The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Powell for their November meeting. At the meeting, the Commission voted to approve $560,000 for ten projects to support mule deer populations across Wyoming. These are habitat and migration projects developed through the Statewide Mule Deer Initiative. This funding advances the initiative that has be...
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Meeting
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Powell for their November meeting. At the meeting, the Commission voted to approve $560,000 for ten projects to support mule deer populations across Wyoming. These are habitat and migration projects developed through the Statewide Mule Deer Initiative. This funding advances the initiative that has be...
Wind, mud challenge weekend hunters in south-central Montana
Mild temperatures, but high winds in south-central Montana, marked the fourth weekend of the state’s general big-game hunting season. Hunters in all corners of the region reported seeing evidence that the deer rut is in full swing. As a result, hunters were out in fair numbers and the deer harvest was solid. Here are reports from the four Mont...
Roundup man arrested for illegally killing, wasting three bull elk
A Roundup man was arrested and jailed Friday on two felony and 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from two August incidents in which three trophy bull elk were killed at night in Musselshell County. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens arrested Earl Russell Benes, 23, on a $10,000 warrant. He has since posted bond and been released from ...
Hunters taking home elk and deer above average
Despite weather that’s windy and warm one day, then cold and snowy the next, hunters on the Rocky Mountain Front west of Augusta are taking home elk and white-tailed deer at numbers near or above long-term averages, a state wildlife biologist said. “Elk harvest remains at seven percent below the 10-year average” said Brent Lonner, Fish, Wildli...
Deadline for Outdoor Hall of Fame nominations approaching
Less than a month remains to nominate conservationists — past and present — for the 2020 Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame. Potential inductees are those who made a significant, lasting, lifetime contribution to conservation and Wyoming’s outdoor heritage. Nominations will be accepted until Dec. 2. “The Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame is a pres...
Mule Deer Buck Tests Positive for CWD
A mule deer buck harvested by a hunter in Hunting District (HD) 690 southwest of Chinook is suspected to be positive of chronic wasting disease (CWD). The hunter had submitted their sample for testing. A follow up test is being run to confirm the results. Including the positives found in 2018, this marks the 25th detection of CWD in Region 6,...
Open House in Powell Wyoming, Public Invited
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department invites the public to an open house with commissioners and department staff from 5:30- 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in Powell at the Park County Fairgrounds in Heart Mountain Hall. During the open house, lifetime licenses for game bird/small game/fishing/conservation stamp donated by local businesses and individuals will...
Pheasant release locations adjusted in the Ocean Lake area
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is notifying pheasant hunters that birds will not be released in the Maxon area near Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) for the remainder of the 2019 hunting season due to unforeseen circumstances that have resulted in poor vegetation cover. Lander Region Wildlife Supervisor Jason Hunter say...
Pheasant release locations adjusted in the Ocean Lake area
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is notifying pheasant hunters that birds will not be released in the Maxon area near Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) for the remainder of the 2019 hunting season due to unforeseen circumstances that have resulted in poor vegetation cover. Lander Region Wildlife Supervisor Jason Hunter say...