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Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a bill allowing the shooting of certain non-game animals from a vehicle.

If you commented/voted on the 2025 elk proposals for the Brownlee and Weiser River Zones, you might have noticed something.  There were new/more tags being proposed in those zones.  This was a pleasing sight when I cast my vote for the proposal.  It came as no surprise to me when …

The Utah state legislature is eyeballing doubling all nonresident license costs in the state which will begin July 1st, 2025. This bill is expected to easily pass the House and Senate. The bill will effectively raise the price of all nonresident tags by 100% and would make Utah the most …

  “A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Western U.S. today ruled that corner-crossing, or accessing public land at a common corner with private land, is legal and protected by federal law.” (Andrew McKean – Outdoor Life, 2025) Sportsmen and landowners across the West have been …

During the March 5-6 meeting, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission reviewed staff recommendations on proposed regulations changes.  After in-depth discussions, the Commissioners approved the following regulation to take effect in 2028.    Deer, Elk, Bear, Pronghorn & Turkey: Changes to the Primary Draw 50/50 split draw (Preference Draw …

Recent articles related to the reintroduction of Mexican Wolves have pushed an agenda of placing this species as far north as the Grand Canyon. Special interest groups would like to see the wolves placed into non-traditional habitat for varying reasons ranging from misguided to misleading.  The reasons include increasing ecotourism …

As some of you know, Idaho passed a new law that requires nonresident shed hunters to purchase a Nonresident Big Game Hunting License.  Idaho Code 36-508 states, “A nonresident collecting, possessing, or transporting antlers or horns shed from deer, elk, moose, or pronghorn in this state shall be required to …

Last Friday, the Colorado Senate passed SB25-003. This bill initially called for a ban of virtually any semiautomatic...

Does this language in a current state legislative bill give anyone else pause besides me? “The department may not adopt a rule or implement a policy prohibiting or restricting the use of…” The department in question on this bill happens to be the North Dakota Game & Fish Department, but …

You may have read another Eastmans’ Blog about California possibly eliminating coyote hunting. The California Fish and Game Commission Wildlife Resources Committee (WRC) is proposing a change to prohibit the take of nongame mammals except per California Fish and Game code 4152.  This would move the take of coyotes into …