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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 40 - REGULATION GOVERNING COMMERCIAL GAME BIRD FARMS › Section 40-14 - Revocation of License

Current through July 13, 2024
Failure to maintain required records, acquire game bird
				  certificate of origin, acquire certificate of veterinary inspection or maintain
				  disease free facilities and game birds is just cause for revocation of a game
				  bird farm license by the Commission. Revocation of a license by the Commission
				  shall be carried out in compliance with Commission Regulation Chapter 27 Rules
				  of Practice Governing Contested Cases Before The Wyoming Game and Fish
				  Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 40 - REGULATION GOVERNING COMMERCIAL GAME BIRD FARMS › Section 40-15 - Special Competitive Game Bird Hunts

Current through July 13, 2024
The Department, in compliance with statutory and regulatory
				  provisions, may approve special competitive game bird hunts on licensed game
				  bird farms as set forth in this section. Individuals participating in an
				  approved special competitive game bird hunt are not required to obtain a valid
				  Wyoming game bird hunting license prior to taking game birds during an approved
				  special competitive game bird hunt.
(a)
				Applications for special competitive game bird hunts shall be submitted on a
				form provided by the Department, to the Game Warden in whose district the game
				bird farm is located not less than twenty (20) days prior to the special
				competitive game bird hunt. The application for a special competitive game bird
				hunt shall include: the applicant's name, address and phone number; the name,
				address and current year's license number of the licensed game bird farm where
				the hunt will occur; the name of the sponsor; the date(s) of the hunt; the
				number and species and source of game birds to be utilized, and the estimated
				number of participants.
(b)
				Approved special competitive game bird hunts may be held on any licensed game
				bird farm throughout the calendar year except as provided in this subsection.
				To protect natural game bird populations, special competitive game bird hunts
				may not be approved during the time period April 1 through July 31 of each year
				on licensed game bird farms where Department personnel document natural
				reproduction of any game bird species.
(c) Only the species of game bird approved by
				the Department on the licensed game bird farm may be taken during any special
				competitive game bird hunt.
(d)
				Participants may possess game birds taken during a special competitive game
				bird hunt provided each participant possessing game birds has in possession a
				receipt issued by the permit holder providing the name of the person receiving
				the game birds, the number and species of game birds in possession and the date
				the birds were possessed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of W.S. §
				  23 -
				  1
				  - 302, §
									
										11-6-302, §
									
										11-18-103, §
									
										11-20-101, and §
									
										11-20-202.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23 and Title 11,
				  Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission and Board shall
				  also adopt the following definitions:
(a) "Absaroka wild bison management area"
				means all lands in Park, Hot Springs and Fremont counties and Teton County east
				of the Continental Divide, excluding lands administered by the Wind Paver
				Indian Reservation and Yellowstone National Park.
(b) "Board approved individual
				identification" means a permanent silver metal USDA/APHIS/VS ear tag, or a
				permanent orange, metal USDA/APHIS/VS Brucellosis Vaccination tag, or a
				permanent green, metal USDA/Wyoming tag placed in the right ear of the
				bison.
(c) "Jackson wild bison herd
				area" means all lands in Lincoln and Sublette counties and Teton County west of
				the Continental Divide, excluding Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
				National Park.
(d) "Privately
				owned" means the person claiming ownership of the bison shall exhibit, upon
				demand, documentation of proof of ownership that meets the approval of a
				representative of the Board.
(e)
				"Wild bison" means any bison that is found in the Absaroka wild bison
				management area or Jackson wild bison herd area that is not a privately owned
				bison.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-3 - Bison Designated as Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
Wild bison found in the Absaroka wild bison management area
				  and Jackson wild bison herd area are hereby designated as
				  wildlife.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-4 - Bison Designated as Privately Owned

Current through July 13, 2024
All bison in the State, excluding wild bison found in the
				  Absaroka wild bison management area and the Jackson wild bison herd area, are
				  hereby designated as privately owned or bison running at
				  large.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-5 - Removal of Privately Owned Bison

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any privately
				owned bison, as determined by the Board or its designee, found to be running at
				large outside the geographic area described as the Absaroka wild bison
				management area or the Jackson wild bison herd area shall be removed by the
				owner within forty-eight (48) hours of a request from the Board or its
				designee. If the Board or its designee is unable to determine ownership, the
				Board or its designee may immediately destroy such bison.
(b) Any privately owned bison, as determined
				by the Board or its designee, found to be running at large within the
				geographic area described as the Absaroka wild bison management area or the
				Jackson wild bison management herd area shall be removed by the owner within
				forty-eight (48) hours of a request from the Board or its designee. If the
				privately owned bison is suspected of having been exposed to wild bison
				infected with brucellosis, the owner shall remove and quarantine the privately
				owned bison within forty-eight (48) hours of a request from the Board or its
				designee. The owner shall quarantine the bison away from all other bison or
				livestock until such time as the bison is determined to be brucellosis free. If
				the Board or its designee is unable to determine ownership of the bison or the
				owner fails to remove a privately owned bison running at large within
				forty-eight hours (48) of a request from the Board or its designee, the Board
				or its designee may destroy the bison.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-6 - Marking of Privately Owned Bison

Current through July 13, 2024
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of privately
				  owned bison found in the geographic area described as the Absaroka wild bison
				  management area and the Jackson wild bison herd area to identify the bison with
				  Board approved individual identification.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 41 - BISON DESIGNATED AS WILDLIFE › Section 41-7 - Removal of Wild Bison within the Absaroka Wild Bison Management Area and the Jackson Wild Bison Herd Area

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If a wild bison
				poses a health threat to livestock as determined by the Board or its designee,
				the Board or its designee may order the Department to remove the wild bison
				immediately. The order may be in verbal form, but in all cases the Board or its
				designee shall forward the order in written form to the Department within
				twenty-four (24) hours of giving the Department the verbal order.
(b) If a wild bison poses an immediate threat
				to public safety or threatens improvements on private or public lands as
				determined by the Department, the wild bison may be removed by the
				Department.
(c) In the event a
				person claiming ownership of a bison shall, by written declaration, preclude
				the Department from complying with subsections (a) or (b) of this section, the
				person claiming ownership shall provide proof the bison is privately owned.
				When such proof is provided, the person claiming ownership shall comply with
				Section
				7
				of this regulation within twenty-four (24) hours immediately following
				verification of ownership.
(d) If a
				wild bison does not pose a health threat to domestic livestock as determined by
				the Board or its designee or does not pose an immediate threat to public safety
				or improvements as determined by the Department, the bison may be removed by
				the Department or its designee in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter
				15, Wild Bison Recreational Hunting Season.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 42 - MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING SEASONS › Section 42-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-302, §
									23-2-101 (d),
				  §
									23-1-703 (e),
				  §
									23-2-307 (c) and
				  §
									23-3-109
				  (a).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 42 - MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING SEASONS › Section 42-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as
				  set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes and the Commission also adopts the
				  following definitions:
(a) "Bayed"
				means impeding the movement of a mountain lion such that while a person is
				present (with or without dogs) the animal is unable to flee the area where it
				is being held.
(b) "Biological
				year" means twelve (12) consecutive months from September 1 to August
				31.
(c) "Dependent Young" means any
				mountain lion with visible spots other than those occurring on the inside of
				its front legs or any mountain lion still traveling with an adult female
				mountain lion.
(d) "Mortality"
				means any legal mountain lion harvest or illegal human caused mountain lion
				death, excluding mountain lions taken by the Department, mountain lions taken
				pursuant to W.S. §
									23-3-115 (a), and
				all other mountain lion deaths.
(e)
				"Reduced price mountain lion license" means a license that may be authorized in
				specific hunt areas to allow a person to take a mountain lion in addition to
				the number of lions that may be taken on a full price mountain lion
				license.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 42 - MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING SEASONS › Section 42-5 - Resident Mountain Lion Pursuit Seasons

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A resident mountain lion pursuit season
				may begin in any hunt area once an individual hunt area has reached the
				resident or overall mortality limit as authorized for the area. The pursuit
				season ends on the last regular hunting season date listed for the hunt area as
				specified in Section
				3 of this regulation.
(i) A nonresident is not eligible to pursue a
				mountain lion with dogs during a resident mountain lion pursuit season.
				However, a nonresident may accompany a resident with a proper mountain lion
				license or permit during a resident mountain lion pursuit season.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 43 - AREAS CLOSED TO THE TAKING OF SPECIFIED WILDLIFE › Section 43-2 - Regulation and Effective Date

Current through July 13, 2024
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission hereby adopts the
				  following regulation governing areas closed to the taking of specified
				  wildlife. This regulation shall remain in effect until modified or repealed by
				  the Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 43 - AREAS CLOSED TO THE TAKING OF SPECIFIED WILDLIFE › Section 43-4 - Areas Closed to the taking of Specified Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
All areas within the State not opened by specific order of
				  the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission shall be closed to the taking of all big
				  game animals, trophy game animals, small game animals, furbearing animals, game
				  birds and migratory game birds.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 43 - AREAS CLOSED TO THE TAKING OF SPECIFIED WILDLIFE › Section 43-6 - Savings Clause

Current through July 13, 2024
If any provision of this regulation is held to be illegal or
				  unconstitutional, such a ruling shall not affect other provisions of this
				  regulation which can be given effect without the illegal or unconstitutional
				  provision; and, to this end, the provisions of this regulation are
				  severable.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									6-7-101, §
									9-4-217(h), §
									20-6-112, §
									23-1-102, §
									23-1-107, §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-702, §
									23-1-703, §
									23-1-704, §
									23-1-705, §
									23-2-101, §
									23-2-102, §
									23-2-107, §
									23-2-109, §
									23-2-201, §
									23-2-207, §
									23-2-301, §
									23-2-306, §
									23-2-307, §
									23-2-401, §
									23-3-403 and §
									23-6-301 through §
									23-6-303.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-4 - License Issuance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In circumstances
				where the demand for a particular type of license exceeds the supply, a
				competitive drawing shall be held when feasible to determine successful
				applicants.
(b) The Department
				shall only issue licenses in excess of established quotas in the following
				circumstances:
(i) To accommodate a successful
				party application in a limited quota drawing;
(ii) To process a Commissioner or Governor
				license authorization;
(iii) Upon
				authorization by the License Review Board to resolve a Department license
				issuance error; or
(iv) As provided
				by Commission regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-5 - Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Sandhill Crane.
(i) Limited Quota Sandhill Crane. Applicants
				shall be selected by random computer selection. Twenty percent (20%) of the
				total available limited quota sandhill crane permits shall initially be offered
				to nonresidents in the initial drawing. Limited quota sandhill crane permits
				that have not been applied for and issued through the initial drawing shall be
				issued through the ELS on an as processed basis until quotas have been reached
				or the permit is no longer valid.
(ii) General Sandhill Crane. Permits shall
				not be limited in number and shall only be available through the Department's
				website beginning August 1.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-6 - Tags

Current through July 13, 2024
Wyoming Interstate Game Tag. Wyoming Interstate Game Tags
				  shall not be limited in number and shall be sold through Department Regional
				  Offices, Headquarters, designated Department personnel, game tag distributors
				  or their designees.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-7 - Stamps

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Conservation Stamp. Conservation Stamps
				shall not be limited in number and shall be sold through the ELS as a
				Conservation Stamp Authorization.
(i) Hunters
				or anglers who acquire a lifetime conservation stamp or a conservation stamp
				authorization through the ELS shall not be required to meet the signature
				provisions of this subsection.
(ii)
				The document exhibiting the conservation stamp privilege, shall be in
				possession of any person required by W.S. §
										23-2-306 to obtain a conservation
				stamp if the person is engaged in the act of hunting or fishing and shall be
				immediately produced for inspection upon request from any Department
				personnel.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-9 - Lifetime Licenses and Conservation Stamp

Current through July 13, 2024
Any resident qualified to purchase a lifetime fishing,
				  lifetime archery or lifetime combination license pursuant to Wyoming statute
				  may obtain a lifetime license from the Department's License Section at
				  Headquarters or license selling locations as designated by the Fiscal Division
				  Chief.
(a) Any person may purchase a
				lifetime conservation stamp from the Department's License Section at
				Headquarters or license selling locations as designated by the Fiscal Division
				Chief.
(b) Receiving a lifetime
				license grants the recipient the privilege of utilizing the license for their
				lifetime; however, the license shall not be construed as exercising resident
				hunting or fishing privileges in Wyoming when and if the person leaves the
				state of Wyoming.
(c) A resident
				lifetime fishing license and conservation stamp may be issued to any resident
				who is permanently and totally disabled and is unable to engage in any
				substantial gainful activity. For purposes of this subsection, substantial
				gainful activity shall be as determined by the U.S. Social Security
				Administration for the purpose of determining eligibility for Supplemental
				Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance benefits.
(i) Any person applying for a resident
				lifetime fishing license and conservation stamp under this subsection shall
				apply on a form provided by the Department and shall provide a copy of their
				Social Security Disability Benefit letter issued from the U.S. Social Security
				Administration indicating the applicant's inability to engage in any
				substantial gainful activity.
(ii)
				A resident lifetime fishing license and conservation stamp issued under this
				subsection shall remain valid as long as the recipient remains a resident as
				defined by W.S. §
										23-1-102, §
										23-1-107 and §
										23-2-101.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-10 - Governor Complimentary Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
Wyoming statutes provide for the issuance of complimentary
				  licenses to be issued at the request of the Governor. Big game licenses
				  authorized under this section shall be valid for the species for which the
				  license has been issued.
(a) These
				licenses shall be valid in any hunt area in accordance with Commission
				regulations, except for the following:
(i)
				Complimentary moose licenses shall not be valid in any moose hunt area, which
				has a total quota of ten (10) or fewer antlered or any moose
				licenses.
(ii) Complimentary full
				price bighorn sheep licenses shall not be valid in any bighorn sheep hunt area
				that has a total quota of ten (10) or fewer full price bighorn sheep
				licenses.
(iii) Complimentary wild
				bison licenses shall not be valid in any wild bison hunt area which has a total
				quota of ten (10) or fewer any wild bison licenses.
(iv) Governor's Complimentary licenses shall
				not be valid within Grand Teton National Park.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-11 - Commissioner Complimentary Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Wyoming
				statutes provide that each appointed Commissioner may cause, through the
				issuance of license authorizations to nonprofit charitable organizations, to be
				issued at full price, complimentary antelope, deer or elk licenses.
(i) Once the commissioner complimentary
				license authorization has been auctioned or otherwise bid to the highest bidder
				or raffled to members of the public by the nonprofit charitable organization,
				the recipient of the license authorization may only transfer the license
				authorization to another person if no additional consideration above the bid or
				raffle price is paid by the transferee.
(ii) The recipient of the license
				authorization may donate the license authorization back to the nonprofit
				charitable organization that originally bid the license authorization to be
				rebid to a new highest bidder.
(iii) The Department shall issue the license
				in the name of the person who submits the authorization for license
				issuance.
(iv) All big game
				licenses authorized under this section are valid for a specific region or hunt
				area as designated by the applicant at the time of application. Commissioner
				Complimentary licenses shall not be valid within Grand Teton National
				Park.
(v) The specific region, hunt
				area or type shall not be changed following the issuance of the license by the
				Department.
(vi) As a condition to
				issuance of a Commissioner Complimentary license, the Department shall require
				an authorized officer of the recipient organization to certify under penalty of
				law that the respective organization is a nonprofit charitable organization as
				defined in this regulation and eligible to receive the Commissioner
				Complimentary license authorization.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-12 - Commissioner Complimentary Licenses for Persons with Life Threatening Illnesses

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Commission
				may, upon receipt of payment of the proper fee issue up to fifty (50) antelope
				licenses, fifty (50) deer licenses, fifty (50) elk licenses and fifty (50) wild
				turkey licenses to persons twenty (20) years of age or younger with a
				life-threatening illness and who are sponsored by a nonprofit charitable
				organization whose mission it is to provide opportunities and experiences to
				persons with life-threatening or serious illnesses. Licenses issued under this
				subsection shall be issued above quotas established for the hunt area(s) by
				Commission regulation. However, no more than ten (10) limited quota antelope,
				ten (10) limited quota deer, ten (10) limited quota elk or ten (10) limited
				quota turkey licenses shall be issued for any one hunt area during the same
				calendar year.
(i) The sponsoring organization
				shall submit a request for the number of licenses and species requested on or
				before January 31 for antelope, deer, elk, spring and fall turkey.
(ii) After notification that a sponsoring
				organization's request has been granted, the sponsoring organization shall
				submit a completed application and appropriate license fee for the person with
				a life-threatening or serious illness to the Department's License Section for
				license issuance.
(iii) As a
				condition to issuance of a license in this subsection, the Department shall
				require an authorized officer of the sponsoring organization to certify under
				penalty of law that the respective organization is a nonprofit, charitable
				organization as defined in this regulation.
(iv) The sponsoring organization shall
				provide a statement from a licensed physician stating the license recipient is
				clinically diagnosed with a life-threatening or serious illness.
(v) The Department shall issue licenses to
				individuals sponsored by qualifying organizations meeting the provisions under
				this subsection to residents and nonresidents in accordance with Section
				5(e) (i),
				5 (e) (iii),
				5(e) (iv), and Section
				5(h) (iii) of this
				Chapter. In the event the number of applications exceeds the number of licenses
				available under this subsection, the Department shall allocate the licenses
				through a random drawing on or before February 10. Licenses remaining after the
				initial issuance shall be available on a first come, first served basis until
				the quotas for licenses in this subsection have been allocated.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-14 - Donation of Big Game Licenses to a Veteran with Disabilities or to a Permanently Disabled Person Who Uses a Wheelchair

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The holder of a
				valid big game license, trophy game license or wild bison license may surrender
				the license to the Department for reissuance to a disabled veteran or to a
				permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair. The person surrendering the
				license may designate that their license be donated to a disabled veteran or to
				a permanently disabled person who uses a wheelchair, and may designate a
				qualified nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting
				opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with permanent disabilities who
				use wheelchairs. Donated licenses not designated to a qualified nonprofit
				charitable organization, or donated licenses not assigned to a sponsored
				individual within fifteen (15) days after a nonprofit charitable organization
				dedicated to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons
				with permanent disability who use wheelchairs has been notified of license
				availability, shall be made available for reissuance on a first-come,
				first-served basis to a qualified nonprofit charitable organization dedicated
				to providing hunting opportunities to disabled veterans or persons with
				permanent disabilities who use wheelchairs.
(i) The unused, unaltered license with all
				coupons intact shall be submitted along with a form provided by the Department
				which indicates the license holders' desire to surrender the license issued in
				their name and donate the surrendered license under this Section. The person
				surrendering the license shall sign an affidavit verifying that the license was
				not used during any hunting season.
(ii) Any person surrendering a valid big game
				license, trophy game license or wild bison license to be reissued under this
				Section, shall not be eligible to receive a duplicate license for the same
				species, hunt area and type as the surrendered license.
(iii) A surrendered license shall count
				against the maximum number of licenses a person may otherwise apply for and
				receive as a condition of Commission regulation.
(iv) Any person surrendering a valid big game
				license for reissuance under this Section, for which preference points have
				been accumulated, shall not have preference points restored.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-15 - Active Duty Wyoming Resident in Combat Zone Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
Complimentary resident general elk, resident general deer,
				  resident game bird, resident small game and resident daily fishing licenses
				  shall be issued to any Wyoming resident currently serving on active duty in the
				  United States military deployed to a combat zone while home on military leave
				  during the applicable hunting or fishing season. Applicants for licenses in
				  this subsection shall meet the statutory requirements established in W. S.
				  §
									23-2-101 (a), and
				  shall provide to the Department a valid, current military identification card,
				  military leave orders indicating the resident is currently deployed to a combat
				  zone and is returning to a combat zone at the end of the current leave period,
				  a current Leave and Earnings Statement indicating the applicant is receiving
				  hostile fire compensation and proof of residency at the time of application.
				  Licenses shall be issued through the ELS at no fee to the applicant and shall
				  only be issued at Headquarters or Department Regional
				  Offices.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-16 - Party Applications - Initial Drawing

Current through July 13, 2024
In the initial drawing, the maximum allowable number of
				  completed applications in a party shall be six (6). Residents and nonresidents
				  shall not apply together in the same party. Completed applications from
				  landowner applicants shall not be accepted as a party with non-landowner
				  applicants. Nonresidents applying in the drawing for special licenses shall not
				  apply as a party with nonresidents applying in the drawing for regular
				  licenses. No party applications shall be accepted for moose, bighorn sheep,
				  mountain goat, or wild bison recreational hunting season licenses. Party
				  applicants are required to submit their applications for the same species, hunt
				  area, and type in the same order of preference.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-17 - Proof of Residency for Resident Licenses, Permits or Preference Points

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any qualified individual may apply for or
				receive a resident game and fish license, permit or preference point if the
				person meets the residency requirements pursuant to W.S. §
									23-1-102 (a) (ix)
				(xv) and §
									23-1-107. When an individual signs
				an application to obtain a resident license, permit or preference point or
				signs a resident license or permit the individual swears that they are a
				Wyoming resident as defined in W.S. §
									23-1-102 (a) (ix)
				(xv), §
									23-1-107 and §
									23-2-101
				(a).
(b) Any person applying for or purchasing a
				resident license, permit, preference point, or tag shall provide proof of their
				residency. License selling agents and the Department shall consider as
				documentary evidence of residency the applicant's Wyoming driver's license or
				Wyoming identification card, a copy of their school records, a completed
				military form DD214, a completed and signed proof of residency statement on a
				form provided by the Department or a completed proof of residency affidavit
				issued through the ELS. Documentary evidence furnished by an applicant for a
				resident license shall not be considered conclusive proof in a court of law
				that the applicant is a resident in accordance with Wyoming statutes.
(c) A person qualifying as a Wyoming resident
				in accordance with W.S. §
									23-1-107 (c)
				shall not gain or lose residency for the purpose of serving full time for a
				period not to exceed four (4) years in an established volunteer service program
				for charitable purposes, humanitarian purposes, or religious purposes. A
				letter, signed and notarized by the volunteer service program's director, which
				describes the services provided (including that they were provided without
				remuneration), the duration of service, and the hours served may be used to
				establish compliance with W.S. §
									23-1-107
				(c).
(d) A person qualified as a Wyoming resident
				as defined in W.S. §
									23-1-102 (a) (ix)
				and §
									23-1-107, is not considered a
				nonresident for the purposes of applying for or purchasing licenses, permits,
				tags or preference points.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-20 - Leftover Drawing

Current through July 13, 2024
Limited quota licenses that were not issued through the
				  initial drawings shall be offered in a competitive leftover drawing.
(a) A leftover drawing shall be conducted for
				antelope, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, moose, wild bison and mountain goat
				licenses remaining after the initial drawings.
(b) The application period shall be
				determined on an annual basis by the Fiscal Division Chief. Completed
				applications and license fees must be submitted during the application
				period.
(c) Both residents and
				nonresidents shall draw against the same quota.
(d) The maximum allowable number of
				applications in a party shall be six (6). Residents and nonresidents may apply
				together in the same party. Party applicants are required to submit their
				applications for the same species, hunt area and type in the same order of
				preference. All members of a party may either receive licenses or refunds on
				their license fees.
(e) All
				applicants shall participate in the respective random leftover drawing, giving
				no advantage to applicants with preference points.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-21 - Reservation of Full Price Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
Individuals who have been issued a Governor's Complimentary
				  License for a full price big game animal and who have been unable to use the
				  license for good cause, may reserve a license for the same species for the
				  immediately succeeding hunting season only. Individuals who have been issued a
				  limited quota full price big game license, trophy game license or wild bison
				  license, and who have been unable to use the license for good cause may reserve
				  a license for the same species, hunt area and license type for the immediately
				  succeeding hunting season only. Resident general licenses shall not be eligible
				  for reservation of a license for the immediately succeeding hunting
				  season.
(a) To qualify for
				consideration of reservation of a limited quota full price big game license,
				trophy game license or wild bison license due to:
(i) A majority of the hunting opportunity
				being lost due to administrative actions of a governmental agency;
(ii) A natural disaster;
(iii) The death of the licensee's spouse,
				parents, grandparents, siblings, lineal descendants and their spouses,
				step-parent, step-sibling, step-children, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
				brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-son-in-law or step-daughter-in-law or the
				death of a member of a party application;
(iv) The case of incapacitating illness or
				injury of the licensee, the licensee's spouse, parents, grandparents, siblings,
				lineal descendants and their spouses, step-parent, step-sibling, step-children,
				father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-son-in-law or
				step-daughter-in-law, or incapacitating illness or injury of a member of a
				party application, supported by a physician's sworn statement on a Department
				form that the licensee is incapable of performing tasks necessary to exercise
				the privileges of the license; or,
(v) Military personnel who receive permanent
				change of station (PCS) orders and military personnel who are assigned away
				from their home duty station on temporary orders (TDY) for the majority of the
				regular season, all of this being supported by a copy of official military
				orders from the Armed Forces of the United States, and such orders require the
				affected personnel to move away from their home duty station, the licensee
				shall:
(A) Request the reservation on an
				application provided by the Department;
(B) Submit the unused and unaltered license
				with all coupons intact to the Department; and,
(C) Sign an affidavit verifying that the
				licensee did not exercise any hunting privilege for the specified license, in
				any manner, during any portion of the hunting season authorized by the
				license.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-22 - Applicant Disqualification

Current through July 13, 2024
The applicant(s) is solely responsible for the veracity of
				  information on the completed application submitted through the ELS.
				  Applications shall be disqualified for the following reasons:
(a) The applicant's privilege to purchase or
				receive any hunting license or preference points has been suspended by a court
				order or the Wildlife Violator Compact;
(b) The applicant causes more than one (1)
				sportsperson identification number to have been assigned;
(c) Submission by an individual of more than
				one (1) completed application for a license for the same big or trophy game
				species, wild turkey or wild bison unless authorized by Commission
				regulation;
(d) Applying for a
				license the applicant is not eligible to receive by Rule and Regulation or
				Statute;
(e) The applicant will not
				reach twelve (12) years of age by December 31 of the year the application is
				made for the purchase of a preference point.
(f) The applicant attempts to manipulate or
				circumvent Department licensing security procedures in the ELS system in order
				to submit or modify an application.
(g) Any person who has an application
				disqualified under this section 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 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-23 - Suspension or Revocation of License

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Non-Payment of
				Child Support.
(i) Upon receipt from the
				Department of Family Services of a certified copy of an order from a Court to
				withhold, suspend, or otherwise restrict a license or preference point issued
				by the Commission, the Game and Fish Department shall notify the party named in
				the court order by first-class mail of the withholding, suspension, or
				restriction in accordance with the court order. The Game and Fish Department
				shall mail this notice by first-class mail to the party named and to the
				address provided by the Department of Family Services.
(ii) Upon receipt of a notice from the
				Department of Family Services that the obligor is in compliance with the court
				order, the Game and Fish Department shall immediately reinstate the license
				unless the license has been suspended or revoked for other reasons. The
				Department shall notify the party named and to the address provided by the
				Department of Family Services that the individual's license privileges have
				been reinstated. The Department shall also mail by first-class mail to the
				obligor any licenses in the Game and Fish Department's possession at the time
				of reinstatement.
(iii) The
				Department shall maintain a written record indicating to whom the notice was
				mailed and the address to which the notice was mailed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-24 - Withdrawal or Modification of Application, Refund of License Fees and Reissuance of Certain Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
Licenses, permits, stamps, tags, preference points or
				  competitive raffle chances issued under Title 23, Wyoming Statutes or this
				  regulation become the permanent property of the licensee and shall not be
				  canceled or any fee refunded after the license, permit, stamp, tag, preference
				  point or competitive raffle chance(s) has been issued, except as specified in
				  this section or otherwise as set forth in Commission regulation.
(a) A request for a voluntary withdrawal of
				an application before a drawing shall be accepted through the ELS by the date
				indicated in Section
				18(e) for the initial
				drawing, and by the application closing date for the leftover drawing.
(i) Applicants may not submit a voluntary
				withdrawal form for the purchase of a preference point only, Super Tag or Super
				Tag Trifecta competitive raffle chance.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-25 - Alteration or Transfer of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags, Preference Points or Competitive Raffle Chances to Another Person Prohibited; Use by Another Person Prohibited; Invalidation by Improper Fees

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Department
				licenses, permits, stamps or tags shall not be altered by anyone other than
				authorized Department personnel.
(b) A license, permit, stamp, tag, preference
				point or competitive raffle chance shall only be used for the purpose of taking
				wildlife by the individual to whom it was issued and therein named and while in
				that individual's possession. No individual shall take or attempt to take any
				wildlife using another individual's license, permit, stamp or tag. Any license,
				permit, stamp, tag, preference point or competitive raffle chances shall not be
				valid unless the proper fees have been received by the Department.
(c) Licenses, excluding lifetime licenses,
				shall only become valid when signed by the person in whose name the license is
				issued in the space provided on the license for the owner's signature, and
				where applicable, co-signed by a parent or legal guardian.
(d) Any Department enforcement officer may
				seize as evidence any license, permit, stamp or tag that was obtained in
				violation of Commission regulations or Wyoming statute.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-26 - License and Conservation Stamp Expiration

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Fishing
				licenses, small game licenses, game bird licenses, combination small game/game
				bird licenses, furbearer hunting or trapping licenses and game bird farm
				licenses shall be valid until the expiration date as indicated on the
				individual license. All other licenses expire on the last day of the calendar
				year in which issued.
(b) Except as
				otherwise provided in Commission Regulation, big game animal and wild bison
				licenses issued in one (1) calendar year are valid through the closing date
				established in January of the next succeeding calendar year when a hunting
				season for big game animals or wild bison opens during one (1) calendar year
				and closes in January of the next succeeding calendar year.
(c) All daily hunting or fishing licenses
				shall only be valid for the calendar day(s) delineated on the license. A
				nonresident five (5) day fishing license is only valid for five (5) consecutive
				calendar days.
(d) Conservation
				Stamps. Conservation Stamp Authorizations issued through the ELS shall expire
				twelve (12) months from the date of purchase or twelve (12) months from the
				previous Conservation Stamp expiration date as indicated on the document
				exhibiting the conservation stamp privilege.