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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-107 - Wanton Destruction of Big Game Animal; Reward.

23-3-107. Wanton destruction of big game animal; reward.
(a) No person shall wantonly take or destroy any big or trophy game animal.
(b) The director may offer a standing reward not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to be paid from the game and fish fund for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person violating this section.
(c) The purpose and intent of this section is to protect big or trophy game animals from wanton, ruthless or needless destruction.
(d) Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii). A third or subsequent conviction within ten (10) years for a violation of this section 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 23-3-108 - Destruction of Bird Nests or Eggs.

23-3-108. Destruction of bird nests or eggs.
(a) No person shall take or intentionally destroy the nest or eggs of any nonpredacious bird, except as authorized under W.S. 23-5-111. The nest or eggs of any predacious bird may be taken or destroyed.
(b) Violation of this section for any nonpredacious bird except eagle constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(c) Violation of this section in regard to eagle nests or eggs constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-109 - Use of Dogs; Dogs Injuring Big or Trophy Game Animals May Be Killed; Citation of Owners of Dogs Harassing Game Animals; Penalties; Leashed Dogs for Tracking.

23-3-109. Use of dogs; dogs injuring big or trophy game animals may be killed; citation of owners of dogs harassing game animals; penalties; leashed dogs for tracking.
(a) No person shall use any dog to hunt, run or harass any big or trophy game animal, protected animal or furbearing animal except as otherwise provided by this act. The commission shall regulate the use of dogs to take mountain lions and bobcats by residents and nonresidents during hunting or trapping seasons. The commission shall regulate the use of dogs to pursue mountain lions by residents during hunting or trapping seasons.
(b) In cases where big game animals have been injured or are being threatened with immediate injury by dogs, a peace officer may kill such dog or dogs where the vicious character of the dog or dogs is manifest. A peace officer killing a dog pursuant to this subsection shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain the ownership of the dog and inform the owner of the dog's death and the circumstances surrounding the death. Any peace officer who kills a dog pursuant to this subsection or has received a report that a dog has been killed shall file a report with his employing agency within twenty-four (24) hours of his action or of receiving a report.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to recklessly allow or direct a dog which he owns or is under his control to injure or threaten a big game animal with injury, whether or not the big game animal is actually injured by the dog, unless the dog was attempting to protect livestock or other property. A conviction under this subsection is punishable by a fine imposed for a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(d) A person may use one (1) leashed blood-trailing dog to track a wounded or killed big game animal within seventy-two (72) hours of shooting the animal. A person using a dog in this manner:
(i) Shall maintain physical control of the dog at all times by means of a maximum fifty (50) foot leash attached to the collar or harness of the dog;
(ii) Shall wear fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink consistent with W.S. 23-3-113(a);
(iii) May kill the wounded animal using any weapon authorized under the hunting license;
(iv) Shall, in accordance with W.S. 23-3-104, attach the proper coupon to the carcass of any animal killed under the hunting license.
(e) A person acting solely as a dog handler accompanying the licensed hunter that wounded the game animal is exempt from the licensing requirements of this act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a dog handler to hunt without a license.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-110 - Firearms; Types Permitted for Hunting Game Birds.

23-3-110. Firearms; types permitted for hunting game birds.
(a) The commission shall establish by rule and regulation firearm and ammunition specifications for taking game birds or wild turkeys.
(b) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 54, 2.
(c) Violation of this section or rules promulgated under this section constitutes 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 23-3-111 - Firearms; Size of Guns to Be Used in Hunting Big or Trophy Game Animals.

23-3-111. Firearms; size of guns to be used in hunting big or trophy game animals.
(a) The commission shall establish by rule and regulation firearm and ammunition specifications for taking big or trophy game animals.
(i) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 54, 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 54, 2.
(b) Violation of this section or rules promulgated under this section constitutes 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 23-3-112 - Firearms; Automatic Weapon Prohibited; Use of Silencer or Suppressor to Take Big or Trophy Game Restricted; Penalties.

23-3-112. Firearms; automatic weapon prohibited; use of silencer or suppressor to take big or trophy game restricted; penalties.
(a) No person shall take any wildlife with any fully automatic weapon.
(b) Violation of this section is separate and additional to any other violation and constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(c) No person shall use a device designed to silence or muffle the report of any firearm in the commission of:
(i) A violation of W.S. 23-3-102;
(ii) A violation of W.S. 23-3-107;
(iii) A violation of W.S. 23-3-305(b) which results in the taking of a big or trophy game animal; or
(iv) Taking of a big or trophy game animal out of season.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-113 - Hunters Required to Wear Colored Clothing.

23-3-113. Hunters required to wear colored clothing.
(a) No person other than archers and crossbow hunters hunting during a special archery season shall hunt any big or trophy game animal in Wyoming without wearing in a visible manner one (1) or more exterior garments which shall include a hat, shirt, jacket, coat, vest, or sweater of a fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink color.
(b) Violation of this section constitutes 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 23-3-114 - Landowner May Take Beaver Causing Damage.

23-3-114. Landowner may take beaver causing damage.
Any beaver flooding meadows, damming irrigation systems or constructing dams or ponds which would be dangerous to livestock on any privately owned lands or on state lands, may be immediately taken by the landowner, lessee of state lands or employee of the landowner or lessee or an agent of the landowner or lessee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-115 - Taking Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Gray Wolf, Bobcat, Weasel, Badger, Squirrels or Muskrat for Damaging Property.

23-3-115. Taking black bear, mountain lion, gray wolf, bobcat, weasel, badger, squirrels or muskrat for damaging property.
(a) Any black bear, mountain lion, bobcat, weasel, badger, gray, red and fox squirrels or muskrat doing damage to private property may be immediately taken and killed by the owner of the property, employee of the owner or lessee of the property.
(b) The owner, employee or lessee shall immediately notify the nearest game warden of the killing of black bear, bobcat or mountain lion. The owner, employee or lessee shall save and care for the skin and procure a Wyoming game tag for the skin of black bear, mountain lion or bobcat.
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section relating to the taking of animals doing damage to private property shall apply to gray wolves from and after the date gray wolves are removed from the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S. 23-1-108. For purposes of this section as it applies to gray wolves, "doing damage to private property" means actual biting, wounding, grasping or killing of livestock or a dog, or chasing, molesting or harassing of livestock or a dog by a wolf that would indicate to a reasonable person that actual biting, wounding, grasping or killing of the livestock or dog is likely to occur at any moment. The owner, employee or lessee acting under authority of this section shall notify the department of the killing of a gray wolf within an area of the state in which the gray wolf is designated as a trophy game animal. The notification shall be made within seventy-two (72) hours of the kill.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-116 - Ownership of Game Bird; Taking of Privately Owned Game Birds.

23-3-116. Ownership of game bird; taking of privately owned game birds.
Any person who wishes to acquire game birds from any private source shall apply for and receive a permit from the department prior to acquiring, possessing or transporting the game birds. Upon receipt of the game birds, the permittee shall notify the department to establish proof of ownership and to allow the game birds to be marked with a leg or wing band. Whenever game birds are purchased outside the state, the permittee shall furnish adequate evidence that the game birds are disease free. Upon compliance with this section, the permittee is entitled to take his privately owned game birds without a game bird or turkey license. Live greater sage grouse or the eggs thereof shall only be acquired, possessed, bred, propagated, raised, sold, transported, taken and released by a game bird farm licensee holding a current certification under W.S. 23-5-111.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 1 - Bird and Animal Provisions › Section 23-3-117 - Bighorn Sheep; Registration of Horns; Penalties.

23-3-117. Bighorn sheep; registration of horns; penalties.
A licensee who harvests a bighorn sheep or any person who picks up or removes horns from any bighorn sheep, after July 1, 1997, shall present the horns at a regional office of the department during normal business hours to be registered in accordance with department rules and regulations. The horns shall be presented pursuant to this section within fifteen (15) days after taking the horns into possession. The department may require substantive proof from unlicensed individuals that the horns were legally acquired. Failure to provide such proof may result in confiscation of the horns. A violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 2 - Fish Provisions › Section 23-3-201 - Fishing Tackle; Designation of Waters for Setline Fishing; Taking Fish With Firearm Prohibited; Snagging; Penalties.

23-3-201. Fishing tackle; designation of waters for setline fishing; taking fish with firearm prohibited; snagging; penalties.
(a) Except as otherwise provided, fish may only be taken or fished for with a maximum of two (2) rods or poles, with lines and hooks attached, and with the user in attendance.
(b) No line shall have more than three (3) single or treble hooks, flies or lures. As used in this section:
(i) "Hook" means a single device regardless of the number of prongs; and
(ii) "Lure" means a single device regardless of the number of hooks.
(c) The commission may designate specified waters as being open to setline fishing and the number of setlines to be used. In those waters subsection (a) does not apply. The commission may also designate specified waters in which otherwise permissible tackle or bait may not be used.
(d) No person shall take, wound or destroy any fish of Wyoming with a firearm of any kind or nature.
(e) No person shall snag any fish of Wyoming except as specifically authorized by the commission. For purposes of this subsection, "snag" means attempting to take a fish in such a manner that the fish does not take the hook voluntarily in its mouth.
(f) Violation of this section constitutes 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 2 - Fish Provisions › Section 23-3-202 - Use of Live Fish and Corn as Bait.

23-3-202. Use of live fish and corn as bait.
(a) The commission may designate specified waters in which live fish or corn may be used as bait, and may designate the types of and origin of live fish which may be used as bait in any waters.
(b) No person shall have any live fish or bait corn in his possession while fishing other than as authorized by the commission.
(c) No person shall release any live baitfish unless authorized by the commission.
(d) Violation of this section constitutes 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 2 - Fish Provisions › Section 23-3-203 - Placing Obstruction to Fish Across Stream or Lake Without Consent of Chief Fish Warden Prohibited; Erection of Fishways.

23-3-203. Placing obstruction to fish across stream or lake without consent of chief fish warden prohibited; erection of fishways.
(a) No person shall erect or place, or cause to be erected or placed, any net, trotline, or any similar obstruction across any river, creek, pond, or lake so as to prevent the free passage of the fish up, down, or through the water except with the consent and under the direction of the chief fish warden.
(b) The commission may erect or cause to be erected and maintained fishways or ladders on any dam or other structures across any stream of the state, when a fishway or ladder is necessary for the uninterrupted passage of fish up and down the stream.
(c) Violation of this section constitutes 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 2 - Fish Provisions › Section 23-3-204 - Substances and Devices to Take or Destroy Fish or Obstruct Waterways Prohibited.

23-3-204. Substances and devices to take or destroy fish or obstruct waterways prohibited.
(a) No person shall take or destroy fish in Wyoming by using any poison or deleterious drug, electrical device, chemical, explosive, or any similar substance or device except by commission order.
(b) No person shall allow any refuse or substance to pass into any public water:
(i) Which drives away or is injurious to fish, or wildlife; or
(ii) Which obstructs the natural flow, channels, or condition of any stream or body of water.
(c) Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 2 - Fish Provisions › Section 23-3-205 - Shipment of Fish; Game Tags; When Required.

23-3-205. Shipment of fish; game tags; when required.
(a) No person shall ship or transport or receive for shipment or transportation any game fish either within or without the state except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Any person lawfully taking any game fish in this state may ship not to exceed one (1) limit in a single container no oftener than once a week if a Wyoming interstate game tag is affixed to the container. No interstate game tag is required for the transportation of one (1) limit of fish in the possession of a properly licensed fisherman.
(c) Violation of this section constitutes 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 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-301 - Importation and Sale of Wildlife Prohibited; Exceptions.

23-3-301. Importation and sale of wildlife prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No person shall import into Wyoming from any source any living antelope, bear, deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, mountain lion, bighorn sheep, wolf, wolf hybrid nor any living wildlife except as otherwise permitted by this act.
(b) No person shall sell any living antelope, bear, deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, mountain lion, bighorn sheep, wolf, wolf hybrid or falcon except as permitted by the commission.
(c) No person shall knowingly import into Wyoming or knowingly possess from any source any wildlife or wildlife parts taken illegally in any other state or country.
(d) Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-302 - Sale, Disposition or Acquisition of Edible Portion of Game Animals, Game Birds or Game Fish.

23-3-302. Sale, disposition or acquisition of edible portion of game animals, game birds or game fish.
No person shall sell, barter, or dispose of for pecuniary consideration or advantage, or obtain by sale or barter any edible portion of any game animal, game bird or game fish in this state except as permitted by this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-303 - Waste of Edible Portion of Game Bird, Fish or Animal, Except Trophy Game Animal, Prohibited; Abandonment of Meat at Meat Processing Plant.

23-3-303. Waste of edible portion of game bird, fish or animal, except trophy game animal, prohibited; abandonment of meat at meat processing plant.
(a) No person shall take and leave, abandon or allow any game bird, game fish, or game animal except trophy game animal, or edible portion, to intentionally or needlessly go to waste. No person shall knowingly possess any parts of a big game animal wasted as provided in this subsection.
(b) The failure of any person to properly dress and care for any big game animal killed by that person, and, if the carcass is reasonably accessible, within forty-eight (48) hours to take or transport the carcass to the camp of that person, and there properly care for the carcass, is prima facie evidence of a violation of subsection (a).
(c) No person shall abandon meat from a big game animal or game bird at a meat processing plant. Unless there is an express agreement between the processing plant and the person providing otherwise, any person leaving meat from a big game animal or game bird at a meat processing plant for more than forty-five (45) days is prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection if written notice of the expiration of time has been attempted by the processing plant in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the game and fish department. The owner or operator in charge of any meat processing plant shall immediately report a violation of this subsection to any enforcement personnel of the department. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the owner of the meat processing plant is entitled to the proceeds of sale of any meat confiscated under this subsection up to the amount of reasonable processing or storage charges following a conviction under this subsection or a reasonable time after the violation is reported. If the department has been unsuccessful in selling the confiscated meat within thirty (30) days following the reported violation, the department may dispose of the meat as it deems appropriate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-304 - Certain Trapping Devices Unlawful; Game for Bait Prohibited; Baiting Big Game Animals Prohibited; Penalties.

23-3-304. Certain trapping devices unlawful; game for bait prohibited; baiting big game animals prohibited; penalties.
(a) No person shall take or wound any game animal, game bird, or game fish by use of any pit, pitfall, net, trap, deadfall, poison, or other similar device except as otherwise provided. From and after the date gray wolves are removed from the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S. 23-1-108, gray wolves may be taken with a trap or snare only as allowed by and in accordance with rules and regulations of the commission.
(b) No person shall take a game animal, game bird, or game fish, and use any parts thereof, for bait to trap or poison any wildlife of Wyoming.
(c) Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(d) No person shall place any bait for the purpose of taking a big game animal nor shall any person knowingly take a big game animal by the use of any bait that has been deposited, placed, distributed or scattered in a manner to constitute a lure, attraction or enticement to, on or over the area where any hunter is taking big game animals. Nothing in this subsection shall:
(i) Apply to normal or accepted agricultural management practices;
(ii) Prohibit taking big game animals over stored and standing crops, salt, mineral or other feed scattered solely as a result of normal and accepted agricultural practices;
(iii) Apply to the placement, distribution, depositing or scattering of bait, as approved by the game and fish commission, for the taking of big game animals by any legally blind person, person confined to a wheelchair or person hunting with a license issued pursuant to W.S. 23-1-705(j);
(iv) Apply to the placement, distribution, depositing or scattering of bait for the taking of big game animals in hunt areas to address population management, damage, disease or human safety issues. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the provisions of this paragraph.
(e) As used in subsection (d) of this section, "bait" means the direct or indirect placing, exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, hay, grain, fruit, nuts or chemical, mineral or other feed as an attraction or enticement for big game animals, regardless of the kind and quantity. A chemical used as an attractant or mask rather than for consumption shall not be considered "bait".
(f) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 62, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-305 - Hunting From Highway; Entering or Traveling Through Private Property Without Permission; Penalty; Hunting at Night Without Permission Prohibited.

23-3-305. Hunting from highway; entering or traveling through private property without permission; penalty; hunting at night without permission prohibited.
(a) No person shall hunt, shoot, or attempt to kill any wildlife from any public road or highway.
(b) No person shall enter upon, travel through or return across the private property of any person to take wildlife, hunt, fish, collect antlers or horns, or trap without the permission of the owner or person in charge of the property. Violation of this subsection constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v). For purposes of this subsection "travel through or return across" requires physically touching or driving on the surface of the private property.
(c) No person shall fire any firearm from, upon, along, or across any public road or highway.
(d) No person knowingly shall fire any rifle from the enclosed lands of one person onto or across the enclosed lands of another without the permission of both persons.
(e) No person shall hunt at night upon privately owned or leased lands except with written permission of the landowner or lessee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-307 - Hunting While Intoxicated or Under Influence of Controlled Substance Prohibited.

23-3-307. Hunting while intoxicated or under influence of controlled substance prohibited.
(a) No person shall carry a firearm with a cartridge therein, or take any wildlife in Wyoming, while intoxicated or under the influence of controlled substance as defined in the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971 or amendments thereto.
(b) Violation of this section constitutes 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 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-308 - Check Stations; Duty of Hunters and Fishermen to Report.

23-3-308. Check stations; duty of hunters and fishermen to report.
(a) Every hunter or fisherman entering or leaving areas for which check stations have been established shall stop and report at the check station if the check station is on the hunter's or fisherman's route to and from the hunting or fishing area.
(b) Game or fish licensees must produce their licenses and any game animals, game birds, fish, or furbearing animals in their possession for inspection upon request of any authorized department representative.
(c) Check stations shall be manned by department personnel in uniform including insignia and badge.
(d) Violation of this section constitutes 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 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-309 - Intentional Feeding of Elk; Penalty.

23-3-309. Intentional feeding of elk; penalty.
(a) No person shall intentionally attract or feed any elk by depositing, placing, distributing or scattering feed that results in commingling with livestock.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit:
(i) Any normal or accepted agricultural management practice;
(ii) Any elk feeding program authorized or conducted by the department;
(iii) Any legal form of baiting elk as authorized by commission rule and regulation;
(iv) Any feeding of elk for the purpose of reducing the opportunity for contact with livestock when undertaken with prior notice to the department;
(v) Any feeding of elk outside a brucellosis surveillance area designated pursuant to Wyoming livestock board rules and regulations.
(c) A first violation of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v). A second or subsequent violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 3 - Wildlife Provisions › Section 23-3-310 - Possession of Road Killed Wildlife.

23-3-310. Possession of road killed wildlife.
(a) The commission shall, in consultation with the state transportation commission, adopt rules to establish a program whereby any person desiring to possess wildlife killed as a result of unintentional motor vehicle collisions on any public road or highway in the state of Wyoming is permitted to do so, provided that he collects the entire road killed animal, both edible and inedible portions and possesses a donation certificate or Wyoming interstate game tag issued by the department, including a certificate or tag issued electronically. Unless otherwise provided by rule of the commission, a person desiring to possess a road killed animal shall contact the department before taking possession of an animal to obtain a donation certificate. The rules may provide that a person requesting the donation certificate may have to present the animal for inspection to verify its possession meets the criteria of the regulation. No person possessing a donation certificate shall donate a road killed animal to a nonprofit organization in accordance with W.S. 35-7-1302(b)(vii).
(b) None of the provisions of this section shall apply to bighorn sheep, gray wolves within any area of the state where gray wolves are classified as trophy game animals, grizzly bears, mountain goats, wildlife species covered under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, federal threatened or endangered species or those species whose possession is prohibited by federal or state statute or regulation.
(c) Nothing in this section shall authorize the taking of wildlife or possession of any illegally taken wildlife.
(d) Upon request of the state transportation commission, the commission shall exempt segments of public road or highway from the program established pursuant to this section.
(e) Once a carcass is retrieved by the department of transportation, it becomes the property of the department and shall be disposed of in accordance with department procedures.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Acts Prohibited › Section 23-3-402 - Violation of Commission Order Prohibited.

23-3-402. Violation of commission order prohibited.
Any person who violates any lawful order of the commission 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 4 - Miscellaneous Acts Prohibited › Section 23-3-403 - False Swearing, Fraud or False Statement Prohibited.

23-3-403. False swearing, fraud or false statement prohibited.
(a) No person shall procure or attempt to procure any license or tag under this act by false swearing, fraud, or false statement of any kind or in any form.
(b) Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Acts Prohibited › Section 23-3-404 - Tanneries Not to Receive Game Specimens Unless Tagged; Records.

23-3-404. Tanneries not to receive game specimens unless tagged; records.
(a) No person shall deliver to any tannery, nor shall any tannery receive any game specimen unless tagged with a Wyoming game tag except as otherwise provided. Violation of this subsection constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(b) Tanneries by keeping records required by the commission may receive, purchase, store, handle, ship, sell, transport, and deliver any hide from cloven hoof big game animals, either within or without Wyoming, without tagging the hide with a Wyoming game tag.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Acts Prohibited › Section 23-3-405 - Interference With Lawful Taking of Wildlife Prohibited; Penalties; Damages; Injunction.

23-3-405. Interference with lawful taking of wildlife prohibited; penalties; damages; injunction.
(a) No person shall with the intent to prevent or hinder the lawful taking of any wildlife:
(i) Interfere with the lawful taking of or the process of lawfully taking any wildlife;
(ii) Engage in any activity intended to threaten or otherwise affect the behavior of any wildlife;
(iii) Knowingly and without authorization post or maintain in place signs that restrict access to or use of state or federal land on which the lawful taking of or the process of lawfully taking any wildlife is permitted. For purposes of this subsection, "knowingly" means the person has received prior notice from a peace officer that the sign is located on state or federal land.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor as punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
(c) Any person failing to obey an order of any peace officer to immediately desist from conduct in violation of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(d) Any organization or association which counsels or solicits its members or others to violate subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). Each subsequent violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).
(e) In addition to penalties imposed under this section, any person who has suffered injury by reason of the conduct of any person violating this section is entitled to recover damages in a civil action. Actual damages recoverable may include, but are not limited to expenditures for licenses, travel, outfitters and guides and special equipment and supplies to the extent the expenditures are rendered futile by the person's conduct in violation of this section. If the trier of fact finds that the unlawful conduct was malicious, it may award punitive damage to the injured party.
(f) Upon petition to the district court by any affected party and upon a showing that conduct in violation of this section is threatened or has occurred and under similar circumstances would likely reoccur, the court may enjoin conduct which would be in violation of this section.
(g) This section shall:
(i) Not apply to any land lessee, permittee or any employee thereof engaged in the performance of work-related activities;
(ii) Not apply to any landowner or his agent engaged in any activity on his own private property;
(iii) Not interfere with any landowner's right to prevent trespass on the landowner's private property.
(h) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "process of lawfully taking" means travel, camping and other acts preparatory to taking wildlife if occurring on lands or water upon which the affected person may legally take the wildlife.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Acts Prohibited › Section 23-3-406 - Attempting to Take Simulated Wildlife Decoy; Penalty.

23-3-406. Attempting to take simulated wildlife decoy; penalty.
(a) No person shall discharge a firearm or other hunting implement at a simulated wildlife decoy in violation of any law or regulation with respect to the hunting or taking of the wildlife being simulated when the decoy is being used by a certified peace officer.
(b) As used in this section, "decoy" does not include a simulation that possesses extraordinary characteristics unusual for a typical member of the wildlife species being simulated.
(c) Upon conviction for violation of this section, the penalty shall be the same as prescribed for the unlawful taking of the actual wildlife being simulated excluding penalties provided under W.S. 23-3-102(d).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 3 - General Regulatory Provisions › Article 4 - Miscellaneous Acts Prohibited › Section 23-3-407 - Remote Hunting Prohibited.

23-3-407. Remote hunting prohibited.
(a) No person shall operate, provide, sell or use or offer to operate, provide, sell or use any computer software or service that allows a person, not physically present, to remotely control a firearm or weapon to hunt any live wildlife or animal.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section constitutes a low misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 1 - Fish Hatcheries and Stocking › Section 23-4-101 - Fish Stocking in Waters Without Consent Prohibited; Penalties.

23-4-101. Fish stocking in waters without consent prohibited; penalties.
(a) No person shall plant or release any fish or fish eggs in any public waters of Wyoming without the consent and under the supervision of the department or its authorized personnel.
(b) The escape of lawfully stocked fish or fish eggs does not constitute a violation of this section.
(c) Violation of this section constitutes a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(d) The court may, in its discretion, revoke any license issued under this act to any person convicted of a violation of this section, for the remainder of the year in which the conviction occurs, and may suspend the person's privilege to purchase or receive any other license under this act or to take any wildlife for a period of time up to and including lifetime revocation.
(e) In addition to any other criminal penalty provided in this act, any person who violates this section may be assessed civil penalties in an amount not to exceed the costs incurred by the commission in removing the fish or fish eggs from the waters affected by the violation. The commission may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for civil penalties or injunctive relief.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 1 - Fish Hatcheries and Stocking › Section 23-4-102 - Operation of Privately Owned Fish Hatcheries, Artificial Lakes or Ponds.

23-4-102. Operation of privately owned fish hatcheries, artificial lakes or ponds.
(a) Any person who owns or operates a fish hatchery, artificial lake, pond or ponds for the purpose of raising fish for resale, may stock the fish hatchery, artificial lake, pond or ponds with eggs or fish procured from any lawful source. Any eggs or fish acquired from sources other than the department or federal government shall be inspected by an authorized agent of the department before planting.
(b) Thereafter, the owner or operator may take fish from the hatchery, artificial lake, pond or ponds in any manner except by poison, explosives, or fishing except as otherwise provided in this section. The owner or operator may sell and dispose of any fish or fish eggs taken subject to any restrictions provided in this section.
(c) "Artificial lake, pond or ponds" as used in this section means bodies of water created by the artificial diversion or storage of water not exceeding one hundred (100) acres in any one (1) surface area and does not include natural ponds, natural streams, or bodies of water wholly created by nature.
(d) The owner or operator shall procure a license for the operation from the department. The owner or operator shall also post a five hundred dollar ($500.00) surety bond with the department. The bond shall be conditioned to the effect that the owner or operator will not sell or dispose of fish or fish eggs caught or taken in any of the waters of Wyoming other than those for which the license is issued, and to the effect that the owner or operator will keep a strict record of his operations under the license as may be required by the commission.
(e) When an owner or operator sells or disposes of any fish or fish eggs, he shall deliver a certificate of sale upon a form to be furnished to the owner or operator by the department to the purchaser or receiver at the time the fish or fish eggs are delivered.
(f) Any hotel, restaurant, cafe, or business house, or individual, may sell, serve, or dispose of fish purchased from any owner or operator in the regular course of business and shall exhibit upon request by any department personnel the certificate of sale furnished him by the owner or operator.
(g) Whenever any of the fish or fish eggs are transported by a common carrier, each and every parcel of the shipment shall have a Wyoming game tag attached. The owner or operator shall obtain Wyoming game tags from the department and shall keep a strict record of all Wyoming game tags.
(h) The owner or operator may operate a catchout pond, containing ten (10) surface acres of water or less, where fish may be caught by fishing. A charge may be made for this privilege by the owner or operator and the fishermen are not required to hold a valid Wyoming fishing license when fishing in a catchout pond.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 1 - Fish Hatcheries and Stocking › Section 23-4-103 - License to Seine; License for Dealers in Live Bait.

23-4-103. License to seine; license for dealers in live bait.
(a) The department may issue licenses to seine or trap fish to such persons as it considers qualified upon application and payment of fees. The license entitles the holder to seine or trap fish at such time, place, and manner as provided by law and orders of the commission.
(b) The department may issue licenses to deal in live bait to such persons as it considers qualified upon application and payment of fees. The license entitles the holder to deal in live bait at such time, place, and manner as provided by law and orders of the commission. The commission may regulate the type of live bait which may be sold and the source from which live bait may be obtained.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 1 - Fish Hatcheries and Stocking › Section 23-4-104 - Fish Hatchery Protection; Penalty.

23-4-104. Fish hatchery protection; penalty.
Any person who, without consent of the owner, intentionally removes, destroys or introduces a substance into the waters of another with intent to destroy, any fish in a fish hatchery, artificial lake, pond including a catch out pond being used as a commercial aqua-culture operation is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the value of the fish destroyed is not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the value of the fish destroyed is more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 2 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 23-4-201 - Definitions.

23-4-201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Aquatic invasive species" means exotic or non-native aquatic organisms that have been determined by the commission to pose a significant threat to the aquatic resources, water supplies or water infrastructure of the state;
(ii) "Conveyance" means a motor vehicle, boat, watercraft, raft, vessel, trailer or any associated equipment or containers, including but not limited to live wells, ballast tanks, bilge areas and water hauling equipment that may contain or carry an aquatic invasive species;
(iii) "Decontaminate" means to wash, drain, dry or chemically, thermally or otherwise treat a conveyance in accordance with rules promulgated by the commission in order to remove or destroy an aquatic invasive species;
(iv) "Equipment" means an article, tool, implement or device capable of containing or transporting water or aquatic invasive species;
(v) "Inspect" means to examine a conveyance pursuant to procedures established by the commission in order to determine whether an aquatic invasive species is present, and includes examining, draining or treating water in the conveyance;
(vi) "Water sport toy" means a sailboard, float tube, kite board or any aid to swimming or fishing that is not designed primarily for navigation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 2 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 23-4-202 - Prohibition on Aquatic Invasive Species; Mandatory Conveyance Checks; Reporting.

23-4-202. Prohibition on aquatic invasive species; mandatory conveyance checks; reporting.
(a) No person shall:
(i) Launch any conveyance into the waters of this state without first complying with aquatic invasive species prevention requirements established by commission rule;
(ii) Possess, import, export, ship, transport or cause to be possessed, imported, exported, shipped or transported an aquatic invasive species in this state, except as authorized by the commission;
(iii) Introduce an aquatic invasive species into any waters of the state; or
(iv) Refuse to comply with the inspection requirements or any order issued under this article.
(b) A person who knows that an unreported aquatic invasive species is present at a specific location in this state shall immediately report that knowledge and all pertinent information to the commission or a peace officer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 2 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 23-4-204 - Rulemaking Authority; Fees.

23-4-204. Rulemaking authority; fees.
(a) The commission and the department of state parks and cultural resources shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce the provisions of this article.
(b) The commission shall establish and collect fees in accordance with the following:
(i) An annual fee shall be collected by the commission for every watercraft before the watercraft enters the waters of the state. Payment of the fees shall be evidenced by a sticker placed on the bow of the watercraft or electronically as determined by commission rule or regulation. No person shall operate nor shall the owner permit the operation of any watercraft on the waters of the state without payment of the fees provided in this section. For purposes of this paragraph, "watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed primarily for navigation on water but does not include personal flotation devices or water sport toys;
(ii) Notwithstanding W.S. 23-4-203(a) and subsection (a) of this section, fees shall be established by commission rule or regulation promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;
(iii) Fees shall be established in an amount to ensure that, to the extent practicable, the total revenue generated from the fees collected approximates, but does not exceed, the direct and indirect costs of administering the regulatory provisions required under this article.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 41, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 23 - Game and Fish › Chapter 4 - Protection and Propagation of Fish › Article 2 - Aquatic Invasive Species › Section 23-4-205 - Penalties.

23-4-205. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this article or any order under this article is guilty of a high misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(ii).
(b) In addition to any other criminal penalty provided in this section any person who violates any provision of this article, may be assessed civil penalties in an amount not to exceed the costs incurred by the commission and the department of state parks and cultural resources in enforcing the provisions of this article but shall not include costs associated with the eradication of an aquatic invasive species introduced into the waters of this state. The commission or the department of state parks and cultural resources may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for civil penalties or injunctive relief.