Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 28 - REGULATION GOVERNING BIG OR TROPHY GAME ANIMAL OR GAME BIRD OR GRAY WOLF DAMAGE CLAIMS › Section 28-5 - Notification of Damage and Filing of Damage Claims

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any claimant who has incurred damage as
				defined in Section
				2 of this regulation shall report the
				damage to the nearest game warden, supervisor, or Commission member within
				fifteen (15) consecutive days following the date damage was discovered. If the
				claimant intends to take actions that prevent the damage being investigated by
				the Department, such as harvest of damaged crops or removal of damaged
				livestock, the claimant shall notify the nearest game warden, supervisor, or
				Commission member as soon as reasonably possible after discovery of the damage
				so the damage can be investigated by the Department prior to removal, harvest,
				modification or destruction of the damaged property; however, in no case shall
				the claimant take actions that preclude the damage being investigated by the
				Department. If the claimant denies or precludes the damage being investigated
				by the Department, the Department shall deny the verified claim.
(b) The claimant shall present a verified
				claim in accordance with Section
				9 of this regulation to the Office of the
				Department within sixty (60) consecutive days following the date the last item
				of damage was discovered.
(i) For verified
				claims of damage to individual livestock by a trophy game animal
,
or gray wolf in accordance with W.S. §
										23-1-901 (g) and
				(h), the sixty (60) consecutive day period
				shall commence from the last date the livestock were lawfully present on the
				grazing allotment or geographic location where the damage occurred, and no
				later than sixty (60) consecutive days following the last day of the calendar
				year in which the damage occurred;
(ii) For verified claims of damage to bees,
				hives and honey by a trophy game animal, or gray wolves in accordance with W.S.
				§
										23-1-901 (g) and
				(h), the sixty (60) consecutive day period
				shall commence from the last date damage occurred or from the last date the
				bees, hives and honey were present on the location where the damage occurred,
				whichever date occurs first, and no later than sixty (60) consecutive days
				following the last day of the calendar year in which the damage occurred;
				and,
(iii) For verified claims of
				damage to land, growing cultivated crops, seed crops, stored crops,
				improvements or extraordinary damage to grass by big game animals, trophy game
				animals or gray wolves in accordance with W.S. §
										23-1-901 (g) and
				(h) or game birds, the sixty (60) consecutive
				day period shall commence from the last date the growing cultivated crop or
				seed crop was harvested or the land, stored crops or improvements were damaged
				or the extraordinary damage to grass occurred.
(iv) Verified claims for big game, trophy
				game or gray wolf in accordance with W.S. §
										23-1-901 (g) and
				(h) and game bird damage shall not exceed
				three hundred sixty five (365) consecutive days from when the damage was
				reported to the Department. Nothing in this section prevents a claimant from
				initiating a new damage claim after a three hundred sixty five (365)
				consecutive day time period in accordance with W.S. §
										23-1-901 and this
				regulation.