In compliance with this regulation, no one will be allowed to remove any animal, living or dead, from inside Yellowstone National Park. This specifically precludes the removal of animals shot outside the park which subsequently move into and die within the park boundary. Though most of the park boundary is well marked, it is the hunter's responsibility to insure that he or she does not hunt within the park. Hunters are reminded that the possession of any firearm within the backcountry of Yellowstone is strictly prohibited . Anyone contacted inside the park with a dead or wounded animal, in possession of a firearm, or suspected of removing an animal from inside the park will be charged under Federal law.
Violators are subject to fines, the confiscation of equipment, and possible prison sentences.
Game animals may be transported through Yellowstone National Park on park roads in a motor vehicle only when accompanied by a permit from the National Park Service and bearing a valid tag as evidence that the animal was taken legally outside of the park. Game animals cannot be transported on backcountry trails or stored overnight anywhere in the park, including campgrounds, parking lots, or at concession facilities . Permits to transport by vehicle, on park roads , legally-taken game animals may be obtained at staffed entrance stations. Permits must be secured before entering the park. Hunters wishing to enter Yellowstone to view wildlife are reminded that spotlighting wildlife for viewing purposes is prohibited, and, as stated earlier, firearms are not permitted anywhere in the park's backcountry.