Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-9 - Hunt Area Descriptions

Current through July 13, 2024
Area 1. Absarokas/Thorofare/North Fork
				  Wilderness.
Beginning where the Wyoming-Montana state line crosses the
				  northeastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park; easterly along said line to
				  the Demographic Monitoring Area (DMA) boundary; southerly along the DMA
				  boundary to the divide between the North and South Forks of the Shoshone River
				  at the eastern end of Carter Mountain; southwesterly along said divide to the
				  divide between the South Fork of the Shoshone River and the Yellowstone River;
				  southerly along said divide to the Continental Divide; westerly and northerly
				  along said divide to the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park;
				  easterly then northerly along said boundary to the Montana-Wyoming state
				  line.
Area 2. Tetons/BuffaloValley/Blackrock.
Beginning where Wyoming Highway 22 crosses the Wyoming-Idaho state line;
				  northerly along said line to the southern boundary of Yellowstone National
				  Park; easterly along said boundary to the Continental Divide; southerly and
				  easterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 26-287 at Togwotee Pass; westerly
				  along said highway to the Flagstaff Road (U.S.F.S. Road 30100); southerly and
				  westerly along said road to U.S.F.S. Road 30250; southerly and westerly along
				  said road to the divide between Spread Creek and the Gros Ventre River
				  southeast of Mount Leidy and the headwaters of Aspen Creek; southerly along
				  said creek to Carmichael Fork; southerly along said fork to Slate Creek;
				  southerly along said creek to the Gros Ventre River; westerly along said river
				  to U.S. Highway 191; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 22;
				  westerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Idaho state line.
Area 3. Owl Creek Mountains.
Beginning at the
				  intersection of the Demographic Monitoring Area (DMA) boundary and the divide
				  between the North and South Forks of the Shoshone River at the eastern end of
				  Carter Mountain; southerly along the DMA boundary to the northern boundary of
				  the Wind River Reservation along the South Fork of Owl Creek; northwesterly
				  along said creek to the divide between the Wind River and the Wood and Greybull
				  rivers; northwesterly along said divide to the divide between the Wind River
				  and the South Fork of the Shoshone River; southwesterly along said divide to
				  the Continental Divide; northerly along said divide to the divide between the
				  Yellowstone River and the South Fork of the Shoshone River; northerly along
				  said divide to the divide between the North and South Forks of the Shoshone
				  River; northeasterly along said divide to the DMA boundary at the eastern end
				  of Carter Mountain.
Area 4. Dubois.
All of the drainage of the Wind
				  River west of the Wind River Reservation.
Area 5. Wind River.
Beginning where the
				  southern boundary of the Wind River Reservation crosses the Demographic
				  Monitoring Area (DMA) boundary west of Lander; southeasterly, westerly, and
				  then northwesterly along the DMA boundary to the intersection with U.S. Highway
				  191 north of Daniel Junction; northwesterly 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; southeasterly
				  along said divide to the southern boundary of the Wind River Reservation;
				  easterly along said boundary to the intersection with the DMA boundary.
Area 6. Hoback/Gros Ventre.
Beginning where
				  Wyoming Highway 22 crosses the Wyoming-Idaho state line; easterly along said
				  highway to U.S. Highway 191 at the town of Jackson; northerly along said
				  highway to the Gros Ventre River; easterly along said river to Slate Creek;
				  northerly along said creek to Carmichael Fork; northerly along said fork to
				  Aspen Creek; northerly along said creek to the divide between Spread Creek and
				  the Gros Ventre River southeast of Mount Leidy at U.S.F.S. Road 3050; easterly
				  and northerly along said road to the Flagstaff Road (U.S.F.S. Road 30100);
				  northeasterly along said road to U.S. Highway 26-287 at Togwotee Pass;
				  southeasterly along said highway to the Continental Divide at Togwotee Pass;
				  southerly along said divide to the Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S. Road 600);
				  southwesterly 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 Green
				  River and the Hoback River at Hodges Peak; southerly along said divide to U.S.
				  Highway 191; southeasterly along said highway to the Demographic Monitoring
				  Area (DMA) boundary; westerly and northerly along said boundary to the
				  Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to Wyoming Highway
				  22.
Area 7. Heart Mountain/Bighorn Basin/Farson/South
				  Pass/Wyoming Range.
Southern Portion: Beginning where U.S. Highway 30 crosses the
				  Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to the intersection of the
				  Demographic Monitoring Area (DMA) boundary; southeasterly and easterly along
				  said boundary around the Wind River Mountains and northerly to the southern
				  boundary of the Wind River Reservation; easterly along said boundary to Wyoming
				  Highway 135; southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287; easterly along
				  said highway to the Sweetwater River; southwesterly along said river to Wyoming
				  Highway 28; southwesterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 372;
				  northwesterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 189; southwesterly along said
				  highway to U.S. Highway 30; westerly then northerly along said highway to the
				  Wyoming-Idaho state line.
Northern Portion: Beginning where U.S. Highway 310 crosses
				  the Wyoming-Montana state line north of Frannie; southeasterly along said
				  highway to U.S. Highway14-16-20; easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway
				  16-20 at the town of Greybull; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway
				  433; southerly along said highway to U.S. Highway 20; southerly along said
				  highway to the northern boundary of the Wind River Reservation; westerly along
				  said boundary to the Demographic Monitoring Area (DMA) boundary; northerly
				  along said boundary to the Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly along said line
				  to U.S. Highway 310.
Area 8. Remainder of Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Bear
				  Distinct Population Segment.
Beginning where U.S. Highway 310 crosses
				  the Wyoming-Montana state line north of Frannie; easterly along said line to
				  Interstate Highway 90; southerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 25;
				  southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 220 at the town of Casper;
				  southwesterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 287; southerly along said
				  highway to Interstate Highway 80 at the town of Rawlins; westerly along said
				  highway to U.S. Highway 30; northwesterly along said highway to U.S. Highway
				  189; northeasterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 372; easterly along
				  said highway to Wyoming Highway 28; northeasterly along said highway to the
				  Sweetwater River; northeasterly along said river to U.S. Highway 287; westerly
				  along said highway to Wyoming Highway 135; northerly along said highway to the
				  southern boundary of the Wind River Reservation; easterly then northerly along
				  said boundary to U.S. Highway 26; easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway
				  20; northerly along said highway to the eastern boundary of the Wind River
				  Reservation; northerly then westerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 20;
				  northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 433; northerly along said
				  highway to U.S. Highway 16-20; northerly along said highway to U.S. Highway
				  14-16-20 at the town of Greybull; northerly then westerly along said highway to
				  U.S. Highway 310; northwesterly along said highway to the Wyoming-Montana state
				  line.