During some of my wyoming hunting research, I read some where that prairie dog hunting is only allowed on some parts of the national grassland. I think because the black footed ferrets eat them and the ferrets are endangered. I also heard many ranchers would be willing to let people prairie dog hunt on their property since they damage the land. By the way, search on google for the newcastle chamber of commerce. They have some great hunting info for that area. It really helped me out when my family hunted there last year.