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Litue League starting up
witn tryouts Saturday
Spring is around the cor-
ner, and that means the start
of Little League Baseball in
north Big Horn County.
Open enrollment for
teams is taking place now,
and parents can register
their kids online at ycy
nbhlittleleague.com. Forms
have also been sent home
from local schools.
A combine (tryout) and
draft will be held this Satur-
day, March 17, at the LoveU
High School Gym, with Ma-
jors beginning at 8 a.m. and
Minors at 10 a.m. Registra-
tions are due at that time,
and the draft will follow Sat-
urday afternoon.
A parent meeting for
the T-ball and coach pitch
leagues will be held Satur-
day at 9 a.m. in the lobby at
the gym. Coaches are needed
for T-ball.
The absolute final day to
sign up is March 24.
For more information,
contact Jana Bloch at 272-
1073 or Doug Arnold at 254-
0140.
Opening day festivities
including a hit-a-than, a flag
ceremony, the reading of the
league mission statement,
fun family activities. Initial
games will be held Saturday,
May 5, at the Northeast Lit-
tle League Complex. The con-
cession stand will be open all
day, including breakfast.
BULLDOGS
shooting," May said. "Dylan
is another kid that will get
involved with a lot of things
and always goes the extra
mile and tries to make him-
self better at whatever he
does.
"I look forward to Dylan
growing as a player next sea-
son."
Clark was second on the
Bulldogs in rebounding with
160 (5.9/game), fourth in
scoring at 6.4 ppg and shot
56 percent from the field.
"One of the things he re-
ally provided for us was a
calm composure that didn't
allow him to be taken out
of the game mentally," May
said. "He provided us re-
bounding and was kind of a
steady player. He's coming
along scoring-wise and is a
kid who surprises teams.
'Tfe'll expect a lot from
Ryan next year - better re-
bounding, better scoring and
more consistency."
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Baxendale averaged 5.2
points and 4 rebounds per
game this season.
"He's a good jumper and
a good athlete," May said.
"He provided us some good
scoring games and good re-
bounding. He's a good energy
kid."
McKayan May was a
jack-of-all-trades for the
Bulldogs, who had "good
length" to defend as a guard
and played good defense for
the Bullldogs, Coach May
said of his nephew.
"He did a nice job re-
bounding for us and can han-
dle the ball really well," the
coach said. "He can run. All
of the seniors are athletic
and can get up and down the
floor well and defend well.
"I'm really proud of that
group, which helped us go
46-8 the last two years, win
a regional title and reach the
championship game at State.
That is pretty impressive."
Longer deer hunting season among G&F proposals
to be discussed next week in Big Horn County
BY NATHAN aSTER
Hunters in Big Horn
County will have two oppor-
tunities next week to weigh
in on the Wyoming Game
and Fish Department's pro-
posed hunting season recom-
mendations for 2012.
Open house meetings
are scheduled for Wednes-
day, March 21, 6 to 8 p.m., at
the Lovell Fire Hall and on
Thursday, March 22, 6 to 8
p.m., at Greybull Town Hall.
At these meetings, indi-
viduals will have opportuni-
ties to talk directly with the
wildlife biologists and game
wardens responsible for
managing big game.
This year, a couple of
the proposals are signifi-
cant, according to G&F wild-
life biologist Tom Easterly of
Greybull.
The most notewor-
thy one would lengthen the
deer-hunting season along
the western slope of the Big
Horn Mountains by a full
week. In the past, it gener-
ally ran from Oct. 15 through
Oct. 24. The proposal calls for
the seasons to be extended
through Oct. 31.
"People told us in our
'preseason' season-setting
meeting that they wanted
more opportunities to hunt
deer longer than the tradi-
tional season, which has end-
ed on Oct. 24 in the past," he
said.
"Right now, we're at a
point where our buck ra-
tios in the north -- basically
from Highway 14 up to the
Montana state line -- are
pretty good. The number of
good bucks has been climb-
ing. But down to the south
(from Highway 14 down to
Ten Sleep), the numbers
have been just holding their
OWn."
Easterly said G&F man-
agers have some reserva-
tions about the impact the
longer season would have on
the population on the south-
ern end.
,'At this point, it's just a
proposal," he said. "If there
are folks out there who think
that would be a bad thing for
buck numbers and quality,
we'd sure like to hear from
them.
"We did hear from some
people at our preseason
meetings who thought pop-
ulations were too low...and
that buck quality isn't what
they'd like to see."
CROP LOSSES
The G&F is also propos-
ing a decrease in the number
of doe and fawn licenses that
it issues in most areas of the
county, with the exception
being in the area along the
Shoshone River.
"Even landowners have
commented that deer num-
bers are down,' Easterly
said. "We always had these
licenses set pretty high in re-
sponse to damaged crops."
On Shell Creek last year,
the G&F issued 400 doe-fawn
licenses. This year the pro-
posal is for 100 to be issued.
the G&F is proposing no sig-
nificant changes, according
to Easterly.
A report on crop damage
in Fiscal Year 2011 revealed
that the G&F paid out more
than $105,000 to landowners
to compensate for damage in-
flicted by mule deer.
More than half of that to-
tal was paid out in two areas.
The Shoshone River herd
was the most prolific, cost-
ing landowners $33,941. The
Horse Creek herd, to the east
of Greybull and up toward
Shell, ranked second, with
payments of $20,464.
Easterly said the G&F is
also proposing a decrease in
doe and fawn antelope licens-
es for this fall.
No major changes are
proposed for this fall's elk
hunting seasons, although
there was good discussion
about the fall elk hunts
during the two recent "pre-
season" meetings, which
drew about 20 people in
Lovell and a dozen or so in
Greybull.
BIRDS
The G&F is considering
a lengthening of the pheas-
ant hunting season, as well.
Until now, it's run from the
first Saturday in November
through Dec. 31.
"Some folks want to have
In the Ten Sleep/Hyatt- an opportunity to hunt pheas-
ville country, the proposal is
to cut the doe-fawn licenses
from 250 to 100.
Along the Greybull Riv-
er, the number of doe-fawn
licenses would be cut from
600 to 150.
To the north, along the
Shoshone River, "where
there is still a concern with
too many deer in their fields,"
ants a little longer," Easterly
said, adding that the G&F
is considering extending the
season to Jan. 15.
"We've received input
from some landowners who
aren't too in favor of it be-
cause they're tired of peo-
ple now knocking on their
doors (asking for permission
to hunt) -- and from some
hunters who don't think we
should be putting that much
more pressure on our bird
population.
"But we do have some
who are pushing for it pretty
hard."
Easterly said the pro-
posal is "up in the air" at the
present time.
The G&F will also be
talking at the meetings about
the turkey hunting season
proposals for the fall of 2012
and spring of 2013. Right
now, the G&F is proposing
to increase license numbers
in Area 6, along the Shosho-
ne River drainage, from 75 to
100.
For hunt areas in south
Big Horn County, the pro-
posal is to keep license num-
bers at 200. "No change from
what it has been in the past,"
Easterly said.
He encourages hunt-
ers and landowners with
opinions about the pro-
posed changes to attend next
week's meetings.
"We have changed pro-
posals in the past based upon
input we received at these
meetings -- so it can and does
make a difference," he said.
"This is a great opportunity
to voice your opinion."
Interested individu-
als can submit comments in
writing at these meetings
or mail them to Wyoming
Game and Fish Department;
ATTN: Regulations; 3030
Energy Lane; Casper, WY
82604.
Written comments must
be received by 5 p.m. Mon-
day, April 2. All written
comments will be given to
the Wyoming Game and Fish
Commission for its review.
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