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A community meeting on property valuation, taxes, and relief will be presented by Carbon County Treasurer Lindsey West and Carbon County Assessor Renee Snider in various locations from October 7 through October 23. The discussions will involve property assessment, Wyoming property tax structure and calculations, and existing and new relief programs available to qualifying Wyoming residents. Time will be set aside to answer questions from attendees, and applications for 2024 HB0003 will be available. 2024 HB0003 is legislation involving long ter...
If you are stopping through or live in Saratoga, no doubt you have been served a tasty beverage by one of only two full-time bartenders at the Hotel Wolf. Ryan Quinn has been with the Wolf for over six years serving lunch, dinner and cocktails in the bar area of the downtown staple. Quinn, originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming, did not start out to live in Saratoga. While in college, he studied special education and elementary education with the hope to teach after his studies. After beginning the...
When Bergen Love shot his first sage grouse, he was whooping and hollering. He was that excited. Bergen is 10 years old and this year was the first year he could hunt birds. Friday night he was hoping to get another sage grouse. His grandfather, Wildon Ward, was 10 years old when he hunted his first sage grouse and Ward is thrilled to pass on the family tradition. Bergen seems to have inherited his grandfather’s love for all things outdoors, as he is climbing over tree roots and running a...
Months of planning have passed and it’s finally hunting season for some. But before you hit the trail this fall, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department wants to remind people who recreate in bear country to take safety precautions and be on the lookout for bears — and signs of bears. Besides the fact that hunters and bears are often in the same places at the same time during the fall, hunters face an increased potential for bear encounters due to several factors associated with their activities. They often pursue game quietly, making it dif...
The anticipation for hunters has been building for months, and now the time has come or is rapidly approaching as seasons for big and small game are about to open across Wyoming. Some trends — good and bad — figure to hold true once again in 2024. Mother Nature always plays a role in hunter success and animal survival, as does the time and effort put forth by hunters. Whether you are after pronghorn along the sagebrush plains, deer or elk in the foothills, bighorn sheep high in the mountains or birds along the flatlands and wetlands, check out...
Starting this year, all licensed sage grouse hunters will be required to carry a free, annual sage grouse hunting permit. This new regulation aims to enhance the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s efforts to survey sage grouse hunters and gather valuable data on their hunting experiences. Who needs the free sage grouse permit? - All licensed sage grouse hunters must carry the permit alongside their game bird license. This requirement applies to daily, annual, lifetime and pioneer license holders. - Wyoming hunters under the age of 14 are e...
Hunting season is around the corner for some locations throughout Wyoming. No matter the species or method of harvest, it’s wise to know and follow a few safety tips to make sure that dream hunt doesn’t turn into a tragedy. Katie Simpson, Wyoming Game and Fish Department hunter education coordinator, and numerous hunter education instructors in the state use the acronym T.A.B.K. as a reminder of four key safety elements: - Treat every firearm as if it’s loaded. - Always point your muzzle in a safe direction. - Be sure of your target and what...
Gerald Crist’s hunting season just got a little busier. The Greybull resident had three big game licenses secured, but in mid-June Crist added a fourth as he won the Wyoming Governor’s Wild Bison raffle. For the sixth consecutive year, Governor Mark Gordon donated a bison license to support Wyoming wildlife conservation. The raffle, open to Wyoming residents only, raised $8,380 this year. “I was glad to call Gerald Crist to deliver the good news that he was the winner of such an iconic Wyoming hunt,” Gordon said. “I want to thank all those who...
It’s a dream for any sportsman to be able to fill three large game tags in one season. One young hunter in Encampment, however, has done it twice. Coy Munroe is a freshman at Encampment K-12 School and has been hunting on his own for the past three years. Growing up in Wyoming, hunting has been a way of life for the young Munroe who has grown up on the Munroe Ranch south of Encampment. In his first year hunting, Munroe filled his antelope, mule deer and elk tags during rifle season using h...
POWELL — From a distance it may have seemed like a fairly easy hunt. Not far off the road a nice pronghorn buck was spotted in an agricultural field near Heart Mountain. A group of three men, experienced in successfully hunting North America’s fastest land mammal, guided a nonresident hunter to within 100 yards of the target. It’s a fairly typical scene during hunting season in northwestern Wyoming. This picturesque region full of trophy big game animals is at the top of most hunters’ bucket...
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