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Game & Fish Trapping Wolves, Grizzly Bears

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:37:03 +0000

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has begun trapping wolves and grizzly bears in western Wyoming.

The idea behind the trapping is to help monitor the wolves and bears.

The agency is trapping wolves this summer in the northern Wind River Mountains and Gros Ventre (groh-VAWNT') Mountains north of Pinedale and east of Bondurant

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May 31 Is Online Hunting Application Deadline

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:33:47 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The deadline for Wyoming residents to apply online for limited-quota elk, deer, and antelope licenses is May 31. The deadline for hunters to submit paper applications is May 15

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More Cuts To Wyoming Game & Fish?

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:00:22 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Game and Fish Department Director Scott Talbott says the agency faces another round of budget cuts unless lawmakers increase its funding.

Talbott told a legislative committee Wednesday that the agency will have to slash $1

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Grizzly Bear Diet Study Is Key To Fed Protection

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:44:15 +0000

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Researchers say a study on Yellowstone ecosystem grizzly bear diets should be completed this October.

The study will help determine whether managers will recommend ending federal protections for the species

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Thousands Of Elk In 24 Seconds [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:08:56 +0000

Video shows thousands of elk on the move in Wyoming

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Hundreds Of Elk Cross Western Highway [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:12:05 +0000

Living in Wyoming, we are often treated to a look at the wildlife that surrounds us. On occasion, even we are surprised by what we see. Take a look at the hundreds of elk caught crossing the highway between Craig, Co and Baggs, Wy

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Rare Speckled Moose Seen In Wyoming

Brian Scott — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:03:16 +0000

The other day i noticed that the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation had posted a picture of a speckled moose that was seen and photograhed by Rick Friesen of Timmins, Ontario, Canada.

This was almost immediately followed by a pic from a fellow by the name of Kevin featuring a dappled moose seen in the Sunlight Basin outside of Cody and just east of Yellowstone

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Judge Rules Against Group In Bison Hazing Case

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:21:25 +0000

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has ruled against a conservation group's attempt to block the use of helicopters to haze wild bison into Yellowstone National Park.

U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell writes in his decision Tuesday the Alliance for the Wild Rockies had not shown the hazing significantly harms grizzly bears and their numbers are continuing to increase

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Wyoming Has Record Elk Harvest In 2012

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:10:53 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Elk hunters in Wyoming killed a record number of elk last year.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reports that favorable hunting conditions, long seasons and a growing elk population all contributed to hunters killing the highest number of elk ever in 2012

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Winter Season Wrapping Up In Yellowstone

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:37:57 +0000

Winter activities at Yellowstone National Park are coming to a close.

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Budget Cuts Could Affect Wyoming Parks

Rich Denison — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:34:43 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Large areas of Yellowstone, Yosemite and Glacier national parks could remain closed to summer traffic weeks later than usual, while visitor centers and campgrounds at several other national parks might have to close

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New Cartridge And Archery Regs For Big Game,Trophy Game And Turkey

Brian Scott — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:16:37 +0000

Regulations recently enacted by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission add additional calibers that can be used for big game, trophy game, and wild turkey hunting. The new regulation adds some calibers and ammunition that previously were not legal to hunt these species and simplifies language for other regulations

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Litter Leads to Poaching Charges

Associated Press — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:32:06 +0000

Wyoming Game and Fish Department investigators have charged two men with poaching deer after linking trash found at the scene of the crime to them.

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Sled Race Sponsor Donating Dog Food to 8 Wyo. Shelters

Trevor T. Trujillo — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:34:33 +0000

The sponsor of the Stage Stop Sled Dog Race will donate dog food to eight animal shelters along the race route.

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Riverton Residents Free To Keep Chickens

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:02:45 +0000

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Riverton City Council has voted to allow residents to keep chickens within the city limits.

The Associated Press reports that the council on Tuesday rejected a suggestion from city staff to limit residents to six chickens and ban from keeping the birds for commercial purposes

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Wyoming Wolf Hunt Continues

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:58:48 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wolf hunt area northwest of Cody is closed now that hunters have killed the local limit of four wolves.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department closed Hunt Area One on Wednesday

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Game And Fish Warns Dry Year Could Harm Deer

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:45:49 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Biologists with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department warn that dry conditions in Wyoming this year are leaving wildlife susceptible to high mortality this winter.

The game department reports that plant growth has been low because of lack of moisture

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Teton Park Elk Hunt Kill Is Smallest In 52 Years

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:43:40 +0000

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Hunter took fewer elk in Grand Teton National Park's 2012 elk reduction program than in any of the past 50 years.

Hunters killed 183 cows and calves in the eight-week season that ended Dec

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Game Dept. Offers More Elk Tags

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:34:36 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters that general and some limited-quota elk licenses will remain on sale through next January.

The game department says general licenses are valid in several of the late-closing hunt areas

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Surveys Show Improved Deer Numbers In The Black Hills

Karen Snyder — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:45:54 +0000

Deer Hunters heading out to the Black Hills can expect better than anticipated numbers of animals this fall.

In a recent survey, Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and wardens counted about 30 percent more white-tailed compared to last year, despite drought and the effects of disease.

"Basically the concerns were based on that we've had a prett

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