Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 21 - GRAY WOLF MANAGEMENT › Section 21-7 - Issuance of a Lethal Take Permit for Gray Wolves Designated as Trophy Game Animals

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A Lethal Take
				Permit shall only be issued by the Department if legal removal of gray wolves
				will not prevent the Department from achieving the management objective
				described in Section
				4(a)(i).
(b) If the requirements of Section
				6(b) and Section
				7(a) are met, the
				Department shall issue Lethal Take Permits when requested by an owner.
(i) Lethal Take Permits shall only allow for
				the take of gray wolves by the use of firearms. Lethal Take Permits shall not
				allow the take of gray wolves from aircraft.
(ii) One (1) Lethal Take Permit shall be
				issued for not more than two (2) gray wolves per specified limited geographic
				or legally described area as designated on the permit, and shall state the
				name, address and phone number of the Lethal Take Permit holder, a list of
				designees, and be signed by the Lethal Take Permit holder and a Department
				representative. The Lethal Take Permit shall specify the limited geographic or
				legally described area where the permit is valid.
(iii) The issuance of Lethal Take Permits
				shall be immediately suspended if the Department determines that further lethal
				control may prevent the Department from achieving the management objectives
				described in Section
				4(a)(i). Any existing
				Lethal Take Permits shall be immediately cancelled if the Department determines
				that further lethal control may prevent the Department from achieving the
				management objectives described in Section
				4(a)(i).
(iv) Notification of suspension or
				cancellation of Lethal Take Permits shall be provided via personal
				notification, certified return receipt mail, telephone or facsimile to all
				current Lethal Take Permit holders.
(v) The Lethal Take Permit holder or designee
				listed on the permit shall notify a Department representative(s) named on the
				Lethal Take Permit within twenty-four (24) hours either by personal or phone
				contact of the take of a gray wolf under the authority of a Lethal Take
				Permit.
(vi) Failure by the Lethal
				Take Permit holder or designee listed on the permit to abide by all provisions
				and conditions stipulated in this Section shall be cause for the Department to
				cancel the permit.
(vii) Lethal
				Take Permits shall expire forty-five (45) days after the date they are issued,
				unless the permit is cancelled in accordance with other provisions of this
				Section. Lethal Take Permits may be renewable in forty-five (45) day intervals
				for as long as conditions as set forth in Section
				6(b) and Section
				7(a) continue.
(viii) Lethal Take Permits shall not be
				issued for gray wolves designated as predatory animals as set forth in Section
				4(b). Gray wolves
				designated as predatory animals may be taken without a license in any legal
				manner and at any time as provided by W.S. §
										
											23-2-303(d), §
										
											23-3-103(a), §
										
											23-3-112, §
										
											23-3-304(b), §
										
											23-3-305 and §
										
											23-3-307.
(ix) To possess a gray wolf taken under a
				Lethal Take Permit the Lethal Take Permit holder or designee shall procure a
				Wyoming Interstate Game Tag.