For every 100 adult hunters, only 69 youth hunters are coming up to take their place, which has sporting groups worried over the future of hunting. Hunting mentor programs, such as the one recently begun in Wyoming, make it easier for newcomers to get started. Photo courtesy of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Parents and kids line up along one side of the Industrial Building at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds in Casper on Saturday afternoon, waiting for the VFW Post 991's 58th annual Easter egg hunt to begin.
Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
As I hunt for the elusive "Trekker," the current name for a Star Trek fan, I stumble along a poster advertising their favorite viewing material. My hunt will soon have results. (Dustin Neal, Star-Tribune)
Jim Posewitz is founder and executive director of the Orion Institute, a non-profit group based in Helena, Mont. that supports hunting and wildlife conservation. He gave a lecture at Casper College about hunting and the effects of climate change last Thursday along with Steve Jackson, botany professor and ecology program director at the University of Wyoming. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.
Casper Ghosts third baseman Angelys Nina looks to the infield umpire for a call as he tags out Missoula Osprey's Rossmel Perez during their game on Wednesday in Casper. Photo by TIM KUPSICK, Star-Tribune.
Archery hunter Russell Ferebee quietly watches for Rocky Mountain elk, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, on the Continental Divide west of Helena, Mont. Even as overall hunting declines, archery hunters or bowhunters account for a growing proportion of hunters in the United States. (AP Photo/Christine Amleida)
A bison peeks through the trees at Yellowstone National Park. Photo by The Associated Press.
Air Force forward Matt Holland blocks out Wyoming guard A.J. Davis during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday in Laramie. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
LANE HICKENBOTTOM/The Sheridan Press Three mule deer bucks visit the back yard of Darlene Waddell of Sheridan last week. The proximity of wildlife to homes can cause conflicts during fall hunting seasons.
A grizzly bear enjoys a breakfast of serviceberries. Wildlife managers say a good berry crop is likely the reason for a sharp reduction in bear conflicts in Teton County this year, but they are concerned about a poor whitebark pine crop in other areas and warn hunters to use caution, get game out quickly and carry bear pepper spray as a defense. Photo by Mark Gocke, Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Narse Desautle of Lewiston, Idaho, gets the first Idaho wolf tag sold at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game office in Lewiston last week. More than 9,000 wolf tags have been sold in Idaho, where a hunt begins today for up to 220 wolves. (Steve Hanks/AP)
This picture provided by Robert Millage shows his rifle with the first reported wolf killed in Idaho on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 - the opening day of the state's 2009 season. The real estate agent took the day off of work to hunt the predators, which were removed from the endangered species list earlier this year. Millage says he shot the wolf from 25 yards near a ridge along the Lochsa River in northern Idaho. (AP Photo/Robert Millage)
In this Star-Tribune file photo, a bull elk moves south along a ridge at sunrise in Jackson Hole. Wildlife managers are pleased with the results of a new hunt on the southern end of the National Elk Refuge, which has led the animals to linger longer on a range in Grand Teton National Park and helped preserve winter forage on the refuge. (Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent)
Lander artist Tom Lucas paints a moccasin during Friday night's Quick Draw contest at the 2 Shot Goose Hunt in Torrington. Nineteen artists from six states had their works on display, and each contributed an original piece of art that was auctioned for charity. (Wes Smalling, Star-Tribune)
George Clement, right, with family members, begins to field dress a bison bull his son shot near Gardiner, Mont., Nov. 15, 2005. Hunters this winter will be allowed to kill 140 bison from Yellowstone National Park, 40 more than projected a couple of months ago, the Montana wildlife commission decided Thursday Aug. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, James Woodcock)
Greg Patterson, left, president of the Douglas chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, and Doug Willyerd, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant, hike out to their hunting blind on the Bixby Ranch outside of Douglas on Friday afternoon. Dave Hudson, owner of the ranch, opened his property to the NWTF sponsored hunt for resident Wyoming veterans, military personnel and their children. (Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune)
Tim Farris, left, hands Austin Dunn, 13, a container of grilled hot dogs to take to the other hunters and guides during a lunch break from turkey hunting on Friday afternoon. Dunn was hunting with his father, Tim Dunn, who retired from the Air Force in 2003. (Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune)
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