Mark Heinz

Wyoming

Outdoors Reporter at Cowboy State Daily

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Articles

Selling Federal Public Land Draws Massive Backlash From Western Hunters

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

A proposal to sell federal public lands included in a U.S. Senate bill has drawn widespread outrage from hunters and hunting-related conservation groups. Two prominent outdoorsmen — Nate Martin of Laramie and Randy Newberg of Bozeman, Montana — told Cowboy State Daily that the land sales wouldn’t do hunters any favors.
Hageman Says Vast Swaths Of Wyoming Public Lands Won’t Be Sold

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

A map circulated by the Wilderness Society claims that vast swaths of Western public land — including nearly 15 million acres in Wyoming — could go up for sale. That’s not the case, Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Harriet Hageman told Cowboy State Daily.
‘Cody Roberts Days’ Banner Greets Pro-Wolf Activists On Ride Through Daniel

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

When pro-wolf activists on the second annual Hogs For Hope ride arrived in Daniel, Wyoming, on Saturday morning, they were greeted by a large banner across the front of the Green River Bar declaring “Cody Roberts Days.”It was an in-your-face moment for this small town to those protesting Wyoming’s wolf management policies.
Angler Shoots, Kills Charging Cow Moose Near Resort In Bighorn Mountains

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

An angler shot and killed a cow moose that he claimed charged him on the North Tongue River near Bear Lodge Resort on Saturday, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The cow had two young-of-the-year calves, which game wardens had to euthanize because they couldn’t survive without their mother, Game and Fish said in a statement released Tuesday.
German Shepherd Turns Predator, Tries To Run Down Wolf In Yellowstone

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

It was likely curiosity, not viciousness, that caused a German shepherd to leap from its owner’s vehicle and briefly chase a juvenile wolf in Yellowstone National Park on Friday, a park tour guide said. “I think the dog took an advantage of an opportunity, to chase after another ‘dog,’” MacNeil Lyons told Cowboy State Daily. After the young wolf screwed up enough courage to stop and stand its ground, the wolf and dog had a brief standoff, about 12 feet apart.
Harley Rider Manages To Stay On Bike After Plowing Into Deer Near Devils Tower

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Kyle Hamilton counts himself as extremely lucky after he plowed into a deer while riding his motorcycle near Hulett, Wyoming, but managed to keep the bike upright and on the road. It wasn’t just luck. Skill and riding experience played a key part, as evidenced by a jaw-clenching video caught by a camera mounted on his friend’s motorcycle. His friend was riding behind Hamilton on June 6 near Devils Tower when a white-tailed deer darted out in front of traffic.
It’s A Good Thing California Doesn’t Have Grizzlies, Bear Spray Is Banned There

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

While officials admonish hikers to carry bear spray in Wyoming’s Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, it’s banned in California’s Yosemite National Park. The National Park Service (NPS) classifies bear spray as a weapon in Yosemite and enforces the ban there. Given the immense crowds that pile into that park, California officials were worried about tourists misusing bear spray against wildlife in situations where animals weren’t really a threat.
Landowner Tag Changes Could Hurt Hunts For Disabled Vets, Organizers Worry

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Organizers of hunts for disabled veterans in Wyoming worry that proposed changes to landowner hunting tag regulations could shrink the pool of tags available to veterans. Hunting With Heroes Wyoming and similar groups rely on donated hunting tags, many of which come through Wyoming’s landowner tag program, Bill Brinegar, executive director of Hunting With Heroes Wyoming, told Cowboy State Daily.
Marmots Might Seem Harmless, But They’ll Chew Up And Destroy Your Car

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

Marmots might be regarded as bumbling, pudgy and even cute, but they can destroy vehicles by crawling into engine compartments and chewing through hoses, wires and other vital parts. It’s gotten so bad in one national park in California, the National Park Service (NPS) is telling people to wrap their vehicles in tarps to ward off the marauding rodents.
World-Record Grizzly Is Huge But Likely Limited To Alaska

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Mark Heinz

A bear shot in Alaska last year officially set the new world record for a hunter-killed grizzly and is a stunning trophy, an expert Wyoming hunter said. It’s definitely not a “meathead” bear, Guy Eastman of Cody — who has hunted grizzlies in Alaska and Canada — told Cowboy State Daily. He was referring to how sometimes bears can have large heads, but only average-sized skulls. And skull measurements are what determine a bear’s trophy status.