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1540s Bronze Cannon Dug Up In Arizona Is The Oldest Gun Ever Found In The U.S.
A nearly 500-year-old bronze cannon used by Spanish conquistadors was recently unearthed in Arizona, making it the oldest firearm ever found in the continental U.S. It’s also more than 200 years older than the first guns in Wyoming.
Mark HeinzDecember 12, 2024
Some Eagles' Nests Weigh More Than 1,000 Pounds & Can Fit Several People
Eagles’ nests are huge, sometimes weighing more 1,000 pounds, and it takes generations of the raptors to build them. The most colossal ones can be big enough to seat several people inside.
Mark HeinzDecember 12, 2024
Top Bear Biologist Argues For More Grizzlies; Wants Them To Roam Freely All Over The West
A top bear biologist is arguing against delisting grizzlies from federal protection and hunting them. Instead, he says there should be more — a “meta-population” of grizzlies from Canada to the southern end of Yellowstone National Park.
Mark HeinzDecember 11, 2024
Feds Under Deadline To Decide On Delisting Grizzlies By Jan. 20
A judge’s order has ratcheted up the pressure on federal officials to decide whether Wyoming’s grizzlies should be delisted. Montana and Idaho are clamoring for delisting as well, with a Jan. 20 deadline looming.
Mark HeinzDecember 11, 2024
Ethyl, The Grizzly That Wandered 5,000 Miles, Was Likely Trying To Get Back Home
Grizzlies are known to wander, but one named Ethyl took it to the next level, logging 5,000 miles wandering across Montana and Idaho.
Mark HeinzDecember 10, 2024
Area Where Lewis And Clark Once Camped Could Be Montana’s Next State Park
A 109-acre piece of land north of Lewistown could become Montana’s next state park. It holds historic significance as a spot where Lewis and Clark once camped in 1805.
Anna-Louise Jackson for Cowboy State DailyDecember 09, 2024
Despite What Wildlife Experts Say, Wyoming Has Plenty Of Opossums -- And They Reek
Cowboy State Daily readers reached out to us -- en masse -- to tell us although there may not be an "official" opossum population in Wyoming, they're here and there are a lot of them. And, as a bonus, they really stink.
Mark HeinzDecember 08, 2024
Made In Wyoming: Gunsmith Gets Back To Basics Making Custom “Scout Rifles”
With the hunting rifle world increasingly dominated by magnum-caliber, extreme-range rifles, semiautomatics and super-powered scopes, a Sheridan gunmaker hopes to carve out his niche with compact, handy “scout rifles.”
Mark HeinzDecember 08, 2024
Stone Age People Could Easily Hunt Packing A Baby, Wyoming Anthropologist Finds
Taking your toddler hunting is nothing new in Wyoming, or in human history for that matter. A University of Wyoming anthropologist says there's evidence that stone-age hunters took their kids hunting with them.
Mark HeinzDecember 07, 2024
Want To Buy A Wild Bison? Wyoming State Parks Is Selling 15
For the person who has everything, Wyoming State Parks is selling 15 wild bison. They’re huge, healthy and as close to genetically pure wild bison as is possible. They’re also available to the highest bidders.
Jackie DorothyDecember 07, 2024
Lodges That Let People "Sleep With The Wolves" A Bad Idea, Wyoming Wildlife Experts Say
A wildlife preserve in Canada has lodges where visitors have only a pane of glass between them and a pack of wolves. Billed as a chance to “sleep with the wolves,” Wyoming wildlife officials say it’s a terrible idea.
Mark HeinzDecember 07, 2024
Canadian Man Severely Mauled After Jumping On Polar Bear To Save Wife
A Canadian man was severely mauled on Monday after jumping on a polar bear that was attacking his wife. His heroics are similar to how a Wyoming wrestler saved a friend by jumping on a grizzly bear in 2022.
Mark HeinzDecember 06, 2024