Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 42 - MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING SEASONS › Section 42-3 - Hunting Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Mountain lions shall only be taken during
				open seasons by the use of legal firearms or archery equipment, except as
				otherwise provided by statute and Commission regulations.
(b) Use of Dogs. Dogs may be used to take
				mountain lions during the open hunting seasons. However, dogs shall only be
				used to take mountain lions during open hours for the lawful taking of mountain
				lions.
(c) Except as provided in
				Section 5 of this regulation,
				after a mountain lion has been pursued or bayed, a properly licensed person
				shall promptly harvest or release the mountain lion. No person shall in any
				manner restrict or hinder the mountain lion's ability to escape for the purpose
				of enabling a person who was not present at the time the mountain lion was
				bayed to arrive and take the mountain lion.
(d) Bag and Possession Limits. The bag and
				possession limit for any person with a proper license shall be one (1) mountain
				lion during any one (1) calendar year (January 1 -December 31), except as
				otherwise provided in this Section. Hunters may take any mountain lion, except
				dependent young and female mountain lions with dependent young at
				side.
(e) Reduced price mountain
				lion licenses. A person may receive a maximum of one (1) full price mountain
				lion license and a maximum of one (1) reduced price mountain lion license
				during any one (1) calendar year. A person must possess and exhibit a full
				price mountain lion license for the current calendar year in order to receive a
				reduced price mountain lion license for the same calendar year.
(f) Reduced price mountain lion licenses are
				valid only in hunt areas 5, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25, 27 and 31.
(g) Reporting and Registering Kills. Hunters
				harvesting mountain lions shall retain the pelt and skull from each mountain
				lion harvested for registration purposes. Even if the skull is damaged, it must
				accompany the pelt. Visible external evidence of sex shall remain naturally
				attached to the pelt.
(i) Within seventy-two
				(72) hours after harvesting a mountain lion, the licensee must 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 entire pelt and skull must 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 mountain lion and to allow examination of the pelt
				to determine the sex of the mountain lion and lactation status of females. At
				the time of registration, the licensee shall furnish the Department with their
				license, the date of kill and the location of the site of kill, including hunt
				area, section, township and range, or UTM coordinates.
(ii) Reporting when taking a mountain lion in
				a designated wilderness area. A licensee taking a mountain lion in a designated
				wilderness area 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 Game and Fish
				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. At the time of registration, the licensee shall
				furnish the Department their license, the date of kill, the location of the
				site of kill to include hunt area, section, township and range or UTM
				coordinates.
(A) The licensee making the
				telephone report shall contact a district game warden, district wildlife
				biologist or Department personnel at a Game and Fish Department Regional Office
				and provide their name, license number, date of kill, sex of mountain lion,
				hunt area and the location of the kill site (drainage).
(iii) Reporting when taking a mountain lion
				in Hunt Area 1. Within twenty-four (24) hours after taking a mountain lion in
				Hunt Area 1, the licensee shall report the taking of a mountain lion by calling
				toll free 1-800-264-1280. The report shall
				include the name and phone number of the person making the report, hunter's
				name and license number, residency status of the licensee, date of the kill and
				location of the site of kill, including the hunt area.