| The state of Wyoming is a place teeming with | | | | limited. Often the demand for license exceeds the |
| game and fish. The Wyoming Game and Fish | | | | supply. The wild life of Wyoming includes moose, |
| Department provides a necessary but flexible | | | | elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mule deer, gray |
| system of control, propagation, management, | | | | wolf, grizzly bear, and mountain lion. Smaller |
| protection, and regulation of all wildlife in Wyoming. | | | | animals like the fox, mink, coyote, bobcat, |
| Wyoming has an international reputation for trout | | | | jackrabbit, cottontail, otter, beaver, and raccoon |
| fishing and big game hunting opportunities. This | | | | are also found here. Bird life includes the |
| makes it the ultimate sportsman's paradise. | | | | trumpeter swan, white pelican, great blue heron, |
| Wyoming has twenty-two species of game fish, | | | | and California gull. Carnivorous birds like the bald |
| including six kinds of trout. They are rainbow, | | | | eagle, golden eagle, osprey, and several kinds of |
| brook, cutthroat, brown, golden and Mackinaw. | | | | hawks and owls are also found here. Game birds |
| Bass, walleye, crappie, perch, sauger, ling, channel | | | | like the sage grouse, wild turkey, ring-necked |
| catfish and bluegill are found in the warm water | | | | pheasant, Canada goose, and numerous species |
| lakes. The water bodies of Wyoming provide | | | | of ducks are found in large numbers in Wyoming. |
| excellent fishing conditions. Flaming Gorge is well | | | | Wyoming's Game and Fish Department has been |
| known for its excellent fishing and is called the | | | | successful in wildlife conservation. Even then, quite |
| ""fishing hot spot"" of America. It offers quality | | | | a few species are threatened by extinction. The |
| trout fishing all year round. People interested in | | | | pronghorn was threatened with extinction in the |
| fishing are required to get a fishing license from | | | | early 1900s. But the population has now increased |
| either Wyoming or Utah. | | | | to a decent number. The mountain lion is still |
| Hunting in Wyoming is the experience of a lifetime. | | | | common. However, other great predators like the |
| Licenses for big game hunting is issued by a | | | | grizzly bear and the gray wolf are classified as |
| lottery system. A tourist must apply well in | | | | endangered species. |
| advance of the hunting season, as licenses are | | | | |