As technology continues to redefine hunting, at least one matter seems settled: Trail camera photos and videos are legally and ethically OK to scout wildlife, but livestream video is not.

Some hunters near Jackson found that out the hard way last year, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s recently-released 2024 law enforcement report.

The South Jackson region game warden was tipped off to “several instances” of hunters allegedly using real-time photography to pinpoint the location of elk during the hunting season, according to the report.

“The reporting parties in each case felt the actions of the cell camera users were cheating in the hunting process, making the scouting/hunting planning much too easy,” the Game and Fish law enforcement report states.

A judge agreed, pe

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