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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 44 - REGULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES, PERMITS, STAMPS, TAGS, PREFERENCE POINTS AND COMPETITIVE RAFFLE CHANCES › Section 44-27 - Super Tag Licenses and Super Tag Trifecta Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
Wyoming statutes provide for the issuance of big game, trophy
				  game and wild bison licenses to be issued through a competitive raffle process.
				  Big game, trophy game and wild bison licenses authorized under this section
				  shall be valid for the species for which the license has been issued.
(a) These licenses shall be valid in any hunt
				area in accordance with Commission regulations, except for the following:
(i) A Super Tag License or a Super Tag
				Trifecta License for moose shall not be valid in any moose hunt area which has
				a total quota of ten (10) or fewer antlered or any moose licenses.
(ii) A Super Tag License or a Super Tag
				Trifecta License for full price bighorn sheep shall not be valid in any bighorn
				sheep hunt area which has a total quota of ten (10) or fewer full price bighorn
				sheep licenses.
(iii) A Super Tag
				License or a Super Tag Trifecta License shall not be valid within Grand Teton
				National Park.
(iv) A Super Tag
				License or a Super Tag Trifecta License for wild bison shall not be valid in
				any wild bison hunt area which has a total quota of ten (10) or fewer any wild
				bison licenses.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming
				  Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following
				  definitions:
(a) "Birds" mean game
				birds, migratory game birds, and protected birds.
(b) "Contact" means, but is not limited to,
				physical contact between the public and wildlife, including the unauthorized
				provision of food and liquids, and also visual, auditory, or olfactory contact
				between the public and wildlife that may cause or result in subjecting the
				wildlife to stress, behavioral anomalies, including taming or imprinting, or in
				any diminishment of the capacity of such wildlife to subsequently survive in
				the wild independent of human aid and sustenance.
(c) "DVM" means a doctor of veterinary
				medicine licensed to practice in the state.
(d) "Public" means, but is not limited to,
				all persons other than the wildlife rehabilitator permitted under this
				regulation: public does not mean members of the immediate family of wildlife
				rehabilitators, providers of temporary care authorized under this regulation,
				DVMs, or employees of the Department.
(e) "Rehabilitate" means the provision of
				care and treatment to sick, injured, debilitated, or orphaned wildlife for the
				purpose of returning such wildlife to the wild in a condition that enables the
				wildlife to survive independent of human aid and sustenance.
(f) "Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit,
				Provisional Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit or Permit" means a permit issued
				pursuant to this regulation and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulation
				Chapter 10, Regulation For Importation, Possession, Confinement,
				Transportation, Sale and Disposition of Live Wildlife, revised as of January
				22, 2014, and which does not include any later amendments or editions of the
				incorporated matter. A copy of all Commission regulations can be viewed at any
				Department Regional Office or the Headquarters Office.
(g) "Wildlife Rehabilitator, Provisional
				Wildlife Rehabilitator or Permittee" means a person who has been issued a
				permit in accordance with the provisions of this regulation for the purpose of
				providing care, aid and treatment to sick, injured, debilitated or orphaned
				wildlife with the goal of returning such wildlife to the wild independent of
				human aid or sustenance.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-3 - Exemptions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Persons who, as a job requirement, are
				directed to rescue birds and provide short term care to birds that are injured
				or distressed at industrial sites are exempt from the regulation. However, such
				persons shall obtain a permit from the Department issued under Chapter 10
				Regulation For Importation, Possession, Confinement, Transportation, Sale and
				Disposition of Live Wildlife, revised as of January 22, 2014, and which does
				not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter. A copy
				of all Commission regulations can be viewed at any Department Regional Office
				or the Headquarters Office. Such person(s) shall not advertise or otherwise
				promote their services as a wildlife rehabilitator.
(b) Veterinarians licensed under the
				provisions of state statute may render emergency care and treatment to sick or
				injured wildlife without a permit issued under this regulation. Whenever a DVM
				renders such care or treatment, the DVM shall transfer responsibility for such
				wildlife either to a permitted wildlife rehabilitator or to the Department
				within thirty (30) days of initial contact with the wildlife, unless an
				extension beyond thirty (30) days is granted by the Department. Any care and
				treatment rendered shall not create a financial obligation to the Department or
				permitted wildlife rehabilitator without prior approval. Any DVM may euthanize
				any sick or injured wildlife defined in Title 23, except mammals classified as
				endangered or threatened species by Title 50, Code of Federal regulations
				(CFR), Part 17.11 (
				50 CFR
				17.11 ), revised as of October 1, 2012, and
				does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter,
				if the DVM determines that no other reasonable action would be practical,
				humane, or effective for the rehabilitation of the wildlife. If the wildlife is
				of a type not authorized to be rehabilitated by a permitted wildlife
				rehabilitator, the DVM shall immediately notify the Department and the
				Department shall determine disposition of the wildlife. A copy of 50 CFR Part
				17.11 can be viewed at any Department Regional Office or the Headquarters
				Office.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-4 - Possession

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Nothing in this regulation shall
				authorize or be construed to authorize a wildlife rehabilitator permitted under
				this regulation to practice veterinary medicine contrary to State
				statute.
(b) Wildlife possessed
				under authority of this regulation remain property of the State and nothing
				herein shall be construed as granting any ownership interest to a permitted
				wildlife rehabilitator, provisional wildlife rehabilitator, or any other
				person. As owner, the State has the right to require a wildlife rehabilitator
				or any other person having possession of wildlife under authority of this
				regulation to immediately surrender possession of such wildlife to the
				Department in the case of violation of this regulation or other applicable law
				or whenever the Department determines it necessary or appropriate for the
				welfare of such wildlife or for the protection of wildlife resources or the
				public.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-5 - Scope of Permit Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
No person, except as authorized under provisions of this
				  regulation, or as exempted under this regulation, shall rehabilitate wildlife
				  without complying with the provisions of this regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-6 - Agreement

Current through July 13, 2024
All applications for permits issued pursuant to this
				  regulation shall be signed by the applicant. Such signature shall constitute an
				  agreement by the applicant to fully comply with all relevant provisions of
				  statute including, but not limited to, this regulation and all applicable
				  conditions and restrictions of the permit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-8 - Denial of Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
An application for a permit may, unless otherwise provided,
				  be denied when:
(a) The application is
				incomplete;
(b) The applicant has
				within five (5) consecutive years preceding the date of application been
				assessed a civil or administrative penalty for, or been convicted of a
				violation of any provision of this regulation, or of any provision of state
				statute, county or municipal ordinance involving cruelty to animals, or of any
				provision of any federal statute or regulation which is related to activity for
				which the permit is sought;
(c) The
				applicant has failed to disclose material information or has made false
				statements as to any fact in connection with the application; or,
(d) An inspection by the Department of the
				facility(ies) where wildlife shall be maintained has disclosed that the
				facility(ies) does not meet the Department's requirements.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-9 - Permit Application Denial Review Process

Current through July 13, 2024
The following permit denial review process shall be used
				  when considering a wildlife rehabilitation permit application that has been
				  denied:
(a) When an application for a
				Chapter 45 permit has been denied, the Department Permitting Officer shall send
				a certified, registered letter with return receipt to the applicant indicating
				the permit application has been denied and the reasons for the
				denial.
(b) The applicant may
				appeal a permit denial by submitting a written request to the Department Permit
				Review Board (Board) for reconsideration within thirty (30) consecutive days
				from the date of receipt of their denial letter. If an applicant fails to
				request an appeal within thirty (30) consecutive days from the date they
				received the Department's decision letter, the applicant shall waive their
				ability to make any future appeal request regarding the denied permit
				application.
(i) The Board shall consist of
				the Chief of the Wildlife Division (or his designee), Chief of the Fish
				Division (or his designee), Supervisor of Biological Services, a regional
				wildlife supervisor (appointed) and a senior game warden with commercial
				operations responsibility (appointed).
(ii) The Board shall review the Department's
				decision to deny the permit and may consider any additional information
				provided by the applicant.
(iii)
				The Board shall either uphold the Department's decision to deny the permit or
				approve the permit application. The Board's decision shall be sent to the
				applicant as a certified, registered letter with return receipt within fifteen
				(15) consecutive days of the Board receiving the applicant's written request
				for appeal.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-10 - Types of Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
There shall be two (2) types of wildlife rehabilitation
				  permits. The Department may issue a Provisional Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit
				  or a Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit to a person in accordance with this
				  section.
(a) Provisional Wildlife
				Rehabilitation Permit. In order to qualify, an applicant shall meet the
				requirements in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (j), and (1) of
				Section
				7
				of this regulation. A person shall only be allowed to apply for and receive a
				Provisional Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit for a maximum of two (2) consecutive
				calendar years. If after that time the person cannot qualify for a Wildlife
				Rehabilitation Permit, the person shall not be granted a Provisional Wildlife
				Rehabilitation Permit and shall be required to dispose of all wildlife held
				under this regulation in compliance with the provisions of Section
				17 of this regulation. This permit:
(i) Authorizes the permittee to receive,
				rehabilitate, transfer and release all wildlife listed on the permit under the
				conditions specified on the permit;
(ii) Requires the applicant to be sponsored
				by a wildlife rehabilitator(s) permitted for the same wildlife;
(iii) Requires the permittee to consult with
				the permittee's sponsor immediately after receiving any wildlife. If the
				sponsor is not available, the permitted provisional wildlife rehabilitator
				shall consult with a permitted wildlife rehabilitator or DVM within twenty-four
				(24) hours;
(iv) Requires the
				permittee to immediately return any wildlife to the sponsor upon request by the
				Department or the sponsor; and,
(v)
				Requires that if at anytime a provisional wildlife rehabilitator loses
				sponsorship, all wildlife shall be transferred to the sponsor or another
				wildlife rehabilitator permitted for such wildlife within forty-eight (48)
				hours. If the provisional wildlife rehabilitator has not obtained another
				sponsor within thirty (30) days, the permit shall expire. Any time sponsorship
				is revoked, the sponsor shall verbally notify the Department within forty-eight
				(48) hours and in writing within five (5) days.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-11 - Record Keeping Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All permitted
				wildlife rehabilitators shall keep current and complete written records at the
				permitted facility(ies) of wildlife handled, containing the following
				information:
(i) Species of
				wildlife;
(ii) Length and type of
				treatment;
(iii) Source of
				wildlife;
(iv) Cause of
				admission;
(v) Attending DVM, if
				applicable;
(vi) Acquisition date;
				and,
(vii) Disposition and
				disposition date.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-13 - Facility(ies) and Inspections

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All wildlife
				shall be kept within wildlife holding enclosure(s) except when being
				transported, transferred, treated or released. The holding facility(ies) shall
				be designed, constructed and maintained to provide:
(i) Safety and protection for wildlife and
				people;
(A) Facility(ies) and outdoor cage(s)
				shall be locked;
(B) Facility(ies)
				shall ensure containment for wildlife under rehabilitation and exclusion of
				other wild and domestic animals.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-14 - Care, Treatment and Disposition of Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) A DVM shall
				approve all medications, medical treatments, diagnostic and prognostic
				procedures. Anesthesia and surgery shall be conducted only by a DVM or under
				direct DVM supervision.
(b) If the
				permittee or DVM determines that any wildlife is not likely to survive, the
				wildlife shall be euthanized immediately by the DVM or permittee.
(c) As soon as it can be determined that sick
				or injured wildlife is not likely to recover within one-hundred eighty (180)
				days, the wildlife shall be euthanized; unless Department approval is given for
				extended care.
(d) Factors that
				shall be considered in determining what action should be taken relative to
				injured wildlife include:
(i) Type, extent
				and severity of injury(ies);
(ii)
				Physical condition of injured wildlife; and,
(iii) Any other relevant factors that
				indicate no reasonable action would be practical or effective for the
				rehabilitation of the animal involved.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-15 - Release of Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All
				rehabilitated wildlife shall be released in appropriate habitat or as otherwise
				required to comply with any special conditions of the permit, or at a site
				approved in advance by the Department.
(b) All rehabilitated wildlife shall be
				released as soon as it has reached physical maturity or has attained full
				recovery from injury or illness, or as soon thereafter as the time of year is
				ecologically appropriate. In no case shall any rehabilitated wildlife be held
				longer than one (1) year without prior Department approval based on sound
				biological reasons.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-16 - Revocation of Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
A Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit may be revoked by the
				  Department at any time for:
(a) Failure
				to comply with any condition of the permit or of this regulation;
(b) If the applicant has, within five (5)
				consecutive years immediately preceding the date of application, been assessed
				a civil or administrative penalty for, or been convicted of a violation of any
				provision of this regulation, or of any provision of state statute, county or
				municipal ordinance involving cruelty to animals, or of any provision of any
				federal statute or regulation which is related to activity for which the permit
				is sought;
(c) Failure to provide
				care and treatment necessary to prepare wildlife held under authority of the
				permit for successful release to the wild; or,
(d) Failure to allow inspection by Department
				personnel of the facility(ies), wildlife held, or records during reasonable
				hours on any day of the week.
(e)
				Any revocation of a wildlife rehabilitator license shall be subject to
				contested case proceedings in accordance with Wyoming Game and Fish Commission
				Regulation Chapter 27, Rules Of Practice Governing Contested Cases Before The
				Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, revised as of January 22, 2014, and which
				does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter. A
				copy of all Commission regulations can be viewed at any Department Regional
				Office or the Headquarters Office.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-17 - Disposal of Wildlife for Revocation or Non-Renewal of Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
Wildlife possessed or maintained by a person whose permit has
				  been revoked or whose permit has not been renewed by the first day of the
				  following calendar year for which it was issued shall be disposed of by that
				  person in a manner as required in writing by the Department. Any wildlife not
				  disposed of may be seized and disposed of by the Department.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-19 - Costs

Current through July 13, 2024
Any costs, charges, or fees, including but not limited to
				  food, shelter, equipment, labor, veterinarian or other special consultation or
				  services, transportation, federal or other licensing fees, training and
				  educational fees, or any other expenses associated with the rehabilitation of
				  wildlife shall be the responsibility of the permittee. The permittee shall not
				  charge the Department for services provided.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-20 - Compliance with Other Laws

Current through July 13, 2024
Issuance of a Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit under this
				  regulation shall not exempt the permittee from compliance with the provisions
				  of any other local, state or federal law.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 45 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION › Section 45-21 - Acceptance of Liability

Current through July 13, 2024
The holder of a Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit assumes
				  liability for exposure of a human or contraction by a human of any disease or
				  parasite transmitted by the wildlife possessed by the rehabilitator. The
				  wildlife rehabilitator agrees that he/she shall not hold himself/herself as an
				  agent, servant or employee of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission or Wyoming
				  Game and Fish Department.
WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
By: ________________________
Mike Healy, President
Date: January 22, 2014
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These regulations are promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-101, §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-303, §
									23-2-206, §
									23-2-209, §
									23-3-201, §
									23-3-202, §
									23-3-308, §
									23-3-401, §
									23-4-101, §
									23-4-103, and §
									23-6-111.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming
				  Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following
				  definitions:
(a) "Artificial Flies and
				Lures" means manmade flies and lures. Artificial flies and lures do not include
				living or dead organisms or edible parts thereof, natural or processed
				foodstuffs, scents, flavors or chemical attractants, whether added in the
				manufacturing process or applied afterward.
(i) Artificial lures are single devices
				regardless of the number of hooks, including spoons, spinners and plugs made of
				metal, plastic, wood or other non-edible materials, or plastic products made to
				resemble worms, eggs, fish or other aquatic organisms.
(ii) Artificial flies includes flies,
				streamers, jigs, or poppers tied from such materials as thread, feathers, hair
				or tinsel.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-3 - Seasons and Fishing Hours

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Fishing is
				permitted year-round twenty-four (24) hours a day in any waters of this state
				except as otherwise provided by Commission regulation for specific areas,
				streams, lakes, or portions thereof. Exceptions are listed with the regulations
				for each drainage area in Sections 17, 20, 22, 25, 28 and 32 of this
				chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-6 - Seining and Trapping of Fish

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No person shall
				seine, net, trap or spear baitfish without first obtaining a valid seining
				license. A valid seining license is required when using a seine, net, trap or
				spear to take baitfish, even those that will be used as dead bait.
(i) Seining licenses may be obtained from
				Department regional offices or from Cheyenne Headquarters.
(ii) No person shall have more than one (1)
				seining license each calendar year.
(iii) Locations where baitfish may be
				obtained, possessed and used shall be specified on the seining license.
(A) Seining or trapping and use of baitfish
				shall only be done as specified in regulations for specific drainage areas in
				Sections 18, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-7 - Live Baitfish Dealers

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person
				desiring to engage in the commercial use of live baitfish shall apply for and
				receive a valid live baitfish dealer's license prior to selling, trading,
				bartering or brokering live baitfish except holders of a valid Wyoming
				commercial fish hatchery license who may sell or otherwise transfer live
				baitfish to live baitfish dealers for resale. Application for a live baitfish
				dealer's license shall be made on forms provided by the Department. The
				applicant shall provide information including, but not limited to, the physical
				location of the business and a description of facilities to be used for holding
				fish.
(b) Commercially produced
				live baitfish may be transported into the state for the sole purpose of resale,
				provided that:
(i) The recipient is a live
				baitfish dealer in possession of a valid live baitfish dealer's license or an
				in-state Department approved private fish hatchery; and,
(ii) The recipient has written authorization
				from the Chief of Fisheries to receive live baitfish from a Department approved
				out-of-state fish hatchery; and,
(iii) Vehicles used for the transport of live
				baitfish into the state shall be placarded indicating that the equipment is
				being used to transport live fish. Letters, numbers or symbols displayed on the
				placard shall be at least three (3) inches in height, excluding shading and
				bordering, and shall be of a color that contrasts with the placard background
				color. Anyone in the process of transporting live baitfish for the purpose of
				resale shall be in possession of written authorization from the Chief of
				Fisheries to ship or transport live baitfish into the state. Live baitfish
				shipped by common carrier (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) are exempt from this
				requirement; and,
(iv) The Chief of
				Fisheries shall be notified immediately by the live baitfish dealer if a
				shipment contains any other fish species, vegetation or other organisms. The
				shipment of concern shall be quarantined and held at the business establishment
				until final disposition is determined following inspection by the
				Department.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-8 - Use of Baitfish

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The use or
				possession of live baitfish is prohibited throughout Areas 1 and 4 (defined in
				Sections 16 and 27 of this chapter) and on all waters in Areas 2, 3, and 5
				except as otherwise provided in Sections 18, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter
				which describe where live baitfish may be obtained, possessed and
				used.
(b) The specific waters from
				which wild caught live baitfish may be seined, netted or trapped and used are
				listed in Sections 18, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter. Wild caught live
				baitfish shall not be transported out of the designated wild caught live
				baitfish possession area from which they were collected. This area shall be
				listed on the seining license, live baitfish dealer license or live baitfish
				receipt.
(c) No person shall
				possess live baitfish while fishing on any water where the use of live baitfish
				is prohibited.
(d) Commercially
				produced live baitfish may be transported and possessed throughout Areas 2, 3
				and 5 (east of the continental divide) except where the use of live baitfish is
				prohibited. Use or possession of commercially produced live baitfish is
				prohibited on all waters except as otherwise provided in Sections 18, 23, 26,
				29 and 33 of this chapter.
(e)
				Possession of live brook stickleback (
Culaea inconstans
) is
				prohibited in Wyoming.
(f) Live
				Goldfish (
Carassius auratus
) or koi shall not be in possession
				while fishing in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 52, Take of
				Nongame Wildlife from Within Wyoming.
(g) Persons with live baitfish in possession
				shall produce, upon request from Department personnel, either a live baitfish
				dealer's license, receipt from a licensed live baitfish dealer or a valid,
				unexpired seining license verifying the origin of the live baitfish.
(h) No live baitfish shall be transported
				into the state for use as live baitfish except as provided in Section 7 of this
				chapter.
(i) All live baitfish
				shall be held in aquaria when not in transport or in use.
(j) Live baitfish shall not be released,
				abandoned, or allowed to escape and must be killed when the receipt
				expires.
(k) Dead baitfish may be
				used as bait. Restrictions on the use of dead baitfish are designated within
				the regulations for the specific drainage area in Sections 18, 20, 23, 26, 29
				and 33 of this chapter. Nongame fish taken by the use of legal fishing methods
				during any season open for the taking of game fish may be used as dead bait.
				Any live baitfish captured for use as dead bait shall be killed immediately and
				shall not be transported live.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-9 - Closure of Fish Holding Facilities

Current through July 13, 2024
All fish rearing and retaining ponds used by the state
				  including those located at state fish hatcheries, or any that may be
				  constructed elsewhere, are closed to fishing throughout the calendar year.
				  Temporary facilities at spawning station sites are closed to fishing during the
				  time they are in use by the Department.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-10 - Underwater Spear Gun Fishing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No person shall
				use an underwater spear gun to take game fish under water without obtaining a
				fishing license.
(b) Fish may be
				taken by underwater spear gun fishing in lakes only.
(i) Underwater spear gun fishing is not
				permitted within one hundred (100) yards of any designated swimming or water
				ski areas, boat dock, ramp or spillway.
(ii) A diver flag shall be displayed on the
				water when diving or underwater spear gun fishing. It shall be a rectangular
				flag that is either blue and white in color or red in color with a white
				diagonal stripe, not less than twelve (12) inches by twelve (12) inches and
				displayed no less than three (3) feet above the surface of the water.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-14 - Fishing Contests

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Fishing
				contests held on waters of this state shall be approved and authorized in
				writing by the Department. No person shall conduct a fishing contest without
				first obtaining a fishing contest permit. The permittee shall adhere to all
				requirements and stipulations provided on the fishing contest permit.
(b) Applications. Anyone desiring to hold a
				fishing contest shall submit an application for a fishing contest permit on a
				form provided by the Department. Fishing contest applications may be submitted
				one (1) year (365 days) prior to the start of the fishing contest, but shall be
				submitted at least thirty (30) days prior to the start of the fishing
				contest.
(c) Live Release Fishing
				Contests. No person shall release live fish in a fishing contest without a
				fishing contest permit authorizing live release.
(d) Reasons for Denying Fishing Contest
				Permits. The Department may deny an application if information is falsified on
				the application, or if the application is incomplete or incorrectly filled out.
				Fishing contest permits shall not be issued if the Department determines the
				fishing contest does not comply with Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations,
				shall be harmful to the fisheries resource, or that public use facilities such
				as boat ramps, parking areas, campgrounds, and related facilities are
				inadequate to support the contest. Failure to comply with the requirements of
				the fishing contest permit is a violation of Commission regulations and may
				result in denial of future fishing contest permits.
(e) Post-Fishing Contest Report Required.
				Within thirty (30) days after completion of the fishing contest, the permittee
				shall submit a legible, complete and accurate written report to the Department
				on a form provided by the Department. Failure to submit this report may result
				in denial of future fishing contest permits.
(f) Fishing Contest-Free Period. The
				following restrictions apply for waters covered by the special fishing contest
				provision.
(i) Waters included under the
				special fishing contest provision are listed with the regulations for those
				drainage areas in Section 32 of this chapter.
(ii) The Department shall authorize fishing
				contests such that each water included in the "Special Fishing Contest
				Provision" has a period of at least two (2) weeks when fishing contests are not
				allowed.
(iii) The specific dates
				when contests are not allowed are listed with the regulations for those
				drainage areas in Section 32 of this chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-15 - Established Check Stations, Mandatory Reporting

Current through July 13, 2024
Upon request of any authorized Department representative,
				  anyone who has been fishing shall produce a valid license and conservation
				  stamp, if required, and fish. Even if the fish in possession have been cut and
				  wrapped or processed, the person transporting fish shall stop and report at the
				  check station.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-16 - Area 1 Coverage

Current through July 13, 2024
Area 1 means the Snake River, Salt River, Greys River, Hoback
				  River, Gros Ventre River and Buffalo Fork River drainages and all drainages
				  west of the Teton and Snake River Ranges.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-17 - Area 1 Exceptions to General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of
				  this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All streams within Area 1, unless
				indicated otherwise, in Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette, and Teton counties.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be three
				(3) per day or in possession.
(A) No more than
				one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches; and,
(B) No more than one (1) cutthroat trout
				shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-18 - Area 1 Live Baitfish

Current through July 13, 2024
The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 1 is
				  prohibited. Holders of valid seining licenses may only seine, net, trap or
				  spear baitfish native to the drainage for use as dead bait, excluding the
				  waters within Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller Jr.
				  Memorial Parkway. Any baitfish captured shall be killed immediately. Baitfish
				  permissible for use as dead bait in the Snake River drainage are redside
				  shiner, speckled dace, longnose dace, Paiute sculpin, mottled sculpin, Utah
				  chub, Utah sucker and commercially preserved dead baitfish.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-19 - Palisades Reservoir Boundaries

Current through July 13, 2024
The boundaries of Palisades Reservoir shall be the confluence
				  of the Snake and Greys rivers and McCoy Creek Bridge on the Salt River
				  arm.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-20 - Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway Exceptions to General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Fishing is
				permitted as described in Sections 1 through 18 of this chapter, except as
				otherwise specified in this Section. Fishing shall be in conformance with laws
				and regulations of the Commission, the state of Wyoming and the regulations of
				the National Park Service.
(b) All
				lakes within the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway and Grand Teton
				National Park in Area 1, unless indicated otherwise.
(i) The creel limit on trout shall be six (6)
				per day or in possession.
(A) No more than
				three (3) shall be cutthroat trout; and,
(B) No more than one (1) cutthroat trout
				shall exceed twelve (12) inches.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-22 - Area 2 Exceptions to General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of
				  this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All waters within Area 2 in Big Horn,
				Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Park, Teton and Washakie counties.
(i) Northern pike are designated as nongame
				fish.
(ii) All northern pike caught
				shall be killed immediately.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-23 - Area 2 Live Baitfish

Current through July 13, 2024
The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 2 is
				  prohibited except as otherwise specified in this Section and Sections 6 and 8
				  of this chapter.
(a) Area 2 Live
				Baitfish location A. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in
				subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live
				baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the
				baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection
				(ii). Live baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported
				out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in
				subsection (iii).
(i) Live baitfish may be
				used in the following waters:
(A) Wardell
				Reservoir;
(B) Bighorn Lake in Big
				Horn County;
(C) Bighorn
				River;
(D) Deaver Reservoir in Park
				County;
(E) Harrington Reservoir in
				Park County;
(F) Shoshone River
				downstream from Penrose Dam;
(G)
				Wind River downstream from Boysen Reservoir;
(H) Boysen Reservoir;
(I) Ocean Lake in Fremont County;
				and,
(J) Pilot Butte
				Reservoir.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-24 - Area 3 Coverage

Current through July 13, 2024
Area 3 means the Niobrara River, Cheyenne River,
				  Stockade-Beaver Creek, Sand Creek, Belle Fourche River, Little Missouri River,
				  Little Powder River, Powder River, Tongue River, and Little Bighorn River
				  drainages.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-25 - Area 3 Exceptions to General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of
				  this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All streams within Area 3, unless
				indicated otherwise, in Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Natrona, Sheridan, Washakie
				and Weston counties.
(i) The creel limit on
				trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-26 - Area 3 Live Baitfish

Current through July 13, 2024
The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 3 is
				  prohibited except as otherwise specified in this Section and Sections 6 and 8
				  of this chapter.
(a) Area 3 Live
				Baitfish location A. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in
				subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live
				baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the
				baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection
				(ii). Live baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported
				out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in
				subsection (iii).
(i) Live baitfish may be
				used in the following waters:
(A) Keyhole
				Reservoir; and,
(B) Belle Fourche
				River proper.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-28 - Area 4 Exceptions to General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of
				  this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All waters within Area 4 in Carbon,
				Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties.
(i) Burbot (ling), walleye, yellow perch and
				northern pike are designated as nongame fish.
(ii) All burbot, walleye, yellow perch and
				northern pike caught shall be killed immediately.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-29 - Area 4 Live Baitfish

Current through July 13, 2024
The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 4 is
				  prohibited. A holder of a valid seining license may seine, net, trap or spear
				  baitfish in the Green and Bear River drainages, excluding Kendall Warm Springs,
				  Halfmoon Lake, Little Halfmoon Lake, Burnt Lake, the Bitter Creek drainage
				  upstream of Rock Springs city limits and the Big Sandy drainage upstream of Big
				  Sandy Reservoir. Any live baitfish captured shall be killed immediately and
				  used only as dead bait.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-30 - Flaming Gorge Reservoir Reciprocal Stamp

Current through July 13, 2024
A person possessing a valid Utah resident fishing license and
				  a valid Wyoming reciprocal fishing stamp, may fish in the Wyoming portions of
				  Flaming Gorge Reservoir and may take creel and possession limits from Wyoming
				  waters of the reservoir in compliance with Wyoming fishing regulations. The fee
				  for a Wyoming reciprocal stamp shall be thirty dollars ($30).
A person possessing a valid Wyoming resident fishing license
				  and a valid Utah reciprocal fishing stamp, may fish in the Utah portions of
				  Flaming Gorge Reservoir and may take creel and possession limits from Utah
				  waters of the reservoir in compliance with Utah fishing
				  regulations.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-32 - Area 5 Exceptions to General Provisions

Current through July 13, 2024
Fishing is permitted as described in Sections 1 through 15 of
				  this chapter, except as otherwise specified in this Section:
(a) All lakes within Area 5, unless indicated
				otherwise, in Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona, Niobrara, and
				Platte counties.
(i) The creel limit on brook
				trout shall be six (6) per day or in possession.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-33 - Area 5 Live Baitfish

Current through July 13, 2024
The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 5 is
				  prohibited except as specified in this Section and Sections 6 and 8 of this
				  chapter.
(a) Area 5 Live Baitfish
				location A. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in
				subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live
				baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the
				baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed in subsection (ii). Live
				baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported out of the
				designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in subsection
				(iii).
(i) Live baitfish may be used in the
				following waters:
(A) Bump Sullivan
				Reservoir;
(B) Festo
				Lake;
(C) Grayrocks
				Reservoir;
(D) Guernsey
				Reservoir;
(E) Hawk Springs
				Reservoir;
(F) North Platte River
				proper downstream from Glendo Dam to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line;
(G) Packers Lake;
(H) Rock Lake in Platte County;
(I) Springer Reservoir; and,
(J) Wheatland Reservoir #1 in Platte
				County;
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Section 46-35 - Free Fishing Day

Current through July 13, 2024
Anglers may fish without payment of any fee and without
				  acquiring a license pursuant to W.S. §
									23-2-201 or a conservation stamp
				  under W.S. §
									23-3-306 on the first Saturday of
				  June each calendar year. Anglers may exercise the privileges of sport fishing
				  licensees subject to limitations imposed by law and Commission rule and
				  regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 47 - GRAY WOLF HUNTING SEASONS › Section 47-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by the authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									23-1-101, §
									23-1-102, §
									23-1-108, §
									23-1-302, §
									23-1-304, §
									23-2-104, §
									23-2-303, §
									23-3-111, §
									23-3-115 and §
									23-3-304.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 47 - GRAY WOLF HUNTING SEASONS › Section 47-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in Title 23 of the
				  Wyoming Statutes and Chapter 2, General Hunting Regulation, the Commission also
				  adopts the following definition for the purpose of this chapter:
(a) "Mortality" means any legal or illegal
				human-caused gray wolf death that occurs during an open gray wolf hunting
				season, excluding gray wolves taken by the Department, gray wolves taken under
				the authority of W.S. §
									23-3-115(c), gray
				wolves taken under Lethal Take Permits and known natural and accidental gray
				wolf deaths.