes by that there isn't someone
out there. Even in bad weather, someone is
usually hiking, hunting, fishing or looking
at wildflowers."
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Wyoming Wildlife magazine
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Wyoming Wildlife magazine
Table of contents
Cover
From the director
A couple pennies
Letters to the editor
Opening shot
News
Project profiles
Ask Game and Fish
Case files
In the Field
The terrestrial extra
Elk and Elke
Earrings with info
Still in Love
Wild country dispatch
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Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Table of contents
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Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Letters to the editor
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