Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 9 - BIGHORN SHEEP AND MOUNTAIN GOAT HUNTING SEASONS › Section 9-6 - Bighorn Sheep Hunt Area Descriptions

Current through July 13, 2024
Area and number.
Area 1. Clark's Fork.
All of the drainage of the
				  Clark's Fork River north of Sunlight Creek and north of the Clark's Fork River
				  below its confluence with Sunlight Creek; and the drainage of Soda Butte Creek
				  outside of Yellowstone National Park.
Area 2. Trout Peak.
All of the north drainage of
				  the North Fork of the Shoshone River and north of U.S. Highway 14-16-20 between
				  Pahaska Teepee and the east boundary of Yellowstone National Park; all of the
				  south drainage of the Clark's Fork River south and east of Sunlight Creek and
				  west of Wyoming Highway 120; all of the north drainage of the Shoshone River
				  west of Wyoming Highway 120.
Area 3. Wapiti Ridge
. Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 14-16-20 intersects the east boundary of Yellowstone National Park;
				  easterly down said highway to the North Fork of the Shoshone River; easterly
				  down said river to the Shoshone River; easterly along said river to Wyoming
				  Highway 120; southeasterly down said highway to U.S. Highway 14A; southerly
				  down said highway to U.S. Highway 14-16-20; westerly down said highway to
				  Wyoming Highway 291; southwesterly down said highway to Park County Road 6QS;
				  westerly down said road to the South Fork of the Shoshone River; southwesterly
				  up said river to Deer Creek; westerly up said creek to the head of the southern
				  most fork of Butte Creek; westerly down said creek to the Thorofare River;
				  westerly down said river to the Yellowstone National Park boundary; easterly
				  then northerly along said boundary to U.S. Highway 14-16-20.
Area 4. Yount's Peak.
Beginning where Deer Creek
				  enters the South Fork of the Shoshone River; southerly up said river to Needle
				  Creek; southerly up said creek to the head of Emerald Creek; southerly down
				  said creek to Wiggins Fork Creek; southerly down said creek to the Wiggins Fork
				  Road (Shoshone National Forest Road 285); southerly down said road to the
				  Shoshone National Forest boundary; westerly then southerly along said boundary
				  to U.S. Highway 287; northwesterly along said highway to the east boundary of
				  Grand Teton National Park; northerly and westerly along said boundary to U.S.
				  Highway 287; northerly along said highway to the south boundary of Yellowstone
				  National Park; easterly along said boundary to the Thorofare River; easterly up
				  said river to the southern most fork of Butte Creek; northeasterly up said
				  creek to the head of Deer Creek; easterly down said creek to the South Fork of
				  the Shoshone River.
Area 5. Franc's Peak.
Beginning where Needle
				  Creek enters the South Fork of the Shoshone River; northeasterly down said
				  river to Park County Road 6QS; northeasterly down said road to Wyoming Highway
				  291; easterly down said highway to U.S. Highway 14-16-20; easterly down said
				  highway to Wyoming Highway 120; southeasterly along said highway to the Bighorn
				  River; southerly up said river to the Wind River Reservation boundary; westerly
				  along said boundary to the Shoshone National Forest boundary; northwesterly,
				  southwesterly, then westerly along said boundary to the Wiggins Fork Road
				  (Shoshone National Forest Road 285); northerly along said road to Wiggins Fork
				  Creek; northerly up said creek to Emerald Creek; northerly up said creek to
				  Needle Creek; northerly down said creek to the South Fork of the Shoshone
				  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 6. Targhee.
Beginning where Wyoming Highway
				  22 crosses the Wyoming-Idaho state line; northerly along said line to the
				  Yellowstone National Park boundary; easterly along said boundary to the Targhee
				  National Forest-John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway boundary; southerly
				  along said boundary to the Targhee National Forest-Grand Teton National Park
				  boundary; southerly along said boundary to the Bridger-Teton National
				  Forest-Grand Teton National Park boundary; northerly, easterly and southerly
				  along said boundary to the Bridger-Teton National Forest Boundary at Teton
				  Village; southerly along boundary to Wyoming Highway 22; westerly along said
				  highway to the Wyoming-Idaho state line.
Area 7. Jackson.
Beginning at Togwotee Pass on
				  the Continental Divide; southerly along said divide to the Union Pass Road
				  (U.S.F.S. Road 600); westerly along said road to Wagon Creek; southerly down
				  said creek to the Green River; southerly down said river to the Bridger-Teton
				  National Forest boundary; westerly along said boundary to the divide between
				  the Green River and the Hoback River at the Hoback Rim where U.S. Highway 191
				  crosses the Rim; westerly along said divide to the divide between the Greys
				  River and the Hoback River; northerly along said divide to the divide between
				  the Greys River and Willow Creek; northerly along said divide to the divide
				  between Bailey Creek and Willow Creek (Greyback Ridge); northerly along said
				  divide to the Dry Wash Draw; westerly down said draw to Bailey Creek;
				  northwesterly down said creek to the Snake River; northerly along said river to
				  Wyoming Highway 22; easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 191; easterly
				  along said highway to the National Elk Refuge boundary at the north end of the
				  town of Jackson; southerly, easterly and northerly along said boundary to the
				  Grand Teton National Park boundary; northerly along said boundary to U.S.
				  Highway 26-287; easterly along said highway to Togwotee Pass.
Area 8. Sheep Mountain.
Beginning where Pine
				  Creek crosses U.S. Highway 191 in the town of Pinedale; northwesterly along
				  said highway to the Green River at Warren Bridge; northerly, easterly and
				  southerly up said river to Roaring Fork Creek; easterly up said creek to the
				  Continental Divide; southeasterly along said divide to Hay Pass and the head of
				  the North Fork of Boulder Creek; southwesterly down said creek to the
				  Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary; northwesterly along said boundary to
				  Pine Creek; southerly down said creek to U.S. Highway 191.
Area 9. Dinwoody.
Beginning where U.S. Highway
				  287 crosses Torrey Creek; southerly along said highway to the Wind River
				  Reservation boundary; southerly along said boundary to the Continental Divide;
				  northwesterly along said divide to the head of Bomber Creek (East Fork of
				  Torrey Creek); northeasterly down said creek to Torrey Creek; northerly down
				  said creek to U.S. Highway 287.
Area 10. Jakey's Fork.
Beginning where Torrey
				  Creek crosses U.S. Highway 287; southwesterly up said creek to Bomber Creek
				  (East Fork of Torrey Creek); southwesterly up said creek to the Continental
				  Divide; northerly along said divide to the head of Roaring Fork Creek;
				  southerly down said creek to the Green River; westerly and southerly down said
				  river to Wagon Creek; northwesterly up said creek to the Union Pass Road
				  (U.S.F.S. Road 600); northerly along said road to the Continental Divide;
				  northwesterly along said divide to U.S. Highway 287; southeasterly along said
				  highway to Torrey Creek.
Area 12. Porcupine.
Beginning where U.S. Highway
				  14A crosses the Big Horn River; northerly down said river to the
				  Wyoming-Montana state line; east along said line to the Sheep Mountain Road
				  (U.S.F.S. Road 11); southerly along said road to the Devils Canyon Road
				  (U.S.F.S. Road 14); southerly along said road to U.S. Highway 14A; westerly
				  along said highway to the Big Horn River.
Area 17. Ferris-Seminoe.
Beginning at the city
				  of Rawlins; northerly along U.S. Highway 287 to Wyoming Highway 220;
				  northeasterly along said highway to the Kortes Road (Natrona County Road 407);
				  southerly along said road to the North Platte River; southerly up said river to
				  Interstate Highway 80; westerly along said highway to the city of
				  Rawlins.
Area 18. Douglas Creek.
Beginning where Wyoming
				  Highway 287 crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line
				  to Wyoming Highway 230 in Carbon County; northwesterly along said highway to
				  Wyoming Highway 130; northerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80;
				  easterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 287 in Laramie; southeasterly
				  along said highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line.
Area 19. Laramie Peak.
Beginning at the junction
				  of Interstate Highway 25 and Wyoming Highway 211 at the town of Chugwater;
				  southwesterly along Wyoming Highway 211 to the Iron Mountain-Jordan Road
				  (Platte County Road 10-Laramie County Road 106-2), southwesterly along said
				  road to Wyoming Highway 211; southerly along said road to the Fisher
				  Canyon-Rogers Canyon Road (Laramie County Road 228-1 - Albany County Road 17)
				  at Horse Creek Station; southwesterly along said road to U.S. Highway 30 at the
				  town of Laramie; northwesterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 487;
				  northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 220; northeasterly along said
				  highway to Interstate Highway 25; southeasterly along said interstate to
				  Wyoming Highway 211.
Area 20. Kouba Canyon.
Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 85 crosses the Wyoming - South Dakota state line; southerly along said
				  line to the Dewey Road (Weston County Rd. #2); northwesterly along said road to
				  U.S. Highway 85; northerly along said highway to the Wyoming-South Dakota state
				  line.
Area 21. Encampment River.
Beginning where
				  Wyoming Highway 130 crosses the North Platte River in the town of Saratoga;
				  southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 230; southeasterly along said
				  highway to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to the
				  Medicine Bow National Forest boundary near the confluence of Spring Creek and
				  the Little Snake River; westerly and northerly along said boundary to Wyoming
				  Highway 70; northeasterly along said highway to the Sage Creek Road (U.S.F.S.
				  Road 801-Carbon County Road 401); northerly along said road to Sage Creek;
				  easterly down said creek to the North Platte River; southerly up said river to
				  Wyoming Highway 130 in the town of Saratoga.
Area 22. Dubois Badlands
. Beginning where U.S.
				  Highway 287 crosses the Wind River Reservation boundary; westerly along said
				  highway to the Wiggins Fork Road (Fremont County Road 285); northerly along
				  said road to the Shoshone National Forest boundary; easterly along said
				  boundary to the Wind River Reservation boundary; southerly along said boundary
				  to U.S. Highway 287. This includes those areas of the Spence-Moriarity Wildlife
				  Habitat Area east of the East Fork of the Wind River.
Area 24. Big Piney.
Beginning at a point where
				  the Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary crosses LaBarge Creek; westerly up
				  said creek to the head of the Greys River; northerly down said river to Deadman
				  Creek; easterly up said creek to the divide between the Greys River and the
				  Hoback River, southerly along said divide to the divide between the Hoback
				  River and the Green River; easterly along said divide to the Bridger-Teton
				  National Forest boundary on Hoback Rim; southerly along said boundary to
				  LaBarge Creek.
Area 26. Bennett Mountain.
Beginning where the
				  Medicine Bow River enters the North Platte River; northerly down the North
				  Platte River to Sage Creek; easterly up said creek to the South Fork of Sage
				  Creek; easterly up said fork to the Leo-Shirley Basin Road (Carbon County Road
				  102); easterly along said road to the Pryor Flat Road (B.L.M. Road 3115);
				  southeasterly along said road to the Troublesome Spring Road; southerly along
				  said road to Troublesome Creek; southerly down said creek to the Hanna-Leo Road
				  (Carbon County Road 291); southerly along said road to the Medicine Bow River;
				  westerly down said river to the North Platte River.