Wyoming Game & Fish Dept.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is considering a range of cuts after the Legislature decided not to approve license fee increases. The cuts could include not stocking more than a million fish next year. Game and Fish might also postpone habitat projects and cancel an annual hunting and fishing expo...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is no longer printing its hunting information and application booklet. Instead, the booklet will now be made available only online at http://wgfd.wyo.gov . The booklet in the past has been mailed to nonresident hunters and provided to resident hunters at department offices and license agents...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters and anglers that 2012 conservation stamps and most hunting and fishing licenses expire on Dec. 31. The only exception to 2012 licenses expiring at the end of the year is that certain elk licenses will be valid into January...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department predicts that waterfowl hunting will be good this year as long as waters remain open. The game department says mild weather so far has provided holding areas for many of the birds migrating through Wyoming from northern marshes...

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...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has trapped and relocated an adult female grizzly bear that was hanging around a guest house west of Dubois. The game department says the bear was captured on Friday after it damaged an outbuilding that had stored horse grain...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging hunters and others who go into bear country to use caution and carry bear spray. Tara Teaschner is Cody information and education specialist for the game department. Teaschner says the department expects an increase in bear-human encounters as bears become more active and hunters continue to pursue game in the field...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A female grizzly bear that was causing problems at a campsite northeast of Jackson has been relocated along with its three cubs. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says the bear had raided grain for livestock and caused property damage...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is warning hunters to be careful with fire as many people prepare for fall hunting seasons. The game department instructs hunters to check local fire restrictions before leaving for the outdoors...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The application deadline for hunters to apply for the Springer and Glendo special pheasant hunts is 5 p.m. on Sept. 15. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department stated that hunters may apply for the hunts online or through the mail...