May 20, 2013Fishing season catches a break
A wet spring has turned the angling season forecast from bleak to bright
Wyoming Tribune Eaglemore
Jackson Hole News and Guide
Jun 20, 2013Cutthroat decline felt by Yellowstone river otters
Collapse of the cutthroat trout population in Yellowstone Lake has been blamed for grizzly bears eating more elk calves and for failing osprey nests.
Jackson Hole News and Guidemore
Wildlife Habitat
Jan 6, 2013Wyoming lawmaker proposes increased hunting of female bison
That once-in-a-lifetime experience of hunting a wild bison in Wyoming may become a once-every-five-years experience.
That is, if two legislators get their way.
Reps. Keith Gingery, R-Jackson, and Allen Jaggi, R-Lyman, have sponsored House Bill 41, which would allow people to hunt female...
Casper Star Tribunemore
Jan 2, 2013LEGISLATURE KICK-OFF: State lawmakers gear up for annual session
The 62nd Wyoming Legislature kicks off with the 2013 General Session on January 8 at high noon. An estimated 350 bills will vie for lawmakers’ attention over the span of 40 days. Representatives Keith Gingery, Ruth Ann Petroff, and Marti Halverson, along with Senator Leland Christensen, form our...
JH Weeklymore
Nov 29, 2012Wyo. lawmakers consider silencers on hunting guns
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers will decide in coming months whether to follow a growing national trend and allow the use of silencers on hunting guns.
Proponents say there's no reason to ban the devices that screw onto the muzzle of a firearm to catch the blast and muffle the sound of a...
Ctpost.commore
Nov 16, 2012Hunting, fishing fee hikes advance
Bill that would raise many charges now moves to full Legislature
By Trevor Brown
tbrown@wyomingnews.com
CHEYENNE -- A plan to hike hunting and fishing fees in Wyoming is one step closer to becoming a reality.
A legislative committee has voted to sponsor legislation that would raise the...
Wyoming Tribune Eaglemore
Oct 21, 2012Elk foundation takes wounded veteran on hunt
JACKSON HOLE — The truck stopped.
The guide pulled out his binoculars and scanned an area to his left.
“It looks like there’s a couple out there,” Scott Covington said.
Covington, an Iraq war veteran, came to Jackson Hole to shoot an elk. But he wouldn’t shoot just any animal — he wanted...
Casper Star Tribunemore
Oct 17, 2012A case for hunting (by a non-hunter)
It was the first time of the season we would set our alarms for 4:30, fry eggs, mutter good morning and stumble out the door. The first time we would head into the Snowy Range for elk. The first time we would pull off on that long dirt road and open the truck doors to a barely-waking world.
On...
Wyoming Wildlife Federationmore
Oct 14, 2012Wyoming voters will decide on "right to hunt" amendment
CHEYENNE -- Hunting has been at the heart of Wyoming's heritage and culture since the state's inception.
But whether the state should go so far as to add a constitutional amendment to codify the right to hunt is a different question.
Wyoming Newsmore
Sep 17, 2012Montana, Wyoming trying to understand why moose populations are plummeting
In the past 30 years, the population of Shiras moose in northwestern Wyoming has declined, in some places precipitously.
Alarmed by the swift downturn, researchers have been studying the largest knobby-kneed member of the deer family to try to figure out what’s happening, looking at everything...
Billings Gazettemore
Sep 10, 2012Expo teaches outdoor skills - Hunting and Fishing Expo this week
The Wyoming Game & Fish Department (WGFD) will host the Hunting and Fishing Heritage Expo Sept. 13-15. The expo will feature numerous outdoor activities for all ages including shooting, fishing, canoeing and archery. This year there will be more than 150 activities, exhibits and demonstrations...
Casper Journalmore
Sep 23, 2008Room for both? Deer and Drilling on Little Mountain
ROCK SPRINGS -- The doe mule deer poked its head out from a wall of golden aspen trees near Trout Creek on Little Mountain on Friday afternoon. Spooked by the tour van, the animal turned and darted up the red-rock canyon shadowed by the setting sun behind Ramsey Peak.
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