GILLETTE, Wyo. — A Thermopolis resident will have the opportunity to pursue three sought-after big game animals after having won the coveted Super Tag Trifecta, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Established in 2013, the Super Tag raises conservation funds for Game and Fish through ticket sales where winners are allowed to purchase licenses to hunt bighorn sheep, moose, elk, mountain goat, mule deer, white-tailed deer, wild bison, pronghorn, mountain lion, gray wolf and black bear.
Nathan Miller, 38, of Thermopolis, Wyoming, is one of three hunters recently announced as 2025 Super Tag raffle winners. Miller, however, won the grand prize and may purchase three separate big game licenses without having to worry about waiting periods or lifetime limits.
According to Game and Fish, Miller plants to hunt bighorn sheep, moose and mountain goat. He previously harvested a bighorn sheep in 2020, but winning the trifecta means he gets another shot.
Miller didn’t expect to win the raffle. He told Game and Fish that nobody does and assumed he was donating his money to a conservation cause. Now that he won, Miller has a lot of planning leading up to his hunts but remains amazed at his luck.
“I’m still in disbelief,” Miller told Game and Fish. “That stuff never happens to anybody, especially to a person like me. It’s surreal; it doesn’t seem real. Nobody buys into the trifecta expecting to win it.”
Alongside Miller, Leron Corson of Bar Nunn won the moose drawing and Travis Peden of Sheridan won black bear, Game and Fish says.
Since the program’s inception, the Super Tag raffle has generated more than $2 million with over 158,595 tickets sold, per Game and Fish.
“We want to thank everyone who entered this year’s Super Tag raffle,” Eric Wiltanger, deputy director of internal affairs, said in a statement. “The revenue generated through these ticket sales will go back into our most pressing conservation efforts such as the Wyoming Mule Deer Initiative, chronic wasting disease research, and reducing wildlife–vehicle collisions.”
According to Wiltanger, these programs are vital to maintaining healthy wildlife populations and providing optimal hunting opportunities throughout the state.