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  1. Game and Fish in good position to mitigate increasing costs

    Game and Fish in good position to mitigate increasing costs … in Cody last week, the Game and Fish Commission gave unanimous approval to a preliminary budget that calls for … for 2023. Those include sportsperson fees, licenses and tags (65%); federal aid in the form of taxes collected from …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  2. Game and Fish predicts good season for elk hunters

    Game and Fish predicts good season for elk hunters … above population objectives, leading officials to add more tags and change season limitations and opening dates to … or are confused about the change, they need to give us a call and clarify that."   This story was …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  3. Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers

    Hungry elk frustrate landowners and wildlife managers … It's a delicate balance, one that the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is attempting to address with hunting quotas … and adaptability hinder both hunters hoping to fill their tags and ranchers whose properties sustain damage, according …

    admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38

  4. Changes may be coming to hunting regs

    … and recommendations to the Wyoming Legislature, Game and Fish Commission and governor to support decision-making on … different species.  … The time has come for us to recognize with the license types two completely … are split, Sandrini is concerned that far more mule deer tags will be sold over white-tail.  “If you have two …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59

  5. In the Rockies, goats beat bighorn sheep

    … to rebukes from Gov. Mark Gordon, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and Secretary of the Interior David … outside the park. State wildlife officials issued 48 goat tags a year for the past few years in those areas, though … somewhere else entirely, a hunter can harvest it and help us keep those numbers down,” she said. The park, …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  6. Rare ‘inverted’ snowpack magnified winter’s heavy toll on wildlife

    … and water content in the mountain snowfields were just above average, but not extraordinary, in most of … April 11, nearly 13% of all the calves dwelling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service property had keeled over — more … of animals have been canceled and Type 1 “any antelope” tags typically used on bucks have been vastly reduced. Mule …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  7. Powell man pleads not guilty to 18 wildlife violations

    …   Grant L. Cadwallader, who was born in 1977, is accused of illegally killing two grizzly bears some time ago … North Cody Game Warden Travis Crane of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department wrote in an affidavit.    The items … 21 sheep heads seized from Cadwallader’s home also lacked tags, but were “of unknown origin,” Crane wrote.    …

    admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38

  8. Numbers down for hunt season

    … enough to bring home wild game. Local Wyoming Game and Fish Department wildlife biologist Joe Sandrini projected … outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic disease and bluetongue virus in 2021, antelope and deer numbers are down this year, … year, and this year marks the lowest number of antelope tags available over the course of his 30-year career.  …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:59

  9. Grizzly hunt in Wyoming could target upwards of 39 bears

    … likely target more than triple the number of bruins than previously proposed hunts, according to a state analysis.   The explosion in anticipated grizzly hunting tags owes to a spike in the bear population — at least on paper.   A handover of jurisdiction from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Wyoming, Montana and Idaho is …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

  10. Winter crushes Wyoming Range mule deer fawns

    … a Thayne-based wildlife biologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. He’s spent nearly 30 years studying … department is considering cutting 1,100 doe-fawn antelope tags and slashing pronghorn buck tags by half for the …   “There’s so much dying left in front of us,” Fralick said.   This story was published on …

    admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50

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