Category: Hunting Rights

A follower of ours on our FB page and YoutTube sent us this letter he wrote to the WY G & F office here in Cody.  With Michael’s permission I am sharing this here. I did remove his address and home town.  Below Michael’s letter is the address and phone # of the WY Game and Fish field office in Cody if you, too, are concerned about the devastation the unchecked wolf growth has had on our ungulate herds in NW WY.

“Hey Randy,  I sent this to the Cody Wyoming Office today:

It has been brought to the publics attention that we have some issues with the over population of wolves destroying our wildlife in the Cody Wyoming district with little to no management of the wolf population. This part of the valley is designated as a trophy area of sorts in the BLMA. This land is owned by the government or by the people you would say and from my understanding the big game animals on this land is regulated by the Wyoming Fish and Game Agency. Now here is my question as a taxpayer of this United States, If I purchased a Wyoming hunting license could I or anyone in our party reasonably be able to expect to harvest large game animals (Elk, Moose, Sheep, deer) on public land in the Cody Wyoming area or has the wolf population so devastated the elk, deer and moose herds on public land that the harvest of these game animals would prove to very difficult if not almost impossible on public land in this area? Now the way I see it if the wolves have wrecked havoc on these public lands driving big game animals to private property and areas that can’t be hunted by the general public then it is failing!! The Wyoming Fish and Game Department has the responsibility to see that we keep things balanced in all public land areas not just certain ones so that we can still exercise our freedom to preserve a heritage that has been passed down from generations and is our constitutional right. If the wolves are responsible for this then it needs to be addressed so that our game animals can continue to thrive on public land for the enjoyment and provisions of the public and the residence of the great state Wyoming. I want to investigate a little further to see if congress needs to be addressed concerning this issue and designation of funds from Pittman Robertson Act and how it is steering the Wildlife program. Again my question, If I purchased a Wyoming hunting license could I or anyone in our party be able to reasonably expect to harvest large game animals (Elk, Moose, Sheep, deer) on public land in the Cody Wyoming area or has the wolf population so devastated the elk, deer and moose herds on public land that the harvest of these game animals would prove to very difficult if not almost impossible on public land in this area? Thank you Michael E. Kilpatrick   N.C. ”

Wyoming Game and Fish, 2820 WY-120, Cody, WY 82414  307-527-7125

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