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Wildlife commissioners adopt 2026–27 big‑game quotas, cite adaptive management and herd health
Summary
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners approved Regulation 26.11 setting 2026–27 big‑game quotas, shifting to an adjustable post‑hunt buck:doe ratio of 30–40 and authorizing up to 10% annual elk adjustments under adaptive management; commissioners pressed NDOW on bighorn sheep disease monitoring and local herd impacts.
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners voted to adopt Regulation 26.11, which sets the department’s big‑game quotas for the 2026–27 season, after a discussion focused on adaptive management, buck:doe targets and local herd health.
Cooper Munson, Western Region Game Division supervisor for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, told commissioners the department will operate “on the adjustable, post hunt buck ratio of 30 to 40,” a target intended to guide how many buck and antlerless tags are issued in affected units. “As for elk, the adaptive management process has given us,…
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