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Lawmakers reject proposal for game wardens ability to write trespassing tickets pre and post huntingThere will continue to be limitations on when a game warden can issue a trespassing ticket to hunters in Wyoming, as a house committee voted down a bill that would have changed the law.Currently, game wardens are somewhat limited in issuing trespassing tickets. If they catch someone in the act of hunting on private property they can issue a ticket, but they cannot write a ticket if they catch someone trespassing prior or post hunting. That is because the person is only trespassing, so it is not in the warden’s jurisdiction.
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Workshops on wildlife trap awareness, safety for pet owners are being offered in Sheridan & GilletteThe Wyoming Game & Fish Department and Wyoming State Trappers Association are hosting the workshops, which will offer hands-on demonstrations on how common wildlife traps and snares work in addition on how to remove pets that become trapped in them. There are several cases of pets being caught in these devices in Wyoming each year.
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The joint judiciary legislative committee discussed a bill that would allow game wardens to cite trespassing hunters on private property. The draft bill says traveling through private property without the owner's permission to collect antlers, hunt or fish would be punishable by a misdemeanor.
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This month, hundreds of game wardens and conservation officers from around the country and Canada gathered in Cheyenne for the North American Wildlife…
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The North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association, or NAWEOA , kicked off its annual conference in Cheyenne Monday.The opening ceremonies…
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says that Sage grouse chick production was unusually high this year.The agency has discovered that grouse hens had…