Wyoming Set to Legalize Thermal Scopes on Public Land
A bill allowing the controversial practice of hunting coyotes and other species with thermal scopes at night has passed the Wyo. legislature.
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A bill allowing the controversial practice of hunting coyotes and other species with thermal scopes at night has passed the Wyo. legislature.
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There 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.
Wyoming may soon have a new type of hunting season – a mountain lion pursuit season. Supporters say it could help manage human and animal conflicts with lions.Senate File 178 recently passed the Senate and would establish a mountain lion pursuit season, which is where hunters could use their dogs to tree lions, but not kill them. Currently, when quotas for lions killed are met or hunters fill their lion tag, they cannot legally continue to pursue the lions for training.