Several Wyoming hunting applications due May 31

May 31 is a big day for Wyoming hunters ? it?s the deadline to submit applications for many fall hunts for residents and nonresidents. Applications must be submitted on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website before midnight.

Your hunting calendar:?

May 31 - Deadline to apply for elk for residents.

May 31 -?Deadline to apply for antelope, deer and fall turkey for residents and nonresidents.

June 15 - Resident and nonresident antelope and deer, resident elk tentative draw results available.

Gov. Gordon donates wild bison license for wildlife conservation

For the fifth consecutive year, Governor Mark Gordon is donating a wild bison license to support Wyoming wildlife conservation. The license will be issued through a random raffle open only to Wyoming residents.

New ?Get Outside!? podcast episode forecasts the 2023 hunting season

This month the Wyoming Game and Fish Department?s podcast ?Get Outside!? looks into the 2023 fall hunting season after a severe winter. Licenses for deer and antelope have been reduced, but elk hunters statewide should have good opportunities as populations continue to flourish. Listen with Ray Hageman to learn more about this year?s fall forecast.

Become a published photographer ? Wyoming Wildlife photo contest open now

Wyoming Wildlife?magazine is calling for your best wildlife photographs from the Cowboy State. The publication has opened entries for the fourth annual?Wyoming Wildlife?Calendar Photo Contest. Entries will be accepted until midnight June 12. Only wildlife photo entries are eligible to win the contest.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has made additional reductions to antelope license quotas for several hunt areas located in Carbon, Lincoln, Sublette and Teton counties. Recent collar data and field observations by wildlife managers indicate further reductions are warranted.

Buy a Super Tag ticket in May for a chance to win a Stag 10 Pursuit hunting rifle

Could you use a new rifle? There is still time to?purchase a Wyoming Super Tag raffle ticket for the chance to upgrade your gear. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is running a raffle for all hunters who purchase Super Tag tickets in May to win a Stag 10 hunting rifle donated by Stag Arms.

Sportsperson Hotline: ?(307) 777-4600?| Open?8 a.m.- 5 p.m. MT Monday-Friday

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department manages and conserves more than 800 species of fish and wildlife across Wyoming. ?For nearly 120 years, we?ve carried out our mission to conserve wildlife and serve people. Through these efforts, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department ensures the public continues to enjoy Wyoming?s vast fish and wildlife resource ?through ?hunting, fishing, trapping, wildlife watching and other forms of outdoor recreation. Hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers contribute over a billion dollars to Wyoming?s economy each year.

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