Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 42 - MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING SEASONS › Section 42-6 - Hunt Area Descriptions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Area and Number
Area 1. Bearlodge.
Beginning where Wyoming
				  State Highway 24 crosses the Wyoming-South Dakota state line; southerly along
				  said line to U.S. Highway 85; southwesterly along said highway to Wyoming
				  Highway 585; northwesterly along said highway to Interstate Highway 90;
				  westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 14 at the town of Sundance;
				  northwesterly along said highway to Wyoming State Highway 24; northerly and
				  easterly along said highway to the Wyoming-South Dakota state line.
Area 2. Teton.
Beginning where the Continental
				  Divide crosses the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park; southerly
				  along said divide to the Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S. Road 600); westerly and
				  southerly along said road to the Darwin Ranch Road (U.S.F.S. Road 620);
				  westerly along said road to the divide between the Green River and the Gros
				  Ventre River; southwesterly along said divide to the divide between the Gros
				  Ventre River and the Hoback River at Hodges Peak; westerly along said divide to
				  the divide between Flat Creek and the Granite Creek; southwesterly along said
				  divide to Cache Peak; northerly along the divide between Flat Creek and Cache
				  Creek at Jackson Peak; westerly along the ridge between Cache Creek and Twin
				  Creeks to the Bridger-Teton National Forest/National Elk Refuge Boundary;
				  southwesterly along the National Elk Refuge boundary to where Flat Creek
				  crosses U. S. Highway
				  26-89-191 at the north edge of the
				  town of Jackson; southwesterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 22;
				  westerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along
				  said line to the south boundary of Yellowstone National Park; easterly along
				  said boundary to the Continental Divide, excluding Grand Teton National Park
				  and the National Elk Refuge.
Area 3. Bridger.
Beginning where the Union Pass
				  Road (U.S.F.S. Road 600) crosses the Continental Divide; southeasterly along
				  said divide to Mt. Nystrom; easterly from Mt. Nystrom to Sweetwater Gap and the
				  headwaters of the Sweetwater River; southerly down said river to U.S. Highway
				  28; southwesterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 191; northerly along said
				  highway to the divide between the Green River and the Hoback River (Hoback
				  Rim); northerly along said divide to the divide between the Green River and the
				  Gros Ventre River at Hodges Peak; northeasterly along said divide to the Darwin
				  Ranch Road (U.S.F.S. Road 620); easterly along said road to the Union Pass Road
				  (U.S.F.S. Road 600); northerly and easterly along said road to the Continental
				  Divide.
Area 4. Popo Agie.
Beginning where Wyoming
				  Highway 135 crosses the southern boundary of the Wind River Reservation;
				  southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287; easterly along said highway
				  to the Sweetwater River; southwesterly and then northerly up said river to
				  Sweetwater Gap and the headwaters of the Sweetwater River; westerly from
				  Sweetwater Gap to Mt. Nystrom and the Continental Divide; northwesterly along
				  said divide to the south boundary of the Wind River Reservation; easterly along
				  said boundary to Wyoming Highway 135.
Area 5. Iron Mountain.
Beginning where
				  Interstate Highway 25 crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along
				  said line to U.S. Highway 287; northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway
				  34; northerly and easterly along said highway to Interstate Highway 25;
				  southerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line.
Area 6. Laramie Peak.
Beginning where
				  Interstate Highway 25 crosses the North Platte River at the city of Douglas;
				  southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 34; westerly along said highway
				  to U.S. Highway 30; northerly and westerly along said highway to Wyoming
				  Highway 487; northerly and westerly along said highway to the Lone Tree Road
				  (B.L.M. Road 3141); northerly along said road to the Spring Creek Road;
				  easterly to the Bates Creek Road (Natrona County Road 402); northeasterly along
				  said road to the Squaw Springs Trail Road; northeasterly along said road to
				  U.S.F.S. Road 660; southeasterly along said road to Curry Creek; northwesterly
				  down said creek to Deer Creek; northeasterly down said creek to the North
				  Platte River; easterly down said river to Interstate Highway 25.
Area 7. South Snowy Range.
Beginning at the
				  city of Laramie and U.S. Highway 287; southerly along said highway to the
				  Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to Wyoming Highway 230
				  (west of the North Platte River); northerly along said highway to Wyoming
				  Highway 130; easterly along said highway to the city of Laramie.
Area 8. Seminoe.
Beginning at the junction of
				  Wyoming Highway 220 and Wyoming Highway 487; southerly along Wyoming Highway
				  487 to U.S. Highway 30; westerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80;
				  westerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287 in the city of Rawlins;
				  northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 220; northeasterly along said
				  highway to Wyoming Highway 487.
Area 9. Sierra Madre.
Beginning at the junction
				  of Interstate Highway 80 and Wyoming Highway 130; southerly along Wyoming
				  Highway 130 to Wyoming Highway 230; southeasterly along said highway to the
				  Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to the Continental
				  Divide; northerly along said divide to the Sage Creek Road (Carbon County Road
				  401); northerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 71; northerly along said
				  highway to Interstate Highway 80; easterly along said highway to Wyoming
				  Highway 130.
Area 10. Haystacks.
Beginning at the junction
				  of Interstate Highway 80 and Wyoming Highway 789; easterly along Interstate
				  Highway 80 to the junction of Wyoming Highway 71; southerly along said highway
				  to the Sage Creek Road (Carbon County Road 401); southerly along said road to
				  the Continental Divide at Middlewood Hill; southerly along said divide to the
				  Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to Wyoming Highway 789;
				  northerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80.
Area 11. Red Desert.
Beginning at the junction
				  of Wyoming Highway 73 and U.S. Highway 287; southerly along U.S. Highway 287 to
				  Interstate Highway 80; westerly along said highway to Creston Junction and U.S.
				  Highway 789; southerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line;
				  westerly along said line to the Cow Creek-Powder Wash Road north of Powder
				  Wash, Colorado; northwesterly along said road to the Bitter Creek Road
				  (Sweetwater County Road 19); northwesterly along said road to Interstate
				  Highway 80; westerly along said highway to the Green River; northerly up said
				  river to Big Sandy River; northeasterly up said river to U.S. Highway 191;
				  southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 28; northeasterly along said
				  highway to the Sweetwater River; northeasterly down said river to U.S. Highway
				  287; easterly along said highway to the Bison Basin Road; southerly along said
				  road to the Three Forks-Atlantic City Road (B.L.M. Road 2317); easterly along
				  said road to the Wamsutter-Crooks Gap Road (Sweetwater County Road 23N and
				  Fremont County Road 318); southerly along said road to the Bairoil Road
				  (Sweetwater County Road 22); easterly along said road to Wyoming Highway 73;
				  easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287.
Area 12. Flaming Gorge.
Beginning at the
				  junction of Interstate Highway 80 and the Bitter Creek Road (Sweetwater County
				  Road 19); southeasterly along said road to the Cow Creek-Powder Wash Road;
				  southeasterly along said road to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly
				  along said line to the Wyoming-Utah state line; westerly along said line to
				  Flaming Gorge Reservoir and the Green River; northerly up said river to
				  Interstate Highway 80; easterly along said highway to the junction of the
				  Bitter Creek Road (Sweetwater County Road 19).
Area 13. Wasatch.
Beginning where Interstate
				  Highway 80 crosses the Green River; southerly down said river to the
				  Wyoming-Utah state line; westerly and northerly along said line to Interstate
				  Highway 80; easterly along said highway to the Green River.
Area 14. Lincoln.
Beginning where the Green
				  River crosses Interstate Highway 80; westerly along said highway to the
				  Wyoming-Utah state line; northerly along said line to the Wyoming-Idaho state
				  line; northerly along said line to the divide between the Salt River and Bear
				  River; easterly along said divide to the divide between the Salt River and the
				  Smiths Fork River; northeasterly along said divide to Commissary Ridge;
				  southeasterly along said ridge to the head of LaBarge Creek; southeasterly down
				  said creek to the Green River; southeasterly down said river to Interstate
				  Highway 80.
Area 15. Kaycee.
Beginning at the junction of
				  Interstate Highway 25 and Middle Fork Crazy Woman Creek; southerly along
				  Interstate Highway 25 to U.S. Highway 20-26 at the city of Casper; westerly
				  along said highway to the town of Waltman and the Waltman-Arminto Road (Natrona
				  County Road 104); northerly along said road to the Buffalo Creek Road (Natrona
				  County Road 105); northerly along said road to the Big Horn Mountain Divide
				  Road/Hazelton Road (Natrona County Road 109-Washakie County Road 81-Johnson
				  County Road 3); northerly along said road to the Gold Mine Road (U.S.F.S. Road
				  452); northerly along said road to the Canyon Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 25);
				  northerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16; easterly along said highway to
				  the Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road 3); southerly along said road to Middle
				  Fork Crazy Woman Creek; easterly down said creek to Interstate Highway
				  25.
Area 16. Gas Hills.
Beginning at the city of
				  Casper and Wyoming Highway 220; southwesterly along said highway to U.S.
				  Highway 287; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 73; westerly along
				  said highway to the Bairoil Road (Sweetwater County Road 22); westerly along
				  said road to the Wamsutter-Crooks Gap Road (Sweetwater County Road 23N and
				  Fremont County Road 318); northerly along said road to the Three Forks-Atlantic
				  City Road (B.L.M. Road 2317); westerly along said road to the Bison Basin Road
				  (Fremont County Road 281 and B.L.M. Road 3221); northerly along said road to
				  U.S. Highway 287; westerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 135; northerly
				  along said highway to the boundary of the Wind River Reservation; easterly and
				  northerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 20-26; easterly along said
				  highway to Wyoming Highway 220 in the city of Casper.
Area 17. Piney.
Beginning where U.S. Highway
				  191 crosses the Green River; southeasterly along said highway to the Big Sandy
				  River; southwesterly down said river to the Green River; northerly up said
				  river to LaBarge Creek; northwesterly up said creek to the Greys River Road at
				  Tri Basin Divide; northerly along said road to the divide between the Green
				  River and the Greys River; easterly and northerly along said divide to the
				  divide between the Green River and the Hoback River (Hoback Rim); easterly
				  along said divide to U.S. Highway 191; southerly along said highway to the
				  Green River.
Area 18. Wind River.
All of the drainage of the
				  Wind River, which lies west of the west boundary of the Wind River
				  Reservation.
Area 19. Northwest.
All of the Clark's Fork
				  River drainage, Soda Butte Creek drainage, Shoshone River drainage, Greybull
				  River drainage, Gooseberry Creek drainage and Yellowstone River drainage,
				  outside Yellowstone National Park and west of Wyoming Highway 120.
Area 20. Owl Creek/Bighorn Basin.
Beginning
				  where the Big Horn River crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; southerly up
				  said river to the north boundary of the Wind River Reservation; westerly along
				  said boundary to the divide between Owl Creek and the South Fork Wood River;
				  northeasterly along said divide to the divide between Cottonwood Creek and
				  Gooseberry Creek; northeasterly along said divide to the divide between
				  Gooseberry Creek and Grass Creek; easterly along said divide to Wyoming Highway
				  120; northerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly
				  along said state line to the Bighorn River; in addition, all non-Indian fee
				  title lands in that portion of Hot Springs County within the exterior
				  boundaries of the Wind River Reservation.
Area 21. Shell.
Beginning where the Big Horn
				  Mountain Divide crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; southerly along said
				  divide to U.S. Highway 16; westerly along said highway to the Big Horn River;
				  northerly down said river to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly along
				  said line to the Big Horn Mountain Divide.
Area 22. Ten Sleep.
Beginning at the junction
				  of U.S. Highway 16 and the Canyon Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 25); southerly
				  along said road to the Gold Mine Road (U.S.F.S. Road 452); southerly along said
				  road to the Big Horn Mountain Divide Road-Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road
				  3-Washakie County Road 81-Natrona County Road 109); southerly along said road
				  to the Buffalo Creek Road (Natrona county Road 105); southwesterly along said
				  road to the Waltman-Arminto Road (Natrona County Road 104); southerly along
				  said road to the town of Waltman and U.S. Highway 20-26; westerly along said
				  highway to the east boundary of the Wind River Reservation; northerly then
				  westerly along said boundary to the Big Horn River; northerly down said river
				  to U.S. Highway 16; easterly along said highway to the Canyon Creek Road
				  (U.S.F.S. Road 25).
Area 23. Sheridan.
Beginning where Interstate
				  Highway 90 crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line; southerly along said highway
				  to Interstate Highway 25; southerly along said highway to Middle Fork Crazy
				  Woman Creek; westerly up said creek to the Hazelton Road (Johnson County Road
				  3); northerly along said road to U.S. Highway 16; southwesterly along said
				  highway to the Big Horn Mountain Divide at Powder River Pass; northerly along
				  said divide to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly along said line to
				  Interstate Highway 90.
Area 24. Rochelle.
Beginning where the Rocky
				  Point Road (Crook County Road 145) crosses the Wyoming-Montana state line;
				  southerly along said road to the "D" Road (Crook County Road 68); southerly
				  along said road to Interstate Highway 90; easterly along said highway to U.S.
				  Highway 16; southeasterly along said highway to the Wyoming-South Dakota state
				  line; southerly along said line to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line; southerly
				  along said line to U.S. Highway 20; westerly along said highway to Interstate
				  Highway 25; northwesterly along said highway to the North Platte River at the
				  town of Douglas; westerly along said river to the city of Casper and Interstate
				  Highway 25; northerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 90; northerly
				  along said highway to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly along said line
				  to the Rocky Point Road (Crook County Road 145).
Area 25. Hartville.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 20 crosses the Wyoming-Nebraska state line; southerly along said line
				  to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to Interstate
				  Highway 25; northerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 20; easterly along
				  said highway to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line.
Area 26. Greys River.
Beginning at the
				  Wyoming-Idaho state line on the Snake River; easterly up said river to Bailey
				  Creek; southeasterly up said creek to Dry Wash Draw; easterly up said draw to
				  the divide between Bailey Creek and Willow Creek (Greyback Ridge); southerly
				  along said divide to the divide between the Greys River and Willow Creek;
				  southerly along said divide to the divide between the Greys River and the
				  Hoback River; southerly along said divide to the divide between the Greys River
				  and the Green River; southerly and westerly along said divide to the Greys
				  River Road at the Tri Basin Divide; southerly along said road to La Barge
				  Creek; northwesterly up said creek to Commissary Ridge; northwesterly along
				  said ridge to the divide between the Salt River and the Smiths Fork River;
				  southwesterly along said divide to the divide between the Salt river and the
				  Bear River; westerly along said divide to the Wyoming-Idaho state line;
				  northerly along said line to the Snake River.
Area 27. Casper Mountain.
Beginning at the
				  confluence of the North Platte River and Deer Creek at the town of Glenrock;
				  southerly up said creek to Curry Creek; southeasterly up said creek to U.S.F.S.
				  Road 660; northwesterly along said road to its termination at the Squaw Springs
				  Trail Road; southwesterly along said road to the Bates Creek Road (Natrona
				  County Road 402); southwesterly along said road to the Spring Creek Road;
				  westerly along said road to the Lone Tree Road (B.L.M. Road 3141); southerly
				  along said road to Wyoming Highway 487; northerly and westerly along said
				  highway to Wyoming Highway 220; northerly and easterly along said highway to
				  the Casper city limits; northerly along said city limits to the North Platte
				  River; easterly along said river to Deer Creek.
Area 28. Crowheart Butte.
All non-Indian owned
				  fee title land within the exterior boundaries of the Wind River Reservation
				  excluding those areas of the Spence and Moriarity Wildlife Management Area that
				  lie east of the East Fork of the Wind River, and those lands within Hot Springs
				  County.
Area 29. Hoback.
Beginning where U.S. Highway
				  191 crosses Flat Creek at the north edge of the town of Jackson; due east to
				  the National Elk Refuge boundary; easterly along said boundary to the
				  Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary and the ridge between Twin Creeks and
				  Cache Creek; easterly along said ridge to Jackson Peak; southerly along the
				  divide between Flat Creek and Cache Creek to Cache Peak; easterly along the
				  divide between Flat Creek and Granite Creek to Pyramid Peak; southerly along
				  the divide between the Gros Ventre River and the Hoback River to Steamboat
				  Peak; southeasterly along said divide to the divide between the Green River and
				  the Hoback River at Hodges Peak; southeasterly along the divide between the
				  Hoback River and Green River; southwesterly along said divide to the divide
				  between the Greys River and Hoback River; northeasterly and westerly along said
				  divide to the divide between the Greys River and Willow Creek; northerly along
				  said divide to the divide between the Bailey Creek and Willow Creek (Greyback
				  Ridge); northerly along said divide to Dry Wash Draw; westerly down said draw
				  to Baily Creek; northwesterly down said creek to the Snake River; southerly and
				  westerly down the Snake River to the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along
				  said line to Wyoming Highway 22; easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway
				  191; northeasterly along said highway to Flat Creek.
Area 30. Newcastle.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 85 crosses the Wyoming-South Dakota state line; southerly along said
				  line to U.S. Highway 16; northwesterly along said highway to the town of
				  Moorcroft and Interstate Highway 90; easterly along said highway to the town of
				  Sundance and Wyoming State Highway 585; southeasterly along said highway to
				  U.S. Highway 85; northerly along said highway to the Wyoming-South Dakota state
				  line.
Area 31. Elk Mountain.
Beginning at the city of
				  Laramie and Wyoming Highway 130; westerly then northerly along said highway to
				  U.S. Highway 30; easterly and southerly along said highway to the city of
				  Laramie.
Area 32. Hulett.
Beginning where the
				  Montana-Wyoming state lines crosses the Rocky Point Road (Crook County Road
				  145); easterly along said line to where the Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota
				  state lines meet; southerly along the Wyoming-South Dakota state line to
				  Wyoming State Highway 24; westerly and southerly along said highway to U.S.
				  Highway 14; southeasterly along said highway to the town of Sundance and
				  Interstate Highway 90; westerly along said highway to the town of Moorcroft and
				  the D-Road (Crook County Road 68); northerly along said road to the Rocky Point
				  Road in Campbell County; northerly along said road to the Wyoming-Montana state
				  line.