Wyoming just made a major decision that’s sparking debate across the country—the proposed mountain lion hunting bill has been rejected. What led lawmakers to strike it down? Was it a victory for ...

The bill’s sponsor, a representative named Mike Schmid from southwest Wyoming, said the bill was more about mule deer than mountain lions. Removing restrictions like mandatory possession of a lion tag ...

Since 1973, Wyoming has managed mountain lions in a way that promotes their existence, using regulations that have allowed the native felines to bounce back from extreme scarcity. Cougars were ...

Mule deer herds are declining across the West for many reasons. But three states, Utah, Wyoming and Nevada, want to pin the ...

likening it to “ballot-box biology” similar to anti-hunting efforts in other states that sought to ban mountain lion hunting entirely. The Wyoming Houndsmen Association, an organization ...

CHEYENNE -- A measure to upend the state’s science-backed approach to managing mountain lions and usher in an era of unlimited killing divided the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association.

Investigators are baffled by the case of somebody killing a mountain lion in Montana, and then cutting off and taking the ...

A mountain lion was reported in a Camarillo backyard hanging out under a playground set. When a fish and game warden tried to ...

Commenters struck similar chords. Luke Worthington, who presides over the Wyoming Houndsman Association, spoke on behalf of mountain lion hunters. He scolded what he branded “an eradication bill ...