Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 20 - WILD TURKEY HUNTING SEASONS › Section 20-2 - Hunting Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No person shall
				apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a wild turkey during any one
				(1) season, except as otherwise provided in this regulation. The maximum bag
				limit for wild turkey for any person with the proper license shall not exceed
				one (1) wild turkey per license.
(b) Issuance of Licenses. No person shall
				apply for or receive more than one (1) fall wild turkey license and one (1)
				spring wild turkey license in any calendar year. After the initial drawing is
				completed, a person may apply for and receive up to three (3) wild turkey
				licenses valid for each season, provided that at least two (2) of those
				licenses are Limited Quota Type 3 licenses. However, no person shall apply for
				and receive more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the
				fall season and no more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid
				for the spring season, except as authorized in Commission
				regulations.
(c) No person shall
				possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for hunting wild turkeys with a
				shotgun on all of the lands in the Springer and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat
				Management Areas and on all national wildlife refuges open for
				hunting.
(d) Evidence of Sex.
				During the spring season in those hunt areas limited to the taking of male wild
				turkeys or any wild turkey with a visible beard, proof of sex shall accompany
				the turkey carcass, attached or unattached while the wild turkey is in
				transportation from the site of the kill to the residence of the person taking
				the wild turkey, or delivered to a processor for processing. Proof of sex for
				male wild turkeys shall include either one leg including the spur, or a patch
				of skin with the breast feathers and beard attached; and for female wild turkey
				(bearded hen) a patch of skin with the breast feathers and beard
				attached.
(e) Yellowtail Wildlife
				Habitat Management Area. During the spring season, no person shall attempt to
				take a wild turkey on the lands of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's
				Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area without possessing a valid Hunter
				Management Area permission slip issued to them by the Department for said
				management area and the date(s) of any attempt to take.
(f) 2024 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season
				Dates and Limitations.
Hunt Area
Type
Season Dates
Quota
Limitations
Opens
Closes
1
Gen
Sep. 1
Sep. 30
Any wild turkey, archery only
1
Gen
Oct. 1
Dec. 31
Any wild turkey
1
3
Sep. 1
Sep. 30
750
Any wild turkey valid within Converse, Natrona,
							 Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties, archery only
1
3
Oct. 1
Dec. 31
Any wild turkey valid within Converse, Natrona,
							 Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties
(g)
				2025 Spring Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
Hunt Area
Type
Season Dates
Quota
Limitations
Opens
Closes
1
Gen
Apr. 20
May 31
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a
							 visible beard (Hunter Management Area permission slip required to hunt on the
							 Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area)
1
3
Apr. 1
Apr. 19
700
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a
							 visible beard valid within Natrona, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
							 counties
1
3
Apr. 20
May 31
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a
							 visible beard valid within Converse, Natrona, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
							 counties