Wyoming Game and Fish weekly update

Aug 19, 2024  


Teachers: Get your students hooked on learning, sign up for Trout in the Classroom

Trout in the classroom

CHEYENNE — Over the last year, hundreds of trout found homes in Wyoming waters thanks to students and teachers participating in the Trout in the Classroom program. The hands-on science program brings fish directly into the classroom and helps students develop an understanding and appreciation for the aquatic world. The deadline for interested teachers to apply for the program is Monday, Sept. 30. 


Game and Fish continues to monitor brucellosis in elk

Elk in the fall

CHEYENNE — Hunters have long been considered an invaluable resource for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s efforts to collect biological samples for study and testing. This fall elk hunters in select hunt areas are being asked to collect blood samples from their harvested animal to help in the department’s brucellosis surveillance efforts.


Young angler sets new tiger trout record

State tiger trout record

KEMMERER — Jaxon Krall is a soft-spoken 13-year-old from Kemmerer. He’s also a state-record holder. Krall set the new tiger trout record in late July when he landed a 12.77-pound fish from Viva Naughton Reservoir outside of Kemmerer. Krall shattered the previous record of 11.93 pounds, which also was caught at Viva Naughton by Owen Schaad of Cheyenne in 2023.


The Wyoming Outdoorsman

This week on the Wyoming Outdoorsman Radio Show

  • Bear spray giveaway and new Rawlins biologist
  • Open fire bans
  • Laramie region fisheries survey results

Outdoor tip/PSA

  • Use of thermal/infused imaging during hunting

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