CASPER — A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming tribal hunting rights has Wyoming officials worried about the potential effect of unregulated off -reservation hunting — a concern some tribal officials dismissed as “misguided.”

With the case likely still far from settled, state offi cials told lawmakers on Thursday during a meeting in Gillette that they were concerned the ruling could complicate wildlife management if more tribal members, including citizens of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, begin off -reservation hunting in Wyoming.

The worry comes after a Supreme Court ruling in May affirmed the right of Crow Tribe members to hunt on land, including parts of Wyoming, given away as part of an 1868 treaty.