Get Outside! (with Wyoming Game and Fish)

2024 Hunt Seasons were set by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in April, and hunters have reason to be optimistic about success in the field this fall. Wyoming Game and Fish Deputy Wildlife Chief Doug Brimeyer joins us to provide a brief outlook on what hunt seasons will look like for hunters this fall.

The summer boating season is soon to kick off, and in some places, watercraft users have already started thanks to the mild winter Wyoming is having. As boaters and other watercraft users prepare for warmer waters, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Aquatic Invasive Species program is already in operation. Many watercraft check stations opened, as they usually do, on March 1.

Since the 1930’s disease outbreaks have caused losses up to 50-90 percent of the Jackson Hole Bighorn Sheep herd. What can be done about it? One effort to address the issue is to reduce the herd size by offering more ewe licenses for hunters. Today on “Get Outside” we’ll talk with two biologists—Aly Courtemanch from the Jackson region, and Daryl Lutz, wildlife biologist

Last year, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved $17.5 million to begin research, development, and set-up for raising cool and warm water fish in Wyoming; the existing Speas Hatchery near Casper was selected for expansion. Walleye, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, White and Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Tiger Muskie, and Sauger will be produced there, enabling Game and Fish to

In terms of sheer diversity for the number of places to fish in Wyoming, the Laramie region of southeast Wyoming has practically every kind of fishing one might want; from high elevation fishing in the Snowy Range Mountains, large reservoir fishing in Grayrocks reservoir, high plains lakes fishing near Laramie, and multiple rivers and lakes to fish from. Bobby Compton is the Wyo

2023 has been a busy year for the western part of Wyoming regarding mule deer management—a brutal winter that was perhaps one of the most devastating winters on record may have been the most impactful winter to this herd since it was conceptualized in 1982. Wyoming hunters are looking to this winter with interest as a precipitation-rich spring and summer has produced improved for

Due to severe winter impacts, Wyoming Game and Fish department wildlife managers made significant adjustments to hunting season proposals in many areas of the state and proposed an overall decrease of 10,290 antelope licenses and 4,410 mule deer licenses. Seasons were finalized by the G&F commission in April. What impacts did the winter have on big game herds in the state? How

For spectacular views and outstanding fishing, few places in the U.S. compare to the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. With literally 100’s of lakes in its roughly 100 mile-long reach, the “Winds” offer a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Each year, a crew of Wyoming Game & Fish fisheries biologists hike their gear into the Winds to survey many of those lakes. G&F Lander

Catch any Sand Pike in Wyoming lately?  If you did, maybe you thought it was a walleye.  If you use the more modern term for Sand Pike--Sauger--more people become familiar with this fish, but compared to walleye, many anglers are unfamiliar with sauger and how to tell the difference.  Wyoming Game and Fish Casper Region Fisheries Biologist Nick Hogberg, is currently

In late July of 2022, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Jackson Region stocked 750 Snake River cutthroat trout into Mystery Lake in the Teton Wilderness. The 5-inch fish were packed into the remote lake on horseback.   The stocking of the fish is another step in restoring the lake to its native Snake River cutthroat trout. The restoration project began in 2016 with the