Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-6 - Open Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Grizzly bear license issuance list hunt
				areas, season dates and limitations.
Hunt Area
Type
Season Dates
License
Hunt Area Mortality
							 Limit
Limitations
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6
1
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear License Issuance List
Collective female mortality limit - not to exceed one
							 (1)
Collective male mortality limit - not to exceed ten
							 (10)
1
1
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear
License
Issuance List
2
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(b) and (d)
2
1
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear
License
Issuance List
1
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(b), (d) and
							 (e)
3
1
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear
License
Issuance List
2
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(b) and (d)
4
1
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear
License
Issuance List
3
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(b) and (d)
5
1
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear
License
Issuance List
3
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(b) and (d)
6
Sep. 15 - Nov. 15
Grizzly Bear
License
Issuance List
2
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(b) and (d)
(b)
				Licensees for hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 may hunt any of these hunt areas
				provided that individual hunt area is open. Hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
				shall have a collective female mortality limit of up to one (1) female grizzly
				bear and up to ten (10) male grizzly bears.
(c) In hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the
				total number of licensed hunters in the field shall not exceed the available
				collective female mortality limit as specified in Section 6(a).
(d) In hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the
				grizzly bear hunting season shall close in each separate hunt area when the
				individual hunt area mortality limit is reached. Hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
				shall all close when the collective female mortality limit is reached, the
				collective male mortality is reached or on the date specified in Section 6(a),
				whichever comes first.
(e) Valid in
				that portion of Area 2 north of U.S. Highway 26-287 and east of the following:
				Where the Turpin Meadow Road (U.S.F.S. Road 30050) meets U.S. Highway 26-287 at
				Fourmile Meadow; northerly and westerly along said road to the Box Creek
				Trailhead; northerly along the Box Creek Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 038) to the Enos
				Lake Cutoff Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 041); westerly along said trail to the
				Pacific Creek Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 036); southwesterly along said trail to the
				Gravel Creek Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 042); northerly along said trail to the
				Wolverine Cutoff Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 029); northerly and westerly along said
				trail to the Coulter Creek Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 029W); northerly along said
				trail to the Wolverine Creek Trail (U.S.F.S. Trail 029N); northerly and
				westerly along said trail to the Yellowstone National Park boundary. Also valid
				in that portion of Area 2 west of Grand Teton National Park and the John D.
				Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway.
(f) Grizzly bear limited quota hunt areas,
				season dates and limitations.
Hunt Area
Type
Season Dates
Quota
License
Limitations
7
1
Sep. 1 - Nov. 15
12
Limited Quota
Any grizzly bear
8
Sep. 1 - Nov. 15
Limited Quota
Any grizzly bear; See Section 6(g)
(g)
				Currently, grizzly bears do not occupy hunt area 8. Unused licenses for hunt
				area 7 may be available for use in hunt area 8 upon Department notification and
				written authorization should grizzly bears occupy this hunt area.