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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in Title 23 of the
				  Wyoming Statutes and Chapter 2, General Hunting Regulation, the Commission also
				  adopts the following definitions for the purpose of this chapter:
(a) "Baiting" means placing or utilizing a
				processed bait or an unprocessed bait as a lure or attractant for the purpose
				of taking black bear.
(b) "Bait
				Location" means the GPS location of a bait placed within a registered bait
				site.
(c) "Bait Site" means the
				individual section of land identified by legal description on a valid bear bait
				registration document.
(d)
				"Chemical attractant" means any chemical(s) used as a lure or mask rather than
				for consumption.
(e) "Dependent
				young" means any black bear cub of the year or yearling black bear traveling
				with an adult female black bear.
(f) "GPS coordinates" means a specified
				geographic location defined by any universal coordinate system that will direct
				Department personnel to within fifty (50) yards of a registered bait
				site.
(g) "Immediately" means
				following the observation of a grizzly bear using a bait, the person
				registering the bait, the person placing the bait or the person hunting over
				the bait shall report, without delay, said use to the Wyoming Game and Fish
				Department in accordance with Section
				5. Immediately also means any person taking
				a grizzly bear shall report, without delay, to the Wyoming Game and Fish
				Department in accordance with Section
				11 of this regulation.
(h) "Mortality" means any legal or illegal
				human caused female black bear death, excluding female black bears taken by the
				Department, female black bears taken under the authority of W.S. §
									23-3-115(a) and
				known natural and accidental female black bear deaths.
(i) "Processed bait" means a nontoxic
				biodegradable substance.
(j)
				"Prohibited bait" means big game animals, small game animals, game birds, game
				fish, protected animals, protected birds or parts thereof placed for the
				purpose of attracting a bear.
(k)
				"Unprocessed bait" means livestock or livestock parts that have not been
				processed for human consumption, or wildlife or wildlife parts that are not
				otherwise prohibited in Section
				2(j).
(l) "Water" means permanent rivers, streams,
				lakes or ponds.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-3 - Application, Registration, Number, Placement, Removal and Identification of Black Bear Bait Sites on Federal or State Lands

Current through July 13, 2024
The provisions in this section shall only apply to the
				  registration, number, placement, removal and identification of black bear baits
				  on federal lands or State lands, including lands owned or administered by the
				  Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
(a)
				First Time Registration of Bait Site(s).
(i) A
				person may apply to register a bait site(s) for the first time on the
				Department website beginning March 21 at 8:00 a.m. through March 28 for the
				current calendar year. An applicant may apply to register up to a total of six
				(6) bait sites through this process, however no person shall be eligible to
				register more than the maximum number of bait sites authorized in this section.
				All completed applications shall be entered into a computer processed random
				drawing to determine a priority listing for registering bait sites by April 1.
				Bait sites shall be assigned to applicants through the priority listing as long
				as a particular bait site remains available.
(ii) A person may apply to register a bait
				site(s) in person, by a representative of the applicant or by telephone
				beginning April 5 at 8:00 a.m. for the current calendar year at any Department
				Regional Office. If April 5 occurs on a day when Department Regional Offices
				are closed, applications to register a bait site shall be accepted beginning at
				8:00 a.m. on the next business day. Applications for bait site registration
				shall be accepted only if a bait site is available.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-4 - Areas Open and Areas Closed to Black Bear Baiting; Restrictions on Use of Processed and Unprocessed Baits; Use of Chemical Attractants

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All black bear hunt areas shall be open
				to the baiting of black bear except those hunt areas and those portions of hunt
				areas listed in this section.
(i) Black Bear
				Hunt Areas 22, 25, 26, 32 and that portion of Black Bear Hunt Area 23 on U.S.
				Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and State lands, including lands
				administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, shall be closed to
				baiting.
(ii) That portion of Black
				Bear Hunt Area 27 north and west of the Wood River on U.S. Forest Service,
				Bureau of Land Management and State lands including lands administered by the
				Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, shall be closed to baiting.
(iii) That portion of Black Bear Hunt Area 28
				on the Shoshone National Forest north of Pelham Lake, Pelham Lake Creek and
				Lava Mountain shall be closed to baiting.
(iv) Those portions of Black Bear Hunt Area
				35 on the Pole Mountain Unit of the Medicine Bow National Forest shall be
				closed to baiting.
(v) All
				designated Wilderness Areas in National Forests shall be closed to baiting.
				Hunters should check maps of designated Wilderness Areas at the Department
				Headquarters or Regional Offices.
(vi) The primary conservation area for
				grizzly bears shall be closed to baiting and no bait registrations shall be
				issued within that area. Hunters may view a map of the primary conservation
				area for grizzly bears on the Department website.
(vii) Areas administered by the U.S. Forest
				Service, Bureau of Land Management or the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in
				which human access has been restricted to protect wintering wildlife shall be
				closed to baiting. Such areas, if not already closed by this section, shall be
				closed to black bear baiting during the time period for which the areas have
				been closed to human access.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-5 - Reporting Use of Bait by a Grizzly Bear

Current through July 13, 2024
Any person registering a bait site, placing a bait, hunting
				  at a bait site or witnessing the use of a bait site by a grizzly bear shall
				  immediately report use of the bait by a grizzly bear to the Department
				  (1-877-WGFD-TIP). Regardless of the land status whether federal, state or
				  private, no person shall hunt black bear over a bait site utilized by a grizzly
				  bear for the remainder of the current black bear hunting season. The bait
				  site(s) shall be closed for the remainder of the current black bear hunting
				  season and the bait may be removed as soon as possible by personnel of the
				  Department.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-6 - Prohibited Bait

Current through July 13, 2024
No person shall place any prohibited bait for the purpose of
				  baiting black bears. Baiting for black bear with a substance other than those
				  defined as a bait in Section
				  2 or in a manner other than as specified in
				  Section 3 shall be prohibited
				  on federal or state lands, including lands administered by the Wyoming Game and
				  Fish Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-7 - Hunting Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Hunters may take any black bear except
				dependent young and female black bears with dependent young at side.
(b) Registering Kills. A hunter taking a
				black bear shall retain the pelt and skull from each black bear taken for
				registration purposes. Even if the skull is damaged, it shall accompany the
				pelt. Visible external evidence of sex shall remain naturally attached to the
				pelt. Within seventy-two (72) hours, after taking a black bear, the licensee
				shall present the pelt and skull to a district game warden, district wildlife
				biologist or Department personnel at a Department Regional Office during
				business hours for registration. The pelt and skull shall be presented in an
				unfrozen condition in order to allow collection of two (2) premolar teeth to be
				utilized to determine the age of the black bear and to allow examination of the
				pelt to determine the sex and possible lactation status of the black bear. A
				hunter taking a black bear in designated wilderness areas in hunt areas 13, 19,
				20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 or 28 shall report their harvest by telephone or in
				person within seventy-two (72) hours and shall present the pelt and skull to a
				district game warden, district wildlife biologist or Department personnel at a
				Department Regional Office during business hours for registration within ten
				(10) days from the date of harvest or within three (3) days after returning
				from a designated wilderness area. The hunter making the telephone report shall
				contact a district game warden, district wildlife biologist or Department
				personnel at a Department Regional Office and provide their name, license
				number, date of kill, sex of bear, hunt area and the general location of the
				kill site including drainage. At the time of registration, the hunter shall
				furnish the Department their license number, date of kill and the location of
				the site of kill to include hunt area, section, township and range or GPS
				coordinates.
(c) Any person who
				makes a false statement on the registration form is in violation of this
				regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-8 - Area Mortality Limits

Current through July 13, 2024
The black bear hunting season shall close in each black bear
				  hunt area or group of hunt areas when the female mortality limit specified for
				  the respective hunt area or group of hunt areas has been reached. If the female
				  mortality limit is not reached, the season shall close upon the date specified
				  in Section
				  10. If the female mortality limits for the
				  spring hunting season are exceeded, the additional mortalities shall be
				  subtracted from the fall mortality limits. Conversely, if female mortality
				  limits in the spring have not been reached, the portion of the limit remaining
				  shall be added to the fall mortality limit. It is the hunter's responsibility
				  to confirm that the hunt area the person intends to hunt is open. The status of
				  hunt area closures shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day by calling
				  toll free1-800-264 -1280.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-9 - Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations

Current through July 13, 2024
Hunt Area(s)
Special Archery
							 Dates
Regular Season
							 Dates
Annual Female Mortality
							 Limit
1
May 1 - 14
May 15 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
4 Spring
4 Fall
2
May 1 - 14
May 15 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
6 Spring
6 Fall
3
May 1 - 14
May 15 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
2 Spring
2 Fall
4
May 1 - 14
May 15 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
8 Spring
6 Fall
5, 6
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 15 - Nov. 15
6 Spring
6 Fall
7
Apr. 15 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
7 Spring
7 Fall
8
Sep. 1 - 30
Apr. 15 - June 15
Oct. 1 - 31
9 Spring
8 Fall
9
Apr. 15 - 30
Sep. 1 - 30
May 1 - June 15
Oct. 1 - 31
13 Spring
11 Fall
10
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 1 - Sep. 30
May 1 - June 15
Oct. 1 - 31
2 Spring
2 Fall
11
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 15 - 31
May 1 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Nov. 15
8 Spring
5 Fall
12
Apr. 15 - 30
Sep. 1 - 30
May 1 - June 15
Oct. 1 - 31
1 Spring
1 Fall
13
Apr. 15 - 30
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 1 - 31, valid only in that portion of Area 13
							 within the Popo Agie Wilderness
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
5 Spring
5 Fall
14, 15, 16, 17, 30
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 15 - 31
May 1 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
24 Spring
18 Fall
18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 29
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 15 - 31
May 1 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
13 Spring
20 Fall
19
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 15 - 31
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 1 - 31, valid only in that portion of Area 19
							 within the Bridger Wilderness
Sep. 1 - Nov. 15
10 Spring
8 Fall
23
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 1 - 14
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 15 - Oct. 31
8 Spring*
12 Fall*
25, 26, 27
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 15 - 31
May 1 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
28
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 1 - 14
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 15 - Oct. 31
4 Spring
4 Fall
31
Apr. 15 - 30
Aug. 1 - 14
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 15 - Oct. 31
2 Spring
2 Fall
32
Apr. 15 - 30
May 1 - June 15
Aug. 1 - Nov. 15
33
Apr. 15 - June 15
Sep. 1 - Oct. 31
4 Spring
4 Fall
35
Apr. 15 - June 15
Aug. 1 - Oct. 31
*Annual Female Mortality Limit applies to areas 23, 25, 26
				  and 27 in combination.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-10 - Special Archery Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
There shall be special archery seasons for the hunting of
				  black bear by the use of legal archery equipment in hunt areas as set forth in
				  Section 9 of this Chapter.
				  Archers shall possess a general black bear license and an archery license in
				  order to hunt black bears with archery equipment during any special archery
				  season.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-11 - Reporting Grizzly Bear Mortalities

Current through July 13, 2024
Any taking of a grizzly bear shall be reported immediately to
				  the Department (1-877-WGFD-TIP).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statute "
										23-1-302, "
				  
										23-2-303, "
				  
										23-2-304, "
				  
										23-2-305 and "
				  
										23-3-109.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming
				  Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following
				  definitions:
(a) "Drainage" means all
				lands within the watershed of a named river or stream, including all
				tributaries and standing waters that drain into the named river or
				stream.
(b) "Leg-hold Trap" means
				any device using a mechanical trigger that springs the jaws or loop shut for
				capturing furbearing or predatory animals.
(c) "Live Trap" means any device designed to
				capture or trap a live animal inside a cage or structure. Such traps include,
				but are not limited to box traps and cage traps.
(d) "Owner" means the person who physically
				sets any trap or snare in any fashion that may result in the take of any
				furbearing or predatory animal.
(e)
				"Pet" means any domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or
				pleasure.
(f) "Power-Activated
				Snare" means a snare with a spring or other device that applies pressure to the
				locking mechanism.
(g) "Quick-kill
				Body-grip Trap" means a device that closes around the body or head of the
				animal in such a manner as to almost immediately kill the animal
				caught.
(h) "Raw Fur" means the
				untanned hide or skin, or the unskinned carcass of a furbearing
				animal.
(i) "Snare" means a device
				consisting of a loop with no mechanical trigger for capturing furbearing or
				predatory animals.
(j) "Tamper"
				means to disturb, obstruct, damage, steal or interfere with any legally placed
				trap or snare except for releasing any pet or livestock from a trap or
				snare.
(k) "Trapping" or "trap"
				means the taking of a furbearing or predatory animal by trap or snare, or
				taking of a furbearing animal with a firearm or archery equipment.
(l) "Trap Identification Number" means an
				identification number assigned to the owner of traps or snares by the
				Department.
(m) "Week" means the
				seven (7) day period starting on Monday through the following Sunday.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-3 - Hunting or Trapping Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
Species, hunting or trapping areas, season dates and
				  limitations.
Season Dates
Species
Trapping
						  Area
Opens
Closes
Limitations
Mink
1
Oct. 1
Apr.
						  30
Any mink
Bobcat
1
Nov. 15
Mar.
						  1
Any bobcat
Muskrat
1
Oct. 1
Apr.
						  30
Any muskrat
Weasel
1
Oct. 1
Mar.
						  31
Any weasel
Badger
1
Jan. 1
Dec.
						  31
Any badger
Marten
1
Oct. 1
Mar.
						  1
Any marten
2
Dec. 1
Mar. 1
Any
						  marten
Beaver
1
Oct. 1
Apr.
						  30
Any beaver
301
CLOSED
302
CLOSED
303
CLOSED
304
CLOSED
305
CLOSED
401
CLOSED
404
CLOSED
405
CLOSED
406
CLOSED
407
CLOSED
408
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 25 beaver
409
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 15 beaver
410
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 20 beaver
411
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 35 beaver
412
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 15 beaver
413
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 30 beaver
414
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 30 beaver
501
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 10 beaver
502
Oct. 1
Apr. 30
1
						  trapper; 10 beaver
503
CLOSED
504
CLOSED
505
CLOSED
605
CLOSED
606
CLOSED
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-5 - Common Season Boundary

Current through July 13, 2024
Wherever a stream or river forms a boundary between two (2)
				  trapping areas with differing seasons for the same furbearing animal, the
				  stream or river channel proper shall open for trapping on the earliest opening
				  date and close on the latest closing date of the two (2) seasons
				  involved.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-6 - Limited Quota Furbearing Animal Trapping Area Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
Only the holder of a permit for a limited quota trapping
				  area(s) shall be allowed to trap the limited quota area for the designated
				  species during the trapping season for which the permit is valid. Permit
				  holders shall be determined by a random computer selection.
(a) Application for Limited Quota Furbearing
				Animal Trapping Permits. Applications shall be available from Wyoming Game and
				Fish Department Regional Offices, the Cheyenne Headquarters Office and game
				wardens. Any qualified person may submit one (1) application for a limited
				quota trapping area drawing and may list as many as three (3)
				choices.
(b) When trapping, each
				permit holder shall present their permit and a valid Wyoming furbearing animal
				trapping license for inspection upon request to any law enforcement officer
				empowered to enforce these regulations.
(c) Application Date. Applications shall be
				submitted on a form provided by the Department to the Headquarters Office from
				April 1 through May 31.
(d)
				Drawing. Only correct and complete applications received in the Headquarters
				Office during the application dates shall be entered in the random computer
				selection. Successful applicants shall be notified by mail.
(e) Leftover Limited Quota Trapping Area
				Permits. After the regular drawing, applicants may apply for limited quota
				trapping area permits not issued in the drawing for limited quota furbearing
				animal trapping areas. Applicants shall apply to the Headquarters Office.
				Permits shall be issued in the order the applications are processed or until
				quotas are reached. Submission of an application either through the mail or
				hand delivered shall not guarantee a permit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-7 - Authorization to Trap

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person holding a valid Wyoming
				furbearing animal trapping license shall be authorized to trap furbearing
				animals in any trapping area specified in the current trapping regulations,
				excluding those species within limited quota furbearing animal trapping areas
				for which a limited quota furbearing animal trapping permit is required and
				excluding closed areas in Section
				4(b) of this
				regulation.
(b) Individuals issued
				limited quota furbearing animal trapping permits shall contact the game warden
				listed on the notice for instructions prior to taking furbearing animals
				authorized by this permit in the limited quota furbearing animal trapping
				areas.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-8 - Trap and Snare Specifications

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All snares used for furbearing or
				predatory animals shall be equipped with a break-away device located at the
				point of the snare lock;
(b)
				Break-away devices shall release at two hundred ninety-five (295) pounds of
				pressure or less;
(c) Snare capture
				loop size shall not exceed twelve (12) inches in diameter measured from side to
				side;
(d) Snares shall be solidly
				anchored to ensure the break-away device properly functions to release at two
				hundred ninety-five (295) pounds of pressure or less, and;
(i) Snares shall not be anchored to any wire
				of a fence.
(ii) Snares shall not
				be anchored to any moveable object such as a drag.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-9 - Check Period for Leg-Hold Traps, Live Traps, Snares and Quick-Kill Body-Grip Traps

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All leg-hold traps and live traps shall
				be checked by the owner a minimum of once during each seventy-two (72) hour
				period.
(b) All snares and
				quick-kill body-grip traps shall be checked by the owner a minimum of one time
				each week, except during the initial week the snares or quick-kill body-grip
				traps were set.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-10 - Mandatory Bobcat Registration

Current through July 13, 2024
All bobcats harvested in Wyoming shall be registered with the
				  Department by the person taking the bobcat, regardless of the final disposition
				  of the raw fur. Bobcat raw furs may be registered throughout the bobcat season,
				  but registration shall end at 5:00 p.m. on March 11 of each year. If the
				  registration deadline date occurs on a weekend when the Department Regional
				  Offices are closed, bobcat raw furs may be registered on the next business day
				  until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. The properly licensed trapper shall
				  present a bobcat raw fur in an unfrozen condition to a game warden or a
				  Department Regional Office. It shall be unlawful to possess an untagged bobcat
				  raw fur after the registration period expires.
(a) Before a Wyoming bobcat tag shall be
				issued, the person taking a bobcat shall provide to the Department at the time
				of registration, the age and sex of the bobcat, the number of the Department's
				bobcat management area in which the bobcat was taken, the method of take, the
				date the bobcat was taken, the number of traps that were set, and the number of
				days traps were set or days hunted with a firearm.
(b) A Wyoming bobcat tag shall be attached to
				a bobcat raw fur by an employee of the Department. Wyoming bobcat tags shall be
				issued free of charge.
(c) Any
				person who makes a false statement on the registration form shall be in
				violation of this regulation and such violation shall be punishable as provided
				by Title 23, Wyoming Statutes for violation of Commission
				regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-11 - Trapping of Non-target Wildlife; Disposition of Furbearing Animals at the Trap Site

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All big or trophy game animals, game
				birds, protected animals or protected birds that are trapped shall be released
				unharmed.
(b) If a big or trophy
				game animal, game bird, protected animal or raptor is trapped and has been
				injured in such a way that the injury may result in death of the animal or if
				the animal has been killed, the trapper shall notify a Department law
				enforcement officer as soon as is reasonably possible.
(c) Furbearing animals that are trapped
				during a closed season shall be released unharmed. If a furbearing animal is
				caught during a closed season and injured in such a way that may result in
				death of the animal or if the furbearing animal has been killed, the trapper
				shall notify a Department law enforcement officer as soon as is reasonably
				possible.
(d) Furbearing animals
				legally taken shall be either killed at the trap site or immediately released
				to the wild. If the trapper holds both a furbearing animal trapping license and
				a license to capture furbearing animals for domestication, the furbearing
				animals do not have to be killed at the trap site.
(e) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
				person from releasing any pet or livestock from a trap or snare.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-12 - Use of Dogs

Current through July 13, 2024
Persons possessing a valid furbearing animal trapping license
				  may use dogs to take bobcats during the bobcat hunting or trapping
				  season.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 4 - FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING SEASONS › Section 4-13 - Trap Identification Numbers

Current through July 13, 2024
All traps and snares used for furbearing or predatory animals
				  shall be permanently marked or tagged with the name and address of the owner or
				  the trap identification number assigned to the owner by the Department.
(a) A person may apply for a trap
				identification number from the Department. Each individual shall be issued only
				one (1) trap identification number for the life of the trapper. Trap
				identification numbers shall be transferable from one (1) person to another
				only upon completion of an application and approval by the
				Department.
(b) Trap identification
				numbers shall consist of the prefix WY, followed by the last two (2) digits of
				the calendar year in which the number is issued, followed by a number generated
				by the Department. A hyphen shall separate the three (3) portions of the
				number. For example, the first trap identification number issued in calendar
				year 2001 shall be WY-01-001. Numbers shall be legible, at least one-eighth
				(1/8) inch in height and affixed to traps in such a manner as to read left to
				right. The trap identification number shall be stamped on the trap or on a
				metal tag that is affixed to the trap.
(c) Application for a trap identification
				number shall include the full name and complete home address of the applicant
				and shall be submitted on a form provided by the Department. Applications shall
				be submitted to the Wildlife Division, at the Headquarters Office of the
				Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
(d) Any person who has obtained a trap
				identification number shall notify the Department by telephoning (307) 777-4600
				within thirty (30) days of any change in address.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 5 - ANTELOPE HUNTING SEASONS › Section 5-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-703 and §
									23-2-104.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 5 - ANTELOPE HUNTING SEASONS › Section 5-3 - Special Archery Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) There shall be special archery antelope
				hunting seasons on the dates specified in Section
				2. Special archery hunting seasons are
				specific to individual hunt areas by license type. During the special archery
				hunting seasons, archers are restricted to the limitations associated with the
				special archery season dates for a hunt area and license type.
(b) Archers shall possess a limited quota
				antelope license and an archery license in order to hunt antelope with archery
				equipment during any special archery season.
(i) Type 9 limited quota antelope licenses
				are valid for "archery only" and do not require a separate archery
				license.
(ii) Type 0 limited quota
				antelope licenses are valid for specialized hunting equipment, such as
				muzzle-loading firearms or handguns, and are not valid for use with archery
				equipment during any special archery antelope seasons.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 5 - ANTELOPE HUNTING SEASONS › Section 5-4 - Hunting Season Extension Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person qualified for and in
				possession of a Hunting Season Extension Permit issued by the Department in
				accordance with Commission regulations may hunt antelope starting five (5) days
				prior to the earliest opening regular season date in the hunt area(s) for which
				their license and type is valid, and is restricted to the limitations of their
				license type for the earliest opening regular season date as specified in
				Section 2 of this
				Chapter.
(b) Hunters participating
				in a hunting season extension shall be in possession of a Hunting Season
				Extension Permit which shall be immediately produced for inspection upon
				request of an officer authorized to enforce this regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 6 - DEER HUNTING SEASONS › Section 6-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-703 and §
									23-2-104.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 6 - DEER HUNTING SEASONS › Section 6-3 - Special Archery Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) There shall be
				special archery deer hunting seasons on the dates specified in Section
				2. Special archery hunting seasons are
				specific to individual hunt areas by license type. During the special archery
				hunting seasons, archers are restricted to the limitations associated with the
				special archery season dates for a hunt area and license type.
(b) Archers shall possess a limited quota
				deer license or a General deer license and an archery license in order to hunt
				deer with archery equipment during any special archery season.
(c) Archers with a General deer license shall
				only hunt in those areas open to hunting with a General license and are
				restricted to the limitations associated with the special archery season dates
				for that hunt area as specified in Section
				2.
(d) Archers with a limited quota deer license
				shall only hunt in the hunt area(s) where their license is valid and are
				restricted to the limitations associated with the special archery season dates
				as specified in Section
				2.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 6 - DEER HUNTING SEASONS › Section 6-4 - Hunting Season Extension Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person
				qualified for and in possession of a Hunting Season Extension Permit issued by
				the Department in accordance with Commission regulation may hunt deer starting
				five (5) days prior to the earliest opening regular season date in the hunt
				area(s) for which their license and type is valid, and is restricted to the
				limitations of their license type for the earliest opening regular season date
				as specified in Section
				2 of this Chapter.
(b) Hunters participating in a hunting season
				extension shall be in possession of a Hunting Season Extension Permit which
				shall be immediately produced for inspection upon request of an officer
				authorized to enforce this regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 6 - DEER HUNTING SEASONS › Section 6-5 - Youth Deer Hunters

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Youth hunters
				who possess a full price deer license may take antlered mule deer or any
				white-tailed deer during an antlered deer season or an antlered mule deer
				season that includes an antler point restriction subject to the limitation of
				their license in the hunt area(s) where their license is valid as specified in
				Section 2 of this Chapter.
				Youth hunters are not limited to the antler point restriction.
(b) No youth hunter shall take a mule deer
				during a season in which the limitations of their license and type is only
				valid for white-tailed deer as specified in Section
				2 of this Chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 6 - DEER HUNTING SEASONS › Section 6-6 - Nonresident Region General Deer License Quotas

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Nonresident
				region General deer licenses shall only be valid within the specific region for
				which they are issued and for only those hunt areas in the Region as listed in
				this section.
(b) Quotas of
				nonresident region General deer licenses are established for the regions and
				shall not exceed the numbers specified in this section, except as otherwise
				provided in Commission Regulations.
Region
Deer Hunt
							 Areas
Quotas
A
1-6
2000
B
7-9, 11-14, 21
800
C
17-19, 23, 26, 29, 31
2000
D
66, 70, 74-77, 88
300
F
105, 106, 110-115
550
G
135, 143-145
250
H
130, 138-140, 142, 146, 149-156
350
J
59, 61, 64, 65
750
K
132-134, 168
200
L
92, 94, 128, 148, 160, 171
200
M
35, 39, 40, 164
400
Q
96-98
75
R
41, 46, 47, 50-53
500
T
15
400
W
82, 100, 131
600
X
121-124, 127
100
Y
24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 163, 169
1200
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-703 and §
									23-2-104.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-3 - Special Archery Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) There shall be
				special archery elk hunting seasons on the dates specified in Section
				2. Special archery hunting seasons are
				specific to individual hunt areas by license type. During the special archery
				hunting seasons, archers are restricted to the limitations associated with the
				special archery season dates for a hunt area and license type.
(b) Archers shall possess a limited quota elk
				license or a General elk license and an archery license in order to hunt elk
				with archery equipment during any special archery season.
(c) Archers with a General elk license shall
				only hunt in those hunt areas open to hunting with a General license and are
				restricted to the limitations associated with the special archery season dates
				for that hunt area as specified in Section
				2.
(d) Archers with a limited quota elk license
				shall only hunt in the hunt area(s) where their license is valid and are
				restricted to the limitations associated with the special archery season dates
				as specified in Section
				2.
(e) Type 9 limited quota elk licenses are
				valid for "archery only" and do not require a separate archery
				license.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-4 - Hunting Season Extension Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person
				qualified for and in possession of a Hunting Season Extension Permit issued by
				the Department in accordance with Commission regulation may hunt elk starting
				five (5) days prior to the earliest opening regular season date in the hunt
				area(s) for which their license and type is valid, and is restricted to the
				limitations of their license type for the earliest opening regular season date
				as specified in Section
				2 of this Chapter, excluding hunt areas
				within Grand Teton National Park (Hunt Area 75) and the National Elk Refuge
				(Hunt Area 77).
(b) Hunters
				participating in a hunting season extension shall be in possession of a Hunting
				Season Extension Permit which shall be immediately produced for inspection upon
				request of an officer authorized to enforce this regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-5 - Youth Elk Hunters

Current through July 13, 2024
Youth hunters who possess a full price elk license valid for
				  the taking of an antlered elk may take either an antlered elk as specified in
				  Section 2 of this Chapter or
				  may take an antlerless elk in the hunt area(s) where their license is valid.
				  Hunt areas within Grand Teton National Park (Hunt Area 75) and the National Elk
				  Refuge (Hunt Area 77) are excluded from this provision.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-6 - Nonresident Region General Elk License Quotas

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Nonresident
				region general elk licenses shall only be valid within the specific region for
				which they are issued and only for those hunt areas in the region as listed in
				this section.
(b) Quotas for
				nonresident region general elk licenses are established for the regions and
				shall not exceed the numbers specified in this section, except as otherwise
				provided in Commission Regulations.
Region
Elk Hunt Areas
Quotas
Eastern
2, 3, 6, 116, 126, 129
600
Southern
9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 21, 105-107, 110,
							 130
1050
Western
28, 36, 37, 56, 59, 60, 65-71,73, 77, 78, 80-87,
							 89-92, 94, 96-98, 102-104, 127, 128
2775
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-7 - Elk Special Management Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
The Department's elk feedground program is a special
				  management program that requires additional expenditures for the feeding of
				  wildlife. An Elk Special Management Permit shall be required of any person who
				  hunts elk in the hunt areas identified in subsection (a) of this section. The
				  Elk Special Management Permit shall be in possession of any person while
				  hunting elk in those hunt areas and shall be immediately produced upon request
				  from an authorized Department representative. The permit shall be available at
				  Department Headquarters, Department Regional Offices and designated license
				  selling agents.
(a) Elk Hunt Areas 70,
				71, 75, 77, 78, 80-98.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 7 - ELK HUNTING SEASONS › Section 7-8 - Regulations Governing Elk Hunting in Grand Teton National Park (Hunt Area 75) and the National Elk Refuge (Hunt Area 77)

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) NO HUNTER
				MAY HARVEST MORE THAN ONE (1) ELK IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK.
(b) Successful completion of a hunter safety
				course is required, regardless of a hunter's age, prior to hunting in Grand
				Teton National Park and a hunter safety certificate shall be in possession when
				hunting elk.
(c) A Park or National
				Elk Refuge Permit is required prior to hunting elk and shall be in possession
				while hunting elk in Grand Teton National Park or the National Elk
				Refuge.
(d) That portion of Hunt
				Area 75 beginning at the Lost Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 30340) at U.S. Highway
				191; easterly along said road to the Grand Teton National Park boundary;
				southerly along said boundary to the intersection with the Shadow
				Mountain-Kelly Road (U.S.F.S. Road 30340) and the Antelope Flats Road at
				Carpenter Draw; southerly and westerly along said road to U.S. Highway 191;
				northeasterly along said highway to the Lost Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 30340)
				shall be known as the Antelope Flats portion of the hunt area.
(e) That portion of Hunt Area 75 beginning
				where U.S. Highway 191 crosses Ditch Creek; northerly along said highway to the
				Deadmans Bar Access Road; westerly along said road to the eastern most bank of
				the main channel of the Snake River; southerly along said river to the
				confluence of Ditch Creek and the Snake River; easterly along said creek to
				U.S. Highway 191 shall be known as the Snake River Bottom of the hunt
				area.
(f) An area one-quarter (1/4)
				mile wide along either side of U.S. Highway 191 shall be closed to all elk
				hunting within Grand Teton National Park.
(g) An area within one-half (1/2) mile of
				buildings as indicated on the detailed Hunt Area 75 hunt area map provided with
				a park permit shall be closed to elk hunting in Grand Teton National Park.
				Structures excluded from this closure include those within the Gros Ventre
				Campground, all stand-alone toilets or well houses, all buildings within the
				McCollister Historic District and the historic Luther Taylor ("Shane Cabin")
				and the historic Cunningham Cabin.
(h) An area one-quarter (1/4) mile wide along
				the north side of the Gros Ventre-Kelly Road from the Mormon Row Road easterly
				to the town of Kelly is closed to all public entry.
(i) Legal firearms include rifles with a
				barrel bore diameter of at least .24 caliber that fire a cartridge that is two
				(2) inches or more in length. The use of handguns and archery equipment for
				hunting are prohibited in Grand Teton National Park.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 8 - MOOSE HUNTING SEASONS › Section 8-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-703 and §
									23-2-104.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 8 - MOOSE HUNTING SEASONS › Section 8-3 - Special Archery Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
There shall be special archery moose hunting seasons on the
				  dates specified in Section
				  2. Archers shall possess a limited quota
				  moose license and an archery license in order to hunt moose during any special
				  archery season. Archers shall only hunt in the hunt area(s) and are restricted
				  to the sex and antler restrictions for moose set forth by the limitations of
				  their license as specified in Section
				  2 of this Chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 9 - BIGHORN SHEEP AND MOUNTAIN GOAT HUNTING SEASONS › Section 9-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-703, §
									23-2-104 and §
									23-3-117.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 9 - BIGHORN SHEEP AND MOUNTAIN GOAT HUNTING SEASONS › Section 9-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in Title 23 of the
				  Wyoming Statutes and Chapter 2, General Hunting Regulation, the Commission also
				  adopts the following definitions for the purpose of this chapter;
(a) "Bighorn sheep horns" mean the hollow
				horn sheaths of bighorn sheep, either attached to the skull or
				separated.
(b) "Less than three
				quarter (3/4) curl ram" means a male bighorn sheep with an unbroomed horn that
				does not intercept or cross a straight line drawn from the outer edge of the
				forward base of the horn through the back of the eye socket when viewed in
				profile.
(c) "Plugging" means
				placement of a permanent metal plug provided and attached by the
				Department.