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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 1 - Game Animals and Game Birds › Section 23-2-107 - Wild Bison Licenses.

23-2-107. Wild bison licenses.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, any person who will be fourteen (14) years of age or older prior to September 15 of the season for which the wild bison license is issued and who qualifies under W.S. 23-2-106 may apply to the department for a wild bison license.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 92, 2.
(c) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations regulating wild bison licenses and the management of wild bison. The rules shall provide for:
(i) License drawing procedures;
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 159, 2.
(iii) Notification of license recipients as to when and where they may hunt;
(iv) Open and closed hunting seasons;
(v) Tagging requirements for carcasses, skulls and hides;
(vi) Possession limits; and
(vii) Requirements for transportation and exportation.
(d) Any person who takes a wild bison without a license in an area open to hunting or takes a bison within a closed area is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(e) A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of four hundred twelve dollars ($412.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of four thousand four hundred dollars ($4,400.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). The fee charged under W.S. 23-1-701 shall be in addition to the fee imposed under this subsection.
Note: Effective 1/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(e) A resident applicant shall pay a license fee of four hundred twelve dollars ($412.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two hundred fifty-eight dollars ($258.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). A nonresident applicant shall pay a license fee of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) for a license to harvest any wild bison or two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750.00) for a license to harvest a female or calf wild bison and shall pay the fee required by W.S. 23-2-101(e). The fee charged under W.S. 23-1-701 shall be in addition to the fee imposed under this subsection.
(f) No person may apply for or receive more than one (1) cow or calf wild bison license in any consecutive five (5) year period, except as authorized pursuant to W.S. 23-1-703(c).
(i) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 43, 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 43, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 1 - Game Animals and Game Birds › Section 23-2-109 - Multiple Applications for Limited Licenses Prohibited; Penalty.

23-2-109. Multiple applications for limited licenses prohibited; penalty.
Except as otherwise authorized by law or rule of the commission, no person shall submit more than one (1) application for a license for the same big or trophy game species or for wild turkey, if the issuance of the license has been limited by the commission. A violation of this subsection shall be punishable as a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii), by the loss of all points then assigned to the person pursuant to W.S. 23-1-703(b) or (g), and disqualification in the year of submission for any license for the species for which the multiple applications were submitted.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 2 - Fish › Section 23-2-202 - Age Restrictions; Fishing.

23-2-202. Age restrictions; fishing.
Except as provided by W.S. 23-2-209, no person fourteen (14) years or older nor any nonresident person less than fourteen (14) years shall fish in or on any Wyoming waters, except a catch-out pond located on a licensed fish hatchery or a fishing preserve, without first obtaining a proper license. A nonresident person less than fourteen (14) years need not obtain a proper fishing license if accompanied by an adult possessing a valid unexpired Wyoming fishing license in which case the nonresident person's bag limit as established by law or by commission orders shall be applied to and limited by the fishing license held by the adult person in his company.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 2 - Fish › Section 23-2-206 - Underwater Fishing.

23-2-206. Underwater fishing.
(a) The commission may set limits and designate specified waters as being open to underwater spear gun fishing for fish. In specified waters the use of spear guns of types approved by the commission to take fish underwater with or without underwater breathing apparatus is permissible. No game fish may be taken unless the underwater fisherman is completely submerged.
(b) Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 121, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 2 - Fish › Section 23-2-207 - Special Limited Fishing Permit for Hospitalized Veterans, Residents of State Institutions, Court Placed Children and Residents of Licensed Nursing Care Facilities; Students.

23-2-207. Special limited fishing permit for hospitalized veterans, residents of state institutions, court placed children and residents of licensed nursing care facilities; students.
(a) Upon an appropriate form furnished by the appropriate institution or facility as prescribed by rule and regulation of the commission, a special limited fishing permit may be issued without charge by:
(i) Any veterans administration hospital within Wyoming to any hospitalized veteran under its care and supervision, which entitles the hospitalized veteran to fish while under the direct control of the hospital;
(ii) The department of health or the department of family services to any resident in the veterans' home of Wyoming, Wyoming state hospital, Wyoming life resource center, Wyoming boys' school and the Wyoming girls' school, which entitles the institutionalized resident to fish while under the direct supervision of the appropriate institution;
(iii) Any Wyoming private residential facility or group home to any child who is placed in the facility or home pursuant to court order and who is in either protective or temporary legal custody of the state, which entitles the child to fish only while under the direct control and supervision of the facility or home;
(iv) Any nursing care facility as defined by W.S. 35-2-901(a)(xvi) and licensed under W.S. 35-2-901 through 35-2-910, to any person under the care and supervision of and residing in the facility, which entitles this person to fish while under the direct control of the facility;
(v) Any Wyoming accredited school, to any enrolled student who is participating in a curriculum based program as described in W.S. 21-9-101, which entitles the student to fish while under the direct supervision of the school.
(b) The commission may by rule and regulation limit the area within which a special limited fishing permit is valid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 2 - Fish › Section 23-2-208 - Landowners Fishing Generally.

23-2-208. Landowners fishing generally.
Notwithstanding W.S. 23-2-202, any individual who owns land wholly containing a lake, pond or ponds which derive their source of water from surface runoff, natural springs or wells may stock the lake, pond or ponds with eggs or fish with the consent and under the supervision of the department or its authorized personnel provided that other game fish regulated by the commission do not occur in the lake, pond or ponds. The individual landowner and the landowner's spouse, children and grandchildren may fish in the lake, pond or ponds without first obtaining a fishing license. Upon removal from the landowner's property containing the authorized lake, pond or ponds, the individual landowner shall provide a written statement to the possessor of any fish verifying the number and species of fish caught, kept and removed from such property. The lake, pond or ponds shall be approved by the department pursuant to commission rule and regulation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 2 - Fish › Section 23-2-209 - Wyoming Sport Fishing Day; Fishing Exempt From Licensure.

23-2-209. Wyoming sport fishing day; fishing exempt from licensure.
The commission may annually designate not more than one (1) day each calendar year as a free sport fishing day. Residents and nonresidents may during the designated free sport fishing day, without payment of any fee and without acquiring a license pursuant to W.S. 23-2-201 or a conservation stamp under W.S. 23-2-306, exercise the privileges of sport fishing licensees subject to limitations imposed upon licensees by law and commission rule and regulation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 3 - Miscellaneous Fees; Taxidermists; Trapping; Fur Dealers › Section 23-2-301 - Miscellaneous Fees; Verification of Residency Required.

23-2-301. Miscellaneous fees; verification of residency required.
(a) Repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 92, 2.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2004, ch. 124, 3.
(c) The following licenses and tags may be purchased for the fee indicated in addition to the applicable fee under W.S. 23-1-701 and subject to other requirements of this article:
(i) Resident trapping license-furbearing..$43.00
(ii) License to capture furbearing animals for domestication....................... ................$19.00
(iii) Resident fur dealer's license.......$52.00
(iv) Nonresident fur dealer's license....$283.00
(v) Taxidermist's license.................$67.00
(vi) Nonresident taxidermist's license...$721.00
(vii) Game bird farm license.............$134.00
(viii) Fishing preserve license..........$134.00
(ix) Commercial fish hatchery license....$185.00
(x) License to seine or trap fish.........$19.00
(xi) License to deal in live bait.........$67.00
(xii) Nonresident trapping license-Furbearing...
....................................................$247.00
(xiii) Resident youth trapping license (residents under the age of seventeen (17) years of age)...
......................................................$6.00
(xiv) Pioneer resident trapping license-furbearing (residents aged sixty-five (65) years of age or older, who have resided in Wyoming for thirty (30) years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 3 - Miscellaneous Fees; Taxidermists; Trapping; Fur Dealers › Section 23-2-302 - Taxidermist's License; Bond; Game Specimens Must Be Tagged; Records.

23-2-302. Taxidermist's license; bond; game specimens must be tagged; records.
(a) Any person who conducts business for the purpose of mounting, preserving or preparing wildlife specimens shall apply for and receive a taxidermist's license upon payment of the proper fee prior to receiving wildlife specimens.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 42, 2.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2014, Ch. 42, 2.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2014, ch. 42, 2.
(e) Licensed taxidermists and persons shipping wildlife specimens to, or receiving wildlife specimens from, a licensed taxidermists are exempt from the requirements of W.S. 23-3-106(a) and (b).
(f) A licensed taxidermist shall maintain records of wildlife specimens received. Those records shall be available for a regulatory inspection upon a forty-eight (48) hour notification by the department. The records shall be submitted to the department by January 31 each year for the preceding year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 3 - Miscellaneous Fees; Taxidermists; Trapping; Fur Dealers › Section 23-2-304 - Fur Dealers; Licenses; Hides; Tagging.

23-2-304. Fur dealers; licenses; hides; tagging.
(a) Any person who desires to engage in the business of buying, collecting, selling, or shipping raw furs other than hides from cloven hoof big game animals shall apply for and pay to the department the proper fee for a resident fur dealer's license or a nonresident fur dealer's license prior to commencing the business.
(b) Fur dealers may receive, purchase, store, handle, ship, sell, transport, and deliver hides from cloven hoof big game animals either within or without the state without tagging the hides with a Wyoming game tag so long as proper records are kept.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 156, 2.
(d) Fur dealers bringing hides or furs into Wyoming lawfully obtained in another state shall not remove any tag, tattoo mark, or other identification attached to or placed upon the hide or fur by the authorities of another state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 3 - Miscellaneous Fees; Taxidermists; Trapping; Fur Dealers › Section 23-2-305 - Capture of Furbearing Animals for Domestication; License; Fee.

23-2-305. Capture of furbearing animals for domestication; license; fee.
Any resident person who desires to capture furbearing animals for domestication or propagation shall apply for and pay to the department the proper fee for a license to capture furbearing animals for the purposes of domestication or propagation. The department may issue the license under such restrictions as it deems necessary.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 3 - Miscellaneous Fees; Taxidermists; Trapping; Fur Dealers › Section 23-2-307 - Special Management Permit.

23-2-307. Special management permit.
(a) The commission may by rule and regulation define those special management programs which require additional expenditures for the propagation, stocking or feeding of wildlife, for designated trophy management areas and for hunting and fishing field development. Any person participating in a special management program shall be required to purchase a special management permit for the program.
(b) Special management permits may be purchased from the department or its authorized selling agents for fifteen dollars ($15.00) plus the applicable fee under W.S. 23-1-701 and, if issued on or after January 1, 2019, shall expire as provided in commission rules.
(c) The commission may by rule require the purchase of a special management permit by any person participating in resident mountain lion pursuit seasons.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-401 - Guides Required; Exceptions; Issuance of Resident Guide License.

23-2-401. Guides required; exceptions; issuance of resident guide license.
(a) No nonresident shall hunt big or trophy game animals on any designated wilderness area, as defined by federal or state law, in this state unless accompanied by a licensed professional guide or a resident guide. There shall be at least one (1) licensed professional guide or resident guide accompanying each two (2) nonresident hunters. The commission may also specify other areas of the state, or specific big or trophy game species, for which a licensed professional or resident guide is required for nonresidents, for purposes of proper game management, protection of hunter welfare and safety, or better enforcement of game and fish laws. The commission may allow licensed guides to accompany more than two (2) hunters but no more than six (6) hunters in specific areas.
(b) Any resident possessing a valid resident big or trophy game animal license may apply for and receive a resident guide license. The resident guide license shall be issued without charge or bond by the commission, any district supervisor or resident game warden upon receipt of an affidavit from the resident stating the names and addresses of the nonresident hunters to be guided, the game to be hunted, the area to be hunted, and that the resident has not received nor will accept directly or indirectly any compensation for his services as a guide. A resident guide shall not guide more than two (2) nonresident hunters in any calendar year on any national forest, wilderness area, national game refuge, or national park, except as provided in W.S. 23-2-401, nor shall he accept any compensation or gratuity for his services. An exchange of guide services shall not be considered compensation for the purposes of this section. The name and license number of the nonresident hunter shall be placed on the back of the resident guide license and stamped or signed by the issuer.
(c) A resident landowner may guide hunters on land owned by or deeded land leased to him without a guide license, or he may authorize nonresidents hunting without a guide on those lands. The license must bear the signature of the landowner, lessee, or agent of the owner on whose private property he is hunting as evidence that permission to hunt has been granted.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 48, 3.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-406 - Definitions.

23-2-406. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Advertises" means attempting by any means, including the Internet, the World Wide Web or a similar proprietary or common carrier electronic system, to induce persons to enter into an agreement with an outfitter to receive guide or packing services;
(ii) "Board" means the Wyoming state board of outfitters and guides established under this act;
(iii) "Guide services" means for hire or remuneration, accompanying and providing assistance to a hunter in the field relating to the taking of any big or trophy game animal except as provided in W.S. 23-2-401(b) and (c);
(iv) "Outfitter" means a person including a hunting club, who advertises or holds himself out to the public for hire for the purpose of financial gain in order to provide guide or packing services for the purpose of taking any big or trophy game animal, excluding any person who furnishes pack or riding animals and other equipment only to a hunter for his personal temporary use and any landowner providing outfitter services on private lands owned or leased by him. As used in this paragraph:
(A) "Hunting club" means any person requiring dues or remuneration for providing personal services in the field for the taking of any big or trophy game animal;
(B) "Landowner" means any person, firm or corporation holding title to, or occupying under a contract of purchase, agricultural land or any person whose family owns at least a majority of the stock in a Wyoming corporation and who provides services specified in this paragraph on lands owned by the corporation and used primarily for agricultural purposes.
(v) "Outfitter of record" means the licensed outfitter designated by any unlicensed owner of an outfitting business who is specifically authorized to represent the outfitting business and is responsible and accountable for the operation of the outfitting business;
(vi) "Professional guide" means any person employed by or operating under an independent contract with a licensed outfitter to furnish personal services for the conduct of outdoor recreational activities for the purpose of hunting animals except any person employed by a licensed outfitter solely to care for, groom or saddle livestock, cook, cut wood or to transport people, equipment and personal property;
(vii) "Packing services" means transporting for hire or remuneration, hunters, game animals or equipment in the field for the purpose of taking any big or trophy game animal;
(viii) "Take" means hunt, catch, capture, shoot, trap, kill or possess or attempt to hunt, catch, capture, shoot, trap, kill or possess any big or trophy game animal;
(ix) "This act" means W.S. 23-2-406 through 23-2-418.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-407 - License Required for Outfitters and Professional Guides.

23-2-407. License required for outfitters and professional guides.
(a) No person shall hold himself out as, engage in the business of or act in the capacity of an outfitter or shall provide guide services or packing services for the purpose of taking any big or trophy game animal unless he is licensed as an outfitter or professional guide pursuant to this act.
(b) No person engaged in the business of or acting in the capacity of an outfitter or a professional guide is entitled to maintain an action for compensation of outfitting or guiding services provided to any other person unless he is licensed under this act at the time of providing services.
(c) No person shall advertise outfitter or guide services to be performed in Wyoming without listing the Wyoming outfitter license number of one (1) or more outfitters who are contractually obligated to provide the services advertised. This subsection shall not apply to landowners as defined in W.S. 23-2-406(a)(iv)(B).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-408 - Wyoming State Board of Outfitters and Professional Guides; Membership; Meetings; Compensation.

23-2-408. Wyoming state board of outfitters and professional guides; membership; meetings; compensation.
(a) The Wyoming state board of outfitters and professional guides is established within the department of administration and information and shall consist of seven (7) members as follows:
(i) Two (2) members appointed by the governor from the public-at-large who are not employed by and do not receive any income or compensation from outfitters or professional guides;
(ii) One (1) member of the Wyoming game and fish commission or its designated representative; and
(iii) Four (4) members representing a variety of types and sizes of outfitters appointed by the governor from a list of nominations submitted by licensed outfitters in Wyoming. Nominees shall be licensed outfitters or professional guides with not less than five (5) years experience in outfitting or professional guiding in this state. Two (2) nominees shall be submitted for each board vacancy and appointments shall rotate among game and fish commission appointment districts within the state.
(b) Appointed members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103 and may be removed by the governor as provided by W.S. 9-1-202. Except as otherwise provided for initial appointees, the term of an appointed member shall be three (3) years.
(c) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of any appointed term, the governor with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint a member with qualifications similar to the member to be replaced, to serve the unexpired term of that member. Any vacancy occurring between sessions of the legislature may be filled by the governor in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101(b).
(d) The board shall select one (1) member to serve as chairman and one (1) member as vice-chairman. The terms of office shall not exceed one (1) year.
(e) The board shall meet upon the call of the chairman, at the call of a majority of board members or upon request of the governor. Four (4) members constitute a quorum.
(f) Appointed members of the board shall serve without compensation but when engaged in actual duties of the board, shall receive per diem and mileage as provided in W.S. 33-1-302(a)(vii).
(g) The board is transferred to the department of administration and information as a Type 3 transfer in accordance with W.S. 9-2-1707(b)(iii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-409 - Legal Representation.

23-2-409. Legal representation.
The board may request the attorney general of this state to provide legal opinions or may employ an attorney to represent the board. Fees and expenses of the attorney general arising from such duties shall be paid from the account created by W.S. 23-2-414(d) if billed to the board by the attorney general.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-410 - Powers and Duties of Board; Generally; Employees; Licensing and Regulation.

23-2-410. Powers and duties of board; generally; employees; licensing and regulation.
(a) The board shall:
(i) Adopt an official seal;
(ii) Carry out the provisions of this act and in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, adopt necessary rules and regulations for carrying out this act including requirements for training, experience and knowledge of relevant law and rules and regulations as may be imposed upon outfitters and professional guides, the content and requirements for examination of license applicants and other necessary and reasonable rules;
(iii) Report to the governor in accordance with W.S. 9-2-1014.
(b) The board may employ personnel as required to carry out this act and establish compensation for any employees subject to legislative budget authorization. The board may investigate alleged violations of this act, including but not limited to violations of W.S. 23-2-407(a). In enforcing this act and its rules and regulations, the board shall require investigators to receive peace officer training and qualification under W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-708.
(c) The board shall license and regulate outfitters and professional guides in this state and shall:
(i) Examine applicants for licensure under this act;
(ii) Deny or approve applications for licensure and may revoke or suspend licenses in accordance with this act and its rules and regulations;
(iii) Conduct hearings upon complaints received relative to licensees. The board may require the complainant to appear before the board in an investigation or a hearing the board conducts. The board may summarily dismiss a complaint upon failure of the complainant to appear or otherwise cooperate with the board;
(iv) Impose reasonable restrictions and limitations upon licensees as necessary to implement this act;
(v) Designate areas within the state as recommended by the commission for game management purposes in which a licensee may conduct outfitting or professional guiding under the license;
(vi) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 156, 2.
(d) Unless a court issues a search warrant based on probable cause that a private property owner is engaged in illegal outfitting activities, investigators of the board shall not enter onto private property without express permission from the property owner. The board shall not require private landowners to sign an authorization form for outfitters licensed by the board to enter lands owned by the person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-411 - Outfitter Qualifications for Licensure; Licensed Outfitter May Act as Professional Guide; Required Reporting of Criminal History.

23-2-411. Outfitter qualifications for licensure; licensed outfitter may act as professional guide; required reporting of criminal history.
(a) An applicant for an outfitter's license shall in addition to any other criteria imposed by rule and regulation of the board, possess the following qualifications:
(i) At least eighteen (18) years of age;
(ii) Experience as a licensed professional guide for not less than one (1) year or similar experience accepted by the board;
(iii) Possess through ownership, lease or as a representative of an owner or lessee, equipment and facilities necessary to the type of services the applicant offers and applicable to the area conditions in which the applicant operates;
(iv) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 156, 2.
(v) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 156, 2.
(vi) Have committed no violations of W.S. 23-2-416(a).
(b) Any person holding an outfitter's license under this act may operate as a professional guide without holding a separate professional guide's license.
(c) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for an outfitter's license shall report:
(i) Any conviction or forfeiture of any bond amount for a violation of federal or state law or applicable regulation relating to wildlife, game and fish within five (5) years before the date of filing license application;
(ii) Any felony conviction; and
(iii) Any conviction for a violation of federal or state law relating to criminal fraud and occurring within five (5) years prior to the date of filing application.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-412 - Qualifications for Professional Guide's License; Valid During Employment by Outfitter Only.

23-2-412. Qualifications for professional guide's license; valid during employment by outfitter only.
(a) An applicant for a professional guide's license under this act shall meet the following qualifications:
(i) At least eighteen (18) years of age;
(ii) Employed by or operating under an independent contract with a licensed outfitter;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 156, 2.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 156, 2.
(v) Have committed no violations of W.S. 23-2-416(a).
(b) A professional guide's license issued under this act is valid only while the licensee is employed by or operating under an independent contract with a licensed outfitter.
(c) Once in every twelve (12) month period, an applicant may receive a license allowing him to provide guiding services under this act for not more than fourteen (14) consecutive days by paying the fee set forth in W.S. 23-2-414.
(d) A licensed outfitter contracting with a professional guide for guiding services shall be responsible for the conduct of the independent contractor guide as if he were an employee.
(e) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for a professional guide's license shall report:
(i) Any conviction or forfeiture of any bond amount for a violation of federal or state law or applicable regulation relating to wildlife, game and fish within five (5) years before the date of filing license application;
(ii) Any felony conviction; and
(iii) Any conviction for a violation of federal or state law relating to criminal fraud and occurring within five (5) years prior to the date of filing application.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-413 - Application for Licensure; Fee; Required Examination; Investigation by Board; Liability Insurance Required for Outfitters.

23-2-413. Application for licensure; fee; required examination; investigation by board; liability insurance required for outfitters.
(a) Application for a license authorized by this act shall be made upon a form prescribed and furnished by the board, contain information required by the board and be signed by the applicant. The board may impose an application fee of not to exceed a reasonable amount necessary to defray the costs incurred in processing the application, administering the examination required by this section and conducting necessary investigation.
(b) Each applicant for a license under this act shall submit to examination by the board. The examination shall be administered by the board and shall:
(i) Be standardized for each type of license issued under this act;
(ii) Require sufficient knowledge of the services to be provided under the license;
(iii) Test the ability of the applicant to perform services under the license in a safe manner; and
(iv) Require special knowledge applicable to the particular type of license for which application is made.
(c) In addition to examination under subsection (b) of this section, the board may investigate the qualifications of the applicant to ensure compliance with this act.
(d) The board shall require the applicant for a license under this section to post and maintain a liability insurance policy to protect clients and property owners against injury or damage as a result of negligence by outfitters or their agents or employees. The limits of coverage shall be not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for property damage and for personal injury or death, not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for injury to or death of one (1) person and not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for all injuries or death from any one (1) occurrence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-414 - License Issuance; Fees; Term of License; Renewal; Disposition of Collected Fees.

23-2-414. License issuance; fees; term of license; renewal; disposition of collected fees.
(a) Upon passage of required examination and if it determines the applicant is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this act and its rules and regulations, the board may issue a license upon payment of the applicable fee as established by the board pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201.
(i) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 59, 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 59, 2.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 59, 2.
(b) A license issued under this act is valid for the calendar year in which issued and shall expire on December 31 of that year unless earlier expiring pursuant to W.S. 23-2-412(b) or otherwise suspended or revoked.
(c) A license may be renewed upon submission of application with the board in accordance with its rules and regulations and payment of the appropriate fee prescribed under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) All fees collected by the board pursuant to this act shall be deposited with the state treasurer. Upon receipt, the state treasurer shall credit the revenues to an account within the trust and agency fund. Expenditures from the account shall be for expenses incurred by the board in administering this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-415 - Licensed Outfitters and Professional Guides to Report Violations.

23-2-415. Licensed outfitters and professional guides to report violations.
An outfitter or professional guide licensed under this act shall promptly report any violation of federal or state law or regulation governing wildlife, game and fish observed by him to any commissioned game and fish law enforcement officer, a representative of the involved federal land management agency or to the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-416 - License Suspension and Revocation; Grounds; Payment of Damages; Proceedings.

23-2-416. License suspension and revocation; grounds; payment of damages; proceedings.
(a) The board may require a licensee to pay damages as provided by subsection (b) of this section, may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license issued under this act or may otherwise discipline a licensee for any of the following causes:
(i) Fraud or substantial misrepresentation in obtaining a license under this act;
(ii) Fraudulent advertising;
(iii) Conviction of a felony that relates to the practice of professional guiding or outfitting or to the ability to practice as a professional guide or outfitter;
(iv) Violation of any significant federal or state law or related regulations pertaining to wildlife, game and fish;
(v) Unethical or dishonorable conduct;
(vi) A substantial breach of contract with any person using outfitting or professional guiding services of the licensee;
(vii) Willful violation of the terms and conditions under which the license is issued;
(viii) Inhumane treatment of any animal;
(ix) Willfully endangering the health and safety of any person;
(x) Violation of this act or any rule or regulation of the board.
(b) If a client of an outfitter or professional guide licensed under this act is injured by any of the causes specified under subsection (a) of this section, the board may require the outfitter or guide as a condition of returning his license, to pay to the client any court ordered damages including any:
(i) Fees paid by the client to the outfitter or guide;
(ii) Actual travel and lodging expenses incurred by the client in attempting to use the outfitter's or guide's services; and
(iii) Other actual expenses incurred by the client in attempting to use the outfitter's or guide's services.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, suspension and revocation proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(d) Upon receipt from the department of family services of a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a license issued by the board, the board shall notify the party named in the court order of the withholding, suspension or restriction in accordance with the terms of the court order. No appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a license withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-417 - Violations in General; Penalties.

23-2-417. Violations in general; penalties.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any person violating any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
(b) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the court may in its discretion, revoke any license issued under this act or W.S. 23-1-101 through 23-6-208, to any person violating this act, for the remainder of the year in which the conviction occurs, and may suspend the person's privilege to receive any license under this act or under W.S. 23-1-101 through 23-6-208, for a period not to exceed five (5) years.
(c) Any person violating W.S. 23-2-407 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 2 - Licenses; Fees › Article 4 - Guides and Outfitters › Section 23-2-418 - Compensation of Person Not Licensed Under This Act Prohibited; Penalty.

23-2-418. Compensation of person not licensed under this act prohibited; penalty.
(a) No person shall directly or indirectly compensate a person holding himself out as engaging in the business of or acting in the capacity of an outfitter or a professional guide unless that person provides proof that he is a licensed outfitter or professional guide as required by this act.
(b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor as prescribed under W.S. 23-2-417(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-101 - Taking Eagle Prohibited.

23-3-101. Taking eagle prohibited.
Any person who takes an eagle is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii) unless the taking is authorized by federal law or commission rules adopted in compliance with federal law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-102 - Taking Certain Game Animals Without License or During a Closed Season Prohibited.

23-3-102. Taking certain game animals without license or during a closed season prohibited.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any person who takes any big or trophy game animal or gray wolf where classified as a trophy game animal without the proper license or authority is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii). The taking of each animal is a separate offense.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
(d) Any person who knowingly takes any antlered elk, antlered deer, antlered moose, horned antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, mountain lion, grizzly bear or black bear without the proper license or during a closed season and any person who knowingly kills a mountain lion during a mountain lion pursuit season, except as otherwise permitted by this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both. A third or subsequent conviction within ten (10) years for a violation of this subsection shall constitute a felony punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both. For the purposes of determining whether a violation of this subsection is a felony, convictions resulting from the same occurrence shall be considered a single conviction even if the result of the occurrence is more than one (1) misdemeanor conviction. The provisions of W.S. 6-8-101(a) shall not apply to convictions under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-103 - Taking Predatory Animals, Predacious Birds and Trophy Animals; Taking Furbearing Animals and Game Birds Without License Prohibited.

23-3-103. Taking predatory animals, predacious birds and trophy animals; taking furbearing animals and game birds without license prohibited.
(a) Predatory animals and predacious birds may be taken without a license in any manner and at any time except as provided by W.S. 23-2-303(d) and (e), 23-3-112, 23-3-304(b), 23-3-305, 23-3-306(b) and 23-3-307. The department shall report annually to the Wyoming department of agriculture the number of predatory animals and predacious birds taken by the department's animal damage control agents, and include in the report the area where taken and the control method used.
(b) In areas designated by the commission under W.S. 23-1-302(a)(ii), specified trophy game animals may be taken in the same manner as predatory animals without a license.
(c) Any person who takes any furbearing animal or game bird without the appropriate license, except as otherwise provided by this act is guilty of a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-104 - Coupons.

23-3-104. Coupons.
When any big game animal, trophy game animal or turkey is killed under a license, the licensee shall detach, sign and date the proper coupon and attach the coupon to the carcass before leaving the site of the kill. The coupon shall remain on the game animal or turkey carcass at all times until the meat undergoes processing, or on the trophy game animal hide until it reaches the hunter's home or a taxidermist, except that during transportation of the carcass or hide the coupon may be removed to prevent its loss. If the coupon is removed for transportation of the carcass or hide it must be in the possession of the person accompanying the carcass or hide at all times.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-105 - Antelope, Deer and Elk Coupons; Payment to Landowner; Kill on Federal or State Land.

23-3-105. Antelope, deer and elk coupons; payment to landowner; kill on federal or state land.
(a) Antelope, deer and elk licenses shall have two (2) coupons attached, each bearing the same serial number as the body of the permit, one (1) designated "antelope, deer or elk coupon" and one (1) designated "landowner's coupon".
(b) The landowner's coupon shall promptly be detached, dated, signed and delivered to the landowner. The landowner, on or before March 1 following the close of the hunting season for which the license was issued, shall deliver to the department the coupon and an affidavit that the antelope, deer or elk for which the coupon was delivered was killed on his land. Upon receipt of the coupon and affidavit the department shall pay the landowner sixteen dollars ($16.00) for each coupon from an antelope, deer or elk license. Landowner's coupons are not transferable. Any unauthorized person attempting to collect any sum for any landowner's coupon is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii). Effective January 1, 2000, the department shall provide a checkoff box on each landowner coupon affidavit claim form that offers the claimant the opportunity to designate the animal damage management board to receive his payment amount for landowner coupons claimed on that form. For each claim made where the landowner has designated his payment to the animal damage management board, the department shall transfer that amount to the animal damage management account created by W.S. 11-6-306 and the department shall retain the fees related to those administrative costs of the transfer.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2013, Ch. 33, 1.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-106 - Wyoming Game and Wyoming Interstate Game Tags; When Required.

23-3-106. Wyoming game and Wyoming interstate game tags; when required.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section and W.S. 23-2-302(e), no person shall ship, transport, or receive for shipment or transportation within Wyoming, any game animal, game bird, or any part thereof, unless tagged with a Wyoming game tag or Wyoming interstate game tag, or unless:
(i) The transportation is by a person accompanying the carcass of a big or trophy game animal who is in possession of a proper coupon;
(ii) The transportation is by a properly licensed bird or small game hunter in possession of not more than his daily bag or possession limit; or
(iii) The transportation is by a person possessing authorization pursuant to W.S. 23-3-310.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section and W.S. 23-2-302(e), no big or trophy game animal, or any part thereof, shall be shipped or transported from the state unless accompanied by the licensee who harvested the animal, in possession of a proper coupon, or unless:
(i) The amount does not exceed twenty-five (25) pounds and is properly tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag. Only twenty-five (25) pounds from any one (1) big or trophy game animal may be exported from the state except as otherwise provided;
(ii) The part to be exported from the state is of a nonedible trophy or hidelike nature and properly tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag;
(iii) The big or trophy game animal was legally harvested by a nonresident and is tagged with a Wyoming interstate tag.
(c) Tag selling agents may tag meat from any number of big game animals if the person lawfully accompanying the animals signs an affidavit that each animal was lawfully taken.
(d) Repealed by Laws 1987, ch. 156, 2.
(e) Violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(f) Shipment or receipt from a meat processing plant to another meat processing plant of any edible portions of big game animals or game birds are exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Meat processing plants shipping any game animal, game bird or any part thereof to the licensee who harvested the animal are exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section when the shipment is accompanied by the proper coupon.