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Lyon County advisory board backs 2026‑27 big game quotas, scope limits and disability permit changes
Summary
At its April 30 meeting in Silver Springs, the Lyon County Wildlife Advisory Board unanimously recommended 2026–27 big game quotas and supported regulations limiting automatic range‑adjusting scopes and easing disability permit renewals, while urging removal of a black bear sow sub‑quota.
The Lyon County Wildlife Advisory Board on April 30 voted to forward several recommendations to the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, including proposed 2026–27 big game quotas and changes to hunting equipment and permit rules.
The board accepted NDOW’s proposed big game quota recommendation of 15,022 buck tags for 2026 — a 5.9 percent increase over 2025 — with most increases concentrated in eastern region units. Board members said quota setting relies on three‑year averaged harvest statistics and population modeling that prioritizes buck‑to‑doe ratios; they also noted translocations have been curtailed because of chronic wasting disease (CWD) risk.
Members also voted to accept a proposed regulation that would prohibit automatic range‑adjusting scopes that change an aiming point based on range data while hunting; manual rangefinders and manually adjusted turrets would remain permitted. The board accepted proposed revisions to the disability permit program (Commission General Regulation 529) intended to reduce annual renewal burdens for permit holders.
On black bears, NDOW proposed a total quota of 42 tags (four nonresident) and had included a separate sow (female) sub‑quota. The Lyon advisory board voted 5–0 to recommend removing the sow sub‑quota and set a total of 42 bears, citing concerns that the sub‑quota is socially driven rather than biologically necessary.
The board’s motions were unanimous on the big game quota and several policy items; votes to accept the scope regulation and disability permit revisions passed 5–0. The recommendations will be transmitted to the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners for consideration at upcoming sessions.
The next Commission meeting was announced for June 26–27, 2026 in Winnemucca; the Lyon board’s next meeting is scheduled for June 24, 2026, in Silver Springs.
