Wyoming- For more than 10 years Hunters in Wyoming and anglers The AccessYes program was set up shortly after the walk-in area program began as a method to provide a payment source to compensate landowners for providing access. Game and Fish state access coordinator Matt Buhler said that in 2008, hunters and fisherman gave $131,375 to AccessYes. An additional $45,261 was gifted by conservation organizations and sportsmen. "Most of the donations are made at the time of license purchase," according to Buhler.

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CHEYENNE-- May is certainly not the time when big game hunts take place in Wyoming, but it is the time when residents start making plans for their fall hunting trips. The month of May is the resident application period for limited quota elk, deer and antelope licenses.

The application deadline is normally May 31, but since that falls on a weekend this year, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will accept applications received by 5 p.m. mountain time on June 1. The Game and Fish advises hunters that all applications must be received in the Cheyenne office by the deadline date to be entered in the drawing regardless of the postmark date.

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CODY--The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has unveiled a new grizzly bear management Web page on the department's Web site. The new page provides up-to-date information on grizzly bear conflict, research and education efforts, including weekly updates on bear management activities in Wyoming.

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CHEYENNE-- If the winter of 2008-09 so far is any indication, wildlife should be entering the spring in good shape and biologists are looking forward to a good production year from Wyoming's major big game species.

However, game managers caution that more spring rains or snows are needed if the range is to be able to sustain the habitat improvements that were made with the moist conditions of the previous year. In general, it is an open winter in most parts of the state and the animals are getting through the cold months in very good condition.

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New WGFD system will make getting these licenses easier

CHEYENNNE-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced dates for the sale of issue-after limited quota big game licenses for the 2009 hunting season. Issue-after licenses are licenses that were not sold during the initial limited quota license draws earlier in the year.

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SHERIDAN-- Hunters still have big game hunting opportunities this fall. Mild winters combined with good fawn production have produced an overabundance of white-tailed deer in some areas of the Sheridan region.

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An albino mule deer, well known by Casper residents, has died. The doe was found dead in a resident's backyard on Thanksgiving Day and was reported to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Game Warden John Lund believes the deer died of natural causes

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PINEDALE-- Jeremy S. Zumwalt and Gregory L. Carter, both from the Salt Lake City, Utah area, were recently convicted in Sublette County Circuit Court for multiple violations associated with the illegal shooting of a trophy class mule deer buck out of season. Zumwalt was also convicted of interference with a peace officer and reckless driving associated the poaching incident that took place Nov. 16, 2007, near Big Sandy, south of Pinedale. Carter was convicted of taking big game from a vehicle, waste and abandonment and trespassing, in addition to taking an antlered deer during a closed season.

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CODY-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Shoshone National Forest are urging hunters and other backcountry users to carry bear spray for th...

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CASPER-- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been discovered for the first time in elk hunt area 117 and deer hunt area 2 near Sundance.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department Laboratory analyzed a sample from a targeted cow elk from hunt area 117 and the sample tested positive for CWD. The elk was found at Solider Creek, just east of Highway 85 about 5 miles west of the South Dakota border. Elk hunt area 117 has been considered part of the endemic area for deer (hunt area 6) since 2003. "This area has long been positive for deer and we just now found a positive elk in this area," said Hank Edwards, wildlife disease specialist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

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JACKSON-- This time of year the Wyoming Game and Fish Department always reminds hunters to know their target before they pull the trigger, but especially when it comes to bears and lions.

Both black bears and mountain lions are hunted species in Wyoming, and the Game and Fish Department encourages hunters to visit their website to take a quick voluntary online test before heading afield to pursue these species.

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When you've got the smallest human population of any state in the Union on the ninth largest land area, the hunting forecast is always a pretty dang good one. But a variety of other factors: namely drawing a good license and favorable weather, enter in to make the trip complete.

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LANDER – Game and Fish officers are seeking any information anyone may have regarding two male pronghorn antelope that were illegally shot and left to waste in the Rawlins area. The first buck was found near the 20 Mile Road south of Rawlins; the second buck was located south of the Red Rim-Daley Wildlife Habitat Management Area.

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CHEYENNE - A new Wyoming program helping beginning hunters to try hunting with a mentor before taking hunter safety is now available.

If you were born on or after January 1, 1966, you must complete a hunter safety course before hunting in Wyoming. Wyoming's new Hunter Mentor program, however, allows any person who has not yet received hunter education certification to apply for special authorization to hunt while being accompanied by a mentor. This allows a hunter to experience hunting before committing to the coursework required to complete hunter safety.

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Two of the five pronghorn herd units in the Bighorn Basin are below objective, two are considered at objective, while the fifth herd does not have a post-season population objective. Population trend in all five herds has been stable to slowly increasing the past 5 years. Hunting seasons were conservative in recent years when fawn production and habitat conditions were poor. Recognition of drought conditions and lowered habitat quality has also factored into management and hunting seasons, as populations have been intentionally managed to remain below carrying capacity. Slightly more liberal hunting seasons are proposed for a few hunt areas in 2008, in response to increased pronghorn numbers.

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CASPER-- A project underway on the Thunder Basin National Grassland will remove cheatgrass and prickly-pear cactus to allow growth of native vegetation in an effort to improve wildlife habitat. The grassland provides habitat for pronghorn, sage-grouse, mule deer, elk, and a variety of non-game birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

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The listing of hunt areas where certain types of big game licenses are still remaining has been available for more than a month now and by the time you read this, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will have conducted the second drawing...If past history is any guide, most antelope licenses leftover after that drawing will be on areas where the land is predominantly private. Many of the deer hunt areas will be also on private land spots but there are usually some deer areas with public access on the leftover list.

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CASPER-- A day outside is a great way to learn new skills, have fun and connect with family, friends or just yourself. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department hopes you'll start your outdoor adventures at the Wyoming Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo, Sept. 11-13 in Casper.

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CHEYENNE-- The supplemental drawing for limited quota elk, deer and antelope licenses has been completed and a number of licenses still remain in various hunt areas throughout the state.

A listing of areas with available licenses is on the Game and Fish Web site. Licenses could be purchased from any Game and Fish office and the more than 100 fully automated license agents throughout the state beginning Aug. 5. A listing of automated license agents can also be found on the Game and Fish Web site. Beginning Aug. 15, all remaining reduced price cow/calf elk and doe/fawn deer and doe/fawn antelope licenses will be sold at these same automated license agents.

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JACKSON-- National Elk Refuge Manager Steve Kallin and Wyoming Game and Fish Department Jackson Region Wildlife Supervisor Tim Fuchs announce the initiation of a new online application process for obtaining elk hunting permits for the National Elk Refuge. Wyoming Game and Fish Department staff have worked closely with refuge personnel to expand the State's computerized system for its Private Lands Public Wildlife (PLPW) access program to include the National Elk Refuge.

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JACKSON- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is beginning a new research project on the Jackson Elk Herd that will involve collaring up to eleven elk along the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park (YNP) this summer. The elk, which summer in YNP and winter on the National Elk Refuge (NER), are of particular interest to area sportsmen's groups who helped fund the project.

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CHEYENNE - Resident and nonresident moose and bighorn sheep hunters and nonresident elk, deer and antelope hunters are reminded that the preference point only application period is now underway. Applications for preference points will be accepted through Sept. 30.

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CHEYENNE - Hunters who missed the earlier application periods for elk, deer and antelope licenses could still have an opportunity to hunt this fall by participating in the upcoming drawing for hunt areas and license types that were under subscribed in the initial draws.

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KEMMERER-- Six highway underpasses are being installed on U.S. Highway 30 in Nugget Canyon to assist migrating mule deer cross the highway safely and protect motorists from colliding with game animals.

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June seems like a strange month to be talking about hunting and getting ready for the fall season, but in Wyoming many hunters have been planning their hunts for months. For nonresidents, the drawing application period for elk was the month of January and nonresidents had from January until March 15 to apply for deer and antelope. For residents the application period for limited quota elk deer and antelope was the month of May.

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GREEN RIVER-- More than 100 volunteers assisted the Wyoming Game and Fish Department with the 15th annual western Wyoming mule deer mortality surveys held near Cokeville, Pinedale, Big Piney and Leroy.

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CHEYENNE-- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has opened a public comment period on a number of proposed changes to regulations and seasons including Gray Wolf Hunting,hunters saftey, mountain lion hunting and more

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Hunters should be aware that the Beer Mug Hunter Management Area north of Medicine Bow has been closed to public access for 2008.

"Anyone hoping to apply for an elk area 16 license needs to be aware this HMA will not be available and plan accordingly," said Matt Buhler, statewide access coordinator for the Game and Fish Department.

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Considering hunting for shed antlers this winter? Make sure you understand and obey antler and horn possession laws that are enforced by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

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You can apply for a big game or turkey license in the traditional manner (through the mail) or through the Internet. And you can take hunter education in the traditional manner (classroom with an instructor) or through the Internet now.

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