The 2022 Wyoming hunt forecast is now available

The anticipation for hunters has been building for months, but 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 2022. Mother Nature will play a role in hunter success and animal survival, but how much?

Your hunting calendar:

July 1 - Oct. 31:?Applications open for preference points.

Jan. 31:?Deadline to apply for SuperTag.

Game and Fish continues to monitor brucellosis in elk

?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 again being asked to collect blood samples from their harvested animal to help in the department?s brucellosis surveillance efforts.

New game warden graduates earn top marks

Three new Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens were honored recently for their outstanding performance at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy Peace Officer Basic Course in Douglas. Game Wardens Elise Huysman, Gavin Dougherty and Jesse Niemeir graduated July 28 from the 14-week course with a number of special recognitions.

Game and Fish establishes new walk-in area for hunting and fishing in Sweetwater County

In cooperation with several private landowners, Wyoming Game and Fish Department has established a new walk-in hunting and fishing area (Sweetwater #3) along the Green River. Historically, the private landowners allowed access to their property by sportsmen for hunting and fishing. However, problems with littering, camping, and abandoning property on those private lands have resulted in the private landowners working with the department to regulate activities on those private properties by enrolling in the department?s Access Yes program.

WY Game and Fish encourages hunters to download the 2022 hunting regulations

Due to global supply chain issues at printing presses, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is unable to provide a mailed, printed booklet of the 2022 Antelope, Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations to all license holders. Hunters will need to download the regulations online and either self-print a copy or save the brochure to their mobile devices.

How to make a DIY European skull mount

Want to make a euro mount out of a big game skull? Sous vide machines work well for cleaning and whitening big game skulls and are offer an easy way to create a DIY European skull mount. While there are many ways to clean a European mount skull, the sous vide circulator trick is one that you can use to clean a skull without boiling it. This method works for all types of skulls, but we demonstrate using an antelope skull.

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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