A pair of elk hunters hike into the Medicine Bow National Forest during the 2018 archery season. And as interest has risen for gathering local vegetables and making bread at home, so has a desire to learn to hunt.
Lander hunter Jared Oakleaf pauses at the top of a ridge while archery hunting in the southern Wind River Range. Everyone born after Jan. 1, 1966, requires a hunter education certification.
Materials from Wyoming’s hunter education program, which is administered by the Game and Fish Department and taught by volunteer instructors. Traditionally most students in the safety class have been between ages 11 and 14, but an increasing number of people now learn to hunt as adults.
Glenrock hunters Mike Colling and Doug Mosier watch a herd of whitetail deer at dawn in Converse County in 2017. Mentors greatly increase…
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