Wyoming Game and Fish Department 2024 season setting meetings

Season setting is a term commonly used by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to describe the process by which the hunting season regulations are determined. For big game, this is an annual process that establishes the length and time of each hunting season, number of licenses to be issued and additional restrictions or limitations.?

Public input is vital to this process. All interested stakeholders, whether active hunters or not, are encouraged to participate, learn more and provide feedback.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding public meetings and has opened a comment period to gather public input on eleven regulations. Find out which regulations are open and find a public meeting near you.

Your hunting calendar:?

March 1 ? Wild bison applications open.

April 1 ? Applications open for fall turkey, trapping, crane and Springer.

April 30 ? Deadline to apply for moose, bighorn sheep, wild bison and mountain goat.

Baggs Game Warden named 2023 Wildlife Officer of the Year

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proud to announce that Baggs Senior Game Warden Kim Olson has been named the 2023 Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of the Year for Wyoming. Learn more about Kim.

Wyoming introduces hunter ed. endorsement for teachers

Joint efforts by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Professional Teaching Standards Board have resulted in a new license endorsement for teachers interested in teaching hunter education in Wyoming classrooms.

Put an end to hunger in Wyoming and support Food from the Field

Food from the Field?is a statewide partnership focused on?building a sustainable future fighting hunger in Wyoming. Program partners?Wyoming Hunger Initiative, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Wyoming Department of Agriculture and participating meat processors work together to streamline game meat donations to food pantries across Wyoming. March 15 at 11 a.m. MST is the deadline to enter a raffle to win a Commissioner's License.? All proceeds support the Food from the Field?initiative. A limited number of tickets are available.

Are you interested in becoming a hunter education instructor?

Would you be interested in teaching the next generation of hunters? You can become a hunter education instructor and give back in your community! The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be hosting two trainings in the coming months to train new volunteer hunter education instructors: Jackson, April 18-20 Casper, August 8-10 If you don?t have the time or capacity to be a full hunter education instructor but would like to help out, we need hunter education assistants as well! Learn about what the qualifications and responsibilities are, how to apply and register for a 2024 training workshop.

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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