Baggs Game Warden Kim Olson investigates a mountain lion found dead in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Olson reminds people that, while their help is appreciated with events such as this, it is safer and more efficient to call a game warden or biologist and they will handle the wild animal, in case there is a disease present. Photo: Lucy Wold, WGFD
GREEN RIVER—The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is alerting mountain lion hunters that hunt area 12, the Flaming Gorge Area, closed on Saturday, January 9.
Mountain lion hunt area 12 is south of Interstate 80, west of Bitter Creek Road and east of Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
According to a release from Game and Fish, most mountain lion hunt areas have a mortality quota. A mountain lion hunt area closes as soon as the quota is filled or when the season ends, whichever comes first. It is the hunter’s responsibility to call the mountain lion mortality quota hotline at 1-800-264-1280 before going hunting to check the status of a hunt area. The hotline is operable 24 hours a day.
For more information go to the Wyoming Game and Fish website or call the Game and Fish Green River Region Office at 1-800-843-8096.