Get Outside! (with Wyoming Game and Fish)

Summer months mean more opportunities to take photos, but what if you're armed only with a cell phone? Our guests, Elizabeth Boehm and Ron Hayes, are professional photographers who offer us their perspectives as well as a few useful tips to help capture a memorable photo.

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. What do watercraft users need to know heading into another boating season, and what happens if an aquatic invasive species like a zebra or quagga mussel is found on your watercraft? Josh

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

Today on “Get Outside”  we’ll talk with two biologists—Aly Courtemanch from the Jackson region, and Daryl Lutz, wildlife biologist from the Lander region, who has similar concerns with the Ferris-Seminoe Bighorn Sheep herd…

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 produce a reliable and diverse supply of cool/warm water fish species for Wyoming's anglers and eliminating the potential of introducing an aquatic invasive species or prohibited fish pathogen into Wyoming. 

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 forage conditions…while wondering what might happen if we get a repeat winter like last year.

On another front, mule deer in the region will have one less hazard to contend with, and that's the crossing of Highway 189 near Big Piney.   Wyoming Game and Fish Wildlife Biologist Gary Fralick weighs in to discuss both topics.

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 Region Fisheries Biologist Paul Gerrity has been sampling these lakes for years and visits with us about the work he does there, what folks can expect for their trip there and how good the fishing is.

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 working to reestablish sauger to its native range in the North Platte River system of Wyoming, and will explain how to tell the difference between sauger and walleye, and where to fish for them in the state.