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Wildlife officials may allow mountain goats to be hunted in Summit County |
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 08:51 |
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Photo by Mark Fox, Summit Daily News
By JANICE KURBJUN, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
A proposal to open a new mountain goat hunting area in the Tenmile Range goes before the Parks and Wildlife Commission next Thursday.
It's been in the works for a few years, district wildlife manager Sean Shepherd said. This summer, he and his Summit County partner, Shannon Schwab, hopped in a helicopter to do a census of the goat population. That count would help them finalize a recommendation for goat management through hunting.
The Parks and Wildlife Commission will consider whether to issue five resident mountain goat licenses for the proposed Unit G10, which encompasses the areas of Summit and Lake counties bounded on the north by Interstate 70; on the east by Colorado Highway 9 and Boreas Pass Road; on the south by the Continental Divide; and on the west by Colorado Highway 91 and Interstate 70.
The licenses would permit rifle hunting for the designated five on weekdays between mid-September and the end of October, which is consistent with the other three units existing in Summit County. If approved, the revision would be printed in regulation books and brochures, and licenses could be available this fall. It's not the only one on the table — another unit is proposed near Aspen, Shepherd said.
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