2019 Wyoming Super Tag winners announced

From Wyoming Game and Fish
Posted 7/18/19

$1.1 million raised in special drawing.

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2019 Wyoming Super Tag winners announced

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Most dream about epic

hunts; some go on them. The Wyoming

Game and Fish Department announced

the winners of its Wyoming Super Tag

raffle on July 15.

Created by Gov. Matt Mead and the

Wyoming Legislature in 2013, the Super

Tag raffle provides hunters opportunity

and raises money for wildlife management

in Wyoming. This year, 87,112 tickets

were sold, a 20 percent increase from

last year. This amounts to $1.1 million

generated for wildlife conservation. The

program has raised more than $4.8 million

since its inception.

“Funds generated from Super Tag sales

are a win-win for hunters and wildlife.

Super Tag sales contribute to the Game

and Fish general fund that helps pay for

projects like the Wyoming Mule Deer

Initiative, big game migration corridor

designations and chronic wasting disease

monitoring,” said Glenn Pauley, who coordinates

the Super Tag raffle for Game

and Fish. “Thank you, hunters, for supporting

Wyoming’s wildlife.”

This fall, 11 hunters will pursue bighorn

sheep, moose, mountain goat, elk,

bison, deer, pronghorn, black bear, gray

wolf and mountain lion or a combination

of three species of their choice with the

Trifecta. A 12th winner was awarded a

gear package with top-of-the-line hunting

equipment and apparel. The 2019 winners

are:

• Super Tag Trifecta: Eric Nesheim,

South Dakota

• Pronghorn: Mark Minzlaff, Oregon

• Deer: George Wulff, California

• Elk: Ayden Fatherree, Louisiana

• Bighorn sheep: Paul Dona, Wyoming

• Black bear: Justin Downes, South

Dakota

• Gray wolf: John Blevins, Texas

• Moose: Mark Gunnufson, Minnesota

• Mountain goat: Jeffrey Joy, Texas

• Mountain lion: Benjamin Chasteen,

Alabama

• Wild bison: Randy Higgins, Wyoming

• Ultimate Gear Package: Richard Carpenter,

California

The pronghorn, elk, black bear and

mountain goat winners all drew with one

Super Tag ticket.

Winning the Super Tag allows hunters

to choose any open hunt area in the

state, with some limitations depending on

license availability for moose, sheep and

bison. Furthermore, lifetime limits do not

apply and hunters keep their preference

points.