Casper Star-Tribune

Sportsmen could begin hunting Wyoming grizzly bears this year

Grizzly bear hunting in the Cowboy State could begin as soon as this fall, after the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s commission asked wildlife managers on Thursday to draft hunting regulations. The ...
Billings Gazette

Grizzly bear hunting regulations proposed in Wyoming; rules would allow up to 24 bears to be killed in historic hunt

It would be the first grizzly bear hunting season since bears were placed on the endangered species list in 1975. Grizzly bear hunting has been long-awaited by those who believe their numbers are ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Hayden: Trophy hunting grizzly bears is unacceptable

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department proposed last week hunting 24 grizzly bears this fall. That’s 24 too many dead bears for this Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Despite strong opposition nationally ...
Independent Record

Bear managers say grizzlies eventually should be hunted

MISSOULA -- Hunting grizzly bears should be part of the strategy for their management after they no longer need federal Endangered Species Act protection, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee ...
Missoulian

Grizzly managers look toward hunts in Northern Rockies

BILLINGS – With bear-human conflicts on the rise, wildlife managers in the Northern Rockies are laying the groundwork for trophy hunts for grizzlies in anticipation of the government lifting their ...
Independent Record

Hunting grizzly bears? Agencies to lay groundwork for state hunts

MISSOULA -- The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee wants to tiptoe quickly toward the idea of hunting its namesake bruin. Roughly 1,600 grizzlies live in the mountains between Glacier National Park ...