the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the public comment period for grizzly bear management to Friday, May 16, 2025.
Read More »Wyoming: Shooting From Vehicles Now Legal (Kinda!) –
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a bill allowing the shooting of certain non-game animals from a vehicle.
Read More »Poaching: We NEED Harsher Penalties!
A pair of recent poaching cases have once again made me question whether the penalties for...
Read More »Utah: Massive License Fee Increase!
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 …
Read More »Corner Crossing Ruled Legal
“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 …
Read More »Insights from the Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project
“The Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project was initiated in 2013. Since then, the collaborative project has documented the challenges that fawns face on their first year of life for 745 newborns, documented migratory routes for 600, assessed survival of 181 males ranging from 1 to 11 years of age, documented …
Read More »Update on Colorado Regulation Changes for 2028
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 …
Read More »Wolves in the Grand Canyon?
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 …
Read More »Idaho: Bear ID Test & Shed Antler License
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 …
Read More »Colorado: Sweeping Restrictions on Semiautomatic Firearms Move Forward
Last Friday, the Colorado Senate passed SB25-003. This bill initially called for a ban of virtually any semiautomatic...
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