Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 3 - BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 3-12 - Hunt Area Descriptions

Current through July 13, 2024
Hunt Area Number, Name and Description.
Area 1. Northwest Bighorn.
Beginning where the
				  Bighorn River crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; east along said line to
				  the Bighorn Mountain divide; southeasterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 14
				  at Granite Pass; southerly then westerly along said highway to the Bighorn
				  River; northerly along said river to the Wyoming-Montana state line.
Area 2. Burgess Junction.
Beginning where
				  Interstate Highway 90 crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; southeasterly
				  along said highway to U.S. Highway 14 at the town of Ranchester; southwesterly
				  along said highway to the Big Horn Mountain Divide at Granite Pass;
				  northwesterly along said divide to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly
				  along said line to Interstate Highway 90.
Area 3. Paint Rock.
Beginning at the town of
				  Greybull; easterly and northerly along U.S. Highway 14 to the Bighorn Mountain
				  Divide; southerly along said divide to Powder River Pass and U.S. Highway 16;
				  westerly along said highway to the Canyon Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 25);
				  southerly along said road to the Gold Mine Road (U.S.F.S. Road 452); southerly
				  along said road to the Big Horn Mountain Divide Road/Hazelton Road (Johnson
				  County Road 3); southerly along said road to the Rome Hill Road (Johnson County
				  Road 3A-Washakie County Road 56); westerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16;
				  westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 20; westerly along said highway to
				  Wyoming Highway 433; northerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 16-20;
				  northerly along said highway to the town of Greybull.
Area 4. Story.
Beginning at Interstate Highway
				  90 at the town of Ranchester; southeasterly along said highway to Interstate
				  Highway 25; southerly along said highway to Crazy Woman Creek; westerly up said
				  creek to the Middle Fork Crazy Woman Creek; westerly up said creek to Doyle
				  Creek; southwesterly up said creek to Taylor Creek; westerly up said creek to
				  the Bighorn National Forest boundary; westerly along the southern boundary of
				  the Bighorn National Forest to the Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road 3);
				  southwesterly along said road to the Gold Mine Road (becomes U.S.F.S. Road
				  452); northerly along said road to the Canyon Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 25);
				  northerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16; easterly along said highway to
				  the Bighorn Mountain Divide at Powder River Pass; northwesterly along said
				  divide to U.S. Highway 14 at Granite Pass; northeasterly along said highway to
				  Interstate Highway 90 at the town of Ranchester.
Area 5. Upper Nowood.
Beginning at the town of
				  Ten Sleep; easterly along U.S. Highway 16 to the Rome Hill Road (Washakie
				  County Road 56-Johnson County Road 3A); easterly along said road to the Big
				  Horn Mountain Divide Road/Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road 3-Washakie County
				  Road 81-Natrona County Road 109); southerly along said road to the Buffalo
				  Creek Road (Natrona County Road 105); southwesterly along said road to the
				  Arminto Road (Natrona County Road 104); southerly along said road to Waltman
				  and U.S. Highway 20-26; westerly along said highway to the town of Shoshoni;
				  northerly along U.S. Highway 20 to the eastern boundary of the Wind River
				  Reservation; northerly, then westerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 20;
				  northerly along said highway to the town of Worland and U.S. Highway 16;
				  easterly along said highway to the town of Ten Sleep.
Area 6. Mayoworth.
Beginning where Interstate
				  Highway 25 crosses Crazy Woman Creek; southerly along said highway to the
				  Midwest interchange and the Smoky Gap Road (Natrona County Road 115); westerly
				  along said road to the Dead Horse Road (Natrona County Road 114); southwesterly
				  along said road to the Wild Horse Trail Road (Natrona County Road 113);
				  westerly along said road to the 33 Mile Road (Natrona County Road 110);
				  northwesterly along said road to the Buffalo Creek Road (Natrona County Road
				  105); southwesterly along said road to the Bighorn Mountain Divide
				  Road/Hazelton Road (Natrona County Road 109-Washakie County Road 81-Johnson
				  County Road 3); northerly along said road to the Bighorn National Forest
				  boundary; easterly along the southern boundary of the Bighorn National Forest
				  to Taylor Creek; easterly down said creek to Doyle Creek; northeasterly down
				  said creek to the Middle Fork Crazy Woman Creek; easterly down said creek to
				  Crazy Woman Creek; easterly down said creek to Interstate Highway 25.
Area 7. Laramie Peak.
Beginning where
				  Interstate Highway 25 crosses the North Platte River at the city of Douglas;
				  southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 34; westerly along said highway
				  to U.S. Highway 30; northerly and westerly along said highway to Wyoming
				  Highway 487; northerly and westerly along said highway to the Lone Tree Road
				  (Bureau of Land Management Road 3141); northerly along said road to the Spring
				  Creek Road; easterly along said road to the Bates Creek Road (Natrona County
				  Road 402); northeasterly along said road to the Squaw Springs Trail Road;
				  northeasterly along said road to U.S.F.S. Road 660; southeasterly along said
				  road to Curry Creek; northwesterly down said creek to Deer Creek; northeasterly
				  down said creek to the North Platte River; easterly down said river to
				  Interstate Highway 25 at the city of Douglas.
Area 8. Snowy Range.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 287 crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line; west along said line to
				  Wyoming Highway 230 west of the North Platte River; northerly along said
				  highway to Wyoming Highway 130; northerly along said highway to U.S. Highway
				  30; easterly and southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287; southerly
				  along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line.
Area 9. Sierra Madre.
Beginning where Wyoming
				  Highway 789 crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line; northerly along said
				  highway to Interstate Highway 80; easterly along said highway to Wyoming
				  Highway 130; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 230; southeasterly
				  along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line
				  to Wyoming Highway 789.
Area 10. Uinta.
Beginning where Interstate
				  Highway 80 crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line; easterly along said highway to
				  the Green River; southerly down said river to the Flaming Gorge Reservoir;
				  southerly along said reservoir to the Wyoming-Utah state line; westerly then
				  northerly along said line to Interstate Highway 80.
Area 11. Smith's Fork.
Beginning where Wyoming
				  Highway 89 crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line west of Sage Junction; northerly
				  along said line to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to
				  the divide between the Bear River and Salt River; easterly along said divide to
				  the divide between the Salt River and Smith's Fork River; northeasterly along
				  said divide to the divide between the Smith's Fork River and Greys River;
				  southeasterly along said divide to LaBarge Creek; southeasterly down said creek
				  to the Green River; southeasterly down said river to the CCC Bridge and the
				  Lincoln-Sweetwater Road (Lincoln County Road 311); westerly along said road to
				  Wyoming Highway 372; westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 189; westerly
				  then southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 30; westerly along said
				  highway to Wyoming Highway 89 at Sage Junction; westerly along said highway to
				  the Wyoming-Utah state line.
Area 12. Pine Mountain.
Beginning where
				  Interstate Highway 80 crosses the Green River; easterly along said highway to
				  the town of Rock Springs and Wyoming Highway 430; southeasterly along said
				  highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to the
				  Wyoming-Utah state line; westerly along said line to the Flaming Gorge
				  Reservoir; northerly along said reservoir to the Green River; northerly along
				  said river to Interstate Highway 80.
Area 13. Lander.
Beginning where U.S. Highway
				  287 crosses the south boundary of the Wind River Reservation; southerly and
				  easterly along said highway to the Sweetwater River; southwesterly and then
				  northerly up said river to the Sweetwater Gap and the headwaters of the
				  Sweetwater River; westerly from Sweetwater Gap to Mt. Nystrom and the
				  continental divide; northwesterly along said divide to the south boundary of
				  the Wind River Reservation; easterly along said boundary to U.S. Highway
				  287.
Area 14. South Piney.
Beginning where LaBarge
				  Creek enters the Green River; westerly up said creek to the divide between the
				  Green River and Greys River; northerly along said divide to the South Fork of
				  South Cottonwood Creek; easterly down said creek to South Cottonwood Creek;
				  easterly down said creek to Cottonwood Creek; easterly down said creek to the
				  Green River; southerly down said river to LaBarge Creek.
Area 15. Piney-Horse Creek.
Beginning where the
				  East Green River Road (Sublette County Road 23-110) joins Wyoming Highway 351;
				  westerly along said highway to the Green River; northerly up said river to
				  Cottonwood Creek; westerly up said creek to South Cottonwood Creek; westerly up
				  said creek to the South Fork of South Cottonwood Creek; westerly up said creek
				  to the divide between the Green River and Greys River; northerly along said
				  divide to the divide between the Green River and the Hoback River (Hoback Rim);
				  easterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 191; southerly along said highway to
				  the East Green River Road (Sublette County Road 23-110) at Cora Junction;
				  southerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 351.
Area 16. Greys River.
All of the drainages of
				  Greys River, Little Greys River and the drainages south of the Snake River from
				  Alpine east to and including Bailey Creek.
Area 17. Hoback.
Beginning where U.S. Highway
				  191 crosses the divide between the Green River and the Hoback River (Hoback
				  Rim); westerly along said divide to the divide between the Greys River and the
				  Hoback River; northerly along said divide to the divide between the Greys River
				  and Willow Creek; northerly along said divide to the divide between Bailey
				  Creek and Willow Creek (Greyback Ridge); northerly along said divide to the
				  divide between Bailey Creek and the Snake River; westerly along said divide to
				  the Snake River; northerly up said river to the Hoback River; southeasterly up
				  said river to Highway 191 at Bondurant; southerly and easterly along said
				  highway to the divide between the Green River and the Hoback River (Hoback
				  Rim).
Area 18. Fall Creek.
Beginning where Wyoming
				  Highway 22 crosses the Snake River; southerly and westerly down said river to
				  the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to Wyoming Highway 22;
				  easterly along said highway to the Snake River.
Area 19. Green River.
Beginning at the town of
				  Farson; northerly along U.S. Highway 191 to the Sublette County Line (west of
				  Big Sandy Reservoir); westerly along the Sublette County Line to the Green
				  River (north of the town of LaBarge); northerly up said river to Wyoming
				  Highway 351; easterly along said highway to the East Green River Road (Sublette
				  County Road 23-110); northerly along said road to U.S. Highway 191;
				  northwesterly along said highway to the divide between the Green River and the
				  Hoback River (Hoback Rim); northerly along said divide to the divide between
				  the Green River and the Gros Ventre River at Hodges Peak; northeasterly along
				  said divide to the Darwin Ranch road (U.S.F.S. Road 620); easterly along said
				  road to the Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S. Road 600); northeasterly along said road
				  to the Continental Divide; southerly along said divide to Mt. Nystrom; easterly
				  from Mt. Nystrom to Sweetwater Gap and the headwaters of the Sweetwater River;
				  southerly along said river to U.S. Highway 28; southwesterly along said highway
				  to the town of Farson.
Area 20. Gros Ventre.
Beginning at the
				  southeast corner boundary of the National Elk Refuge near the town of Jackson;
				  northerly along the refuge boundary to the Gros Ventre River; easterly up said
				  river to Kinky Creek; easterly up said creek to the Darwin Ranch Road (U.S.F.S.
				  Road 620); easterly along said road to the divide between the Green River and
				  the Gros Ventre River; southwesterly along said divide to the divide between
				  the Green River and the Hoback River at Hodges Peak; southerly along said
				  divide to Highway 191 at Hoback Rim; northerly and westerly along said highway
				  to the Hoback River at Bondurant; westerly down said river to the Snake River;
				  northerly along said river to Wyoming Highway 22; easterly along said highway
				  to Highway 26; northerly along said highway to the National Elk Refuge
				  boundary; easterly along said boundary to the southeast corner of the National
				  Elk Refuge.
Area 21. Conant Basin.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 26-287 intersects the south boundary of John D. Rockefeller Memorial
				  Parkway; westerly along said boundary to the Targhee National Forest boundary;
				  southerly along said boundary to the head of the north fork of Teton Creek;
				  westerly down said creek to Teton Creek; westerly down said creek to the
				  Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to the Yellowstone National
				  Park boundary; easterly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 26-287; southerly
				  along said highway to the south boundary of John D. Rockefeller Memorial
				  Parkway.
Area 22. Pacific Creek.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 26-287 intersects the Grand Teton National Park boundary; northwesterly
				  along said boundary to the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway boundary;
				  westerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 26-287; northerly along said
				  highway to the Yellowstone National Park boundary; easterly along said boundary
				  to the Continental Divide; southeasterly along said divide to U.S. Highway
				  26-287; westerly along said highway to the Grand Teton National Park
				  boundary.
Area 23. Ramshorn.
All of the drainage of the
				  Wind River that lies north of U.S. Highway 287 and west of the Wind River
				  Reservation and those areas of the Spence and Moriarity Wildlife Management
				  Area east of the East Fork of the Wind River.
Area 24. Darby Creek.
Beginning at the town of
				  Jackson; westerly along Wyoming Highway 22 to the Wyoming-Idaho state line;
				  northerly along said line to Teton Creek; easterly along said creek to the
				  north fork of Teton Creek; northeasterly along said creek to the Grand Teton
				  National Park boundary; southerly and easterly along said boundary to the Snake
				  River; northerly and southerly along said park boundary to U.S. Highway 189;
				  southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 22.
Area 25. North Absaroka.
Beginning where the
				  east boundary of Yellowstone National Park crosses the Wyoming-Montana state
				  line; easterly along said line to the Shoshone National Forest boundary;
				  southerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway14-16-20; westerly along said
				  highway to the east boundary of Yellowstone National Park; northerly along said
				  boundary to the Wyoming-Montana state line.
Area 26. South Absaroka.
Beginning where the
				  east boundary of Yellowstone National Park crosses U.S. Highway
				  14-16-20; easterly along said
				  highway to the Shoshone National Forest boundary; southerly along said boundary
				  to the Greybull River; westerly then southerly up said river to the divide
				  between the Greybull River and the Wind River; westerly along said divide to
				  the divide between the South Fork of the Shoshone River and the Wind River;
				  westerly along said divide to the Continental Divide; northwesterly along said
				  divide to the south boundary of Yellowstone National Park; easterly then
				  northerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway
				  14-16-20.
Area 27. Grass Creek.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 120 crosses the Greybull River; southeasterly along said highway to U.
				  S. Highway 20; southerly along said highway to the northern boundary of the
				  Wind River Reservation; westerly along said boundary to the divide between the
				  Wood River and the Wind River; northwesterly along said divide to the divide
				  between the Greybull River and the Wind River; northwesterly along said divide
				  to the Greybull River; northerly then easterly down said river to U.S. Highway
				  120; and all non-Indian owned fee title lands in that portion of Hot Springs
				  County within the exterior boundaries of the Wind River Reservation.
Area 28. Wind River.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 287 crosses the west boundary of the Wind River Reservation; southerly
				  along said boundary to the Continental Divide; northwesterly along said divide
				  to U.S. Highway 287 at Togwotee Pass; southeasterly along said highway to the
				  Wind River Reservation boundary.
Area 29. Spread Creek.
Beginning where the
				  Grand Teton National Park boundary crosses the Gros Ventre River; northerly
				  along said boundary to U.S. Highway 26-287; easterly along said highway to
				  Togwotee Pass and the Continental Divide; southerly along said divide to the
				  Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S. Road 600); southwesterly along said road to the
				  Darwin Ranch Road (U.S.F.S. Road 620); westerly along said road to Kinky Creek;
				  westerly down said creek to the Gros Ventre River; westerly down said river to
				  the Grand Teton National Park boundary.
Area 30. Star Valley.
All of the drainage of
				  the Salt River east of the Wyoming-Idaho state line.
Area 31. Crowheart Butte.
All non-Indian owned
				  fee title lands in that portion of Fremont County within the exterior
				  boundaries of the Wind River Reservation, and all lands within the Bureau of
				  Reclamation's Riverton and Boysen Unit boundaries, and those lands within
				  Boysen State Park south of Cottonwood Creek, west of Boysen Reservoir, and
				  south of U.S. Highway 20-26; excluding those areas of the Spence and Moriarity
				  Wildlife Management Area that lie east of the East Fork of the Wind
				  River.
Area 32. Cody.
Beginning where the east
				  boundary of the Shoshone National Forest boundary meets the Wyoming-Montana
				  state line; easterly along said line to the Bighorn River; southerly along said
				  river to U.S. Highway 14; easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 16-20 in
				  the town of Greybull; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 433;
				  southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 20; southerly along said highway
				  to U.S. Highway 120; northwesterly along said highway to the Greybull River;
				  southwesterly up said river to the Shoshone National Forest Boundary; northerly
				  along said boundary to the Wyoming-Montana state line.
Area 33. Casper Mountain.
Beginning at the
				  confluence of the North Platte River and Deer Creek at the town of Glenrock;
				  southerly up said creek to the confluence of Curry Creek and Deer Creek;
				  southeasterly up Curry Creek to U.S.F.S. Road 660; northwesterly along said
				  road to the Squaw Springs Trail Road; southwesterly along said road to the
				  Bates Creek Road (Natrona County Road 402); southwesterly along said road to
				  the Spring Creek Road; westerly along said road to the Lone Tree Road (Bureau
				  of Land Management Road 3141); southerly along said road to Wyoming Highway
				  487; northerly and westerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 220;
				  northerly and easterly along said highway to the Casper city limits; northerly
				  along said city limits to the North Platte River; easterly along said river to
				  Deer Creek.
Area 35.
The entire State of Wyoming excluding
				  lands included in Areas 1-33, Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk
				  Refuge.
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