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With all of the news about wildlife and wildlife encounters in Yellowstone, we sometimes forget about some of the incredible opportunities to see wildlife right in our own backyard.

The timely precipitation this year provided a continued respite from the drought conditions of earlier this decade. Though this wet weather may only be a short-term trend Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologists have already noticed positive impacts for wildlife...

The Wyoming Game and Fish just released the recent results of the Resident elk, deer and antelope draws, and although I did get my first bull elk tag in 6 years, I was a bit frustrated in being shut out of my deer and antelope areas once again.

Wyoming resident and nonresident big game hunters are reminded that less than a week remains to submit applications for limited quota deer, and antelope licenses for the 2015 hunting seasons. The application deadline is June 1. The resident deadline for limited quota elk is also June 1...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is encouraging all interested individuals to attend a public meeting at 6pm on May 14 at the Casper Regional Game and Fish Office to provide comments and suggestions to proposed changes in the herd population objective and management strategy for the Rattlesnake Mule Deer and Pronghorn Herds (Deer Hunt Areas 88 and 89 and Antelope Hunt Areas 70-72) and the Bate

Wyoming resident and nonresident big game hunters are reminded the deadline to submit applications for limited quota deer, and antelope licenses is June 1. The resident deadline for limited quota elk is also June 1. The nonresident application period for elk was the month of January...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s annual surveys of pronghorn antelope and mule deer herds this fall and winter show higher than average numbers of fawns. This is significant because population growth is driven by the number of fawns that are born and survive to their first birthday. Gam...

A first-of-its-kind mapping project shows how wildlife in Wyoming and Colorado use wilderness areas

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking information on a shooting of pronghorn antelope west of Casper off 33 Mile Road. The pronghorn were shot and killed on the evening of Sept. 26 around 5 p.m. Daniel Beach, west Casper game warden says, “The pronghorn were shot from the vehicle with an AK47 style assault rifle from the 33 Mile Road, to me, this is the worst kind of poaching, where wild

Hunters who missed the application periods to get into the drawings for elk, deer and antelope licenses could still have an opportunity to hunt this fall by picking up licenses that were undersubscribed in the initial drawings. Leftover full-price licenses are now being sold on a first-come, first-serve basis and recent counts of available licenses show that 771 elk, 461 deer and 3,353 antelope li