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Upland Game , Small Game, Migratory 2021 Game Bird and Wild Regulations

Conservation Stamp Price Increase Effective July 1, 2021, the price for a 12-month conservation stamp is $21.50. A conservation stamp purchased on or before June 30, 2021 will be valid for 12 months from the date of purchase as indicated on the stamp. (See page 5)

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GENERAL 2021 License/Permit/Stamp Fees Access Yes Program...... 4 Carcass Coupons Dating and Display...... 4, 29 Special Management Permit...... $15.50 Terms and Definitions...... 5 Resident Daily Game Bird/Small Game...... $9.00 Department Contact Information...... 3 Nonresident Daily Game Bird/Small Game ...... $22.00 Important Hunting Information...... 4 Resident 12 Month Game Bird/Small Game ...... $27.00 License/Permit/Stamp Fees...... 2 Nonresident 12 Month Game Bird/Small Game...... $74.00 Stop Poaching Program...... 2 Nonresident 12 Month Youth Game Bird/Small Game Hunt Areas with Difficult Public Access...... 9 (May only be issued to nonresidents under the age of 18 years) ...... $40.00 Resident 12 Month Game Bird ...... $16.00 GAME BIRD REGULATIONS Resident 12 Month Small Game ...... $16.00 Blue (Dusky) Hunting Seasons...... 10 Resident Wild Turkey ...... $16.00 Chukar Hunting Seasons...... 11 Nonresident Wild Turkey ...... $74.00 Documents Required to Hunt Upland Game ...... 10 12 Month Conservation Stamp ...... $21.50 Gray Partridge Hunting Seasons...... 11 Lifetime Conservation Stamp ...... $185.50 Pheasant Hunting Seasons...... 12 Lifetime Resident Game Bird/Small Game/ ...... $496.00 Lifetime Resident Game Bird/Small Game ...... $311.00 Glendo Permit Pheasant Season...... 14 Light Goose Conservation Order Permit ...... $15.50 Glendo State Park User Fees Required...... 14 Wildlife Damage Management Stamp ...... $10.00 Springer Permit Pheasant Season...... 14 Federal Duck Stamp ...... $25.00 Hunting Seasons...... 10 Harvest Information Permit (HIP)...... Free online at Department website Sage Grouse Hunting Seasons...... 10 Sharp-tailed Grouse Hunting Seasons...... 11

SMALL GAME REGULATIONS Documents Required to Hunt Small Game...... 15 Small Game Hunting Seasons...... 15 Important Information about Pygmy ...... 15

MIGRATORY GAME BIRD REGULATIONS Banded Bird Reporting...... 4 POACHING Documents Required to Hunt...... 16 Estimating Distances When Shooting...... 23 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp)...... 6 Hunting Seasons: Crows...... 5 Ducks, Geese, Mergansers and Coots Pacific Flyway...... 17 Central Flyway...... 18 Early Goose...... 17 Falconry...... 19 The Access Yes Light Goose Conservation Order...... 20 Program provides DONATIONS hunting and fishing , Rail and Snipe...... 17 access to nearly 2.8 Sandhill Crane...... 17 million acres. Every Special Youth...... 18 EQUAL dollar donated to Access Yes Migratory Game Bird Hunting Areas Map...... 21 ACCESS equals 2.8 acres Migratory Bird Hunter’s Field Log...... 20 of access for YOU! National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP)...... 7 Prohibited Acts...... 9 Donate today when you purchase or Sandhill Cranes Hunting Areas Map...... 22 apply for licenses. Waterfowl Identification Photos...... 25 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service & Baiting Informa- tion ...... 7

WILD TURKEY REGULATIONS Documents Required to Hunt Wild Turkey...... 28 2021 Fall and 2022 Spring Hunting Seasons...... 28, 29 2 | 2021 wgfd.wyo.gov CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

State of Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Wyoming Game and Fish Commission President Peter Dube, Buffalo Vice President Gay Lynn Byrd, Douglas Ralph Brokaw, Arlington Richard Ladwig, Manville  Kenneth Roberts, Kemmerer  Mark Jolovich, Torrington Ashlee Lundvall, Powell Wyoming Game and Fish Department Young hunters take a break during the 2020 Springer Youth Pheasant Hunt. Director Brian Nesvik Deputy Director John Kennedy Deputy Director Angi Bruce Home to diverse Chief Game Warden/ Chief of Wildlife Division Rick King landscapes and game Chief of Alan Osterland Chief of Fiscal Services Greg Phipps By Brian Nesvik, Game and Fish Director Chief of Services Division Eric Wiltanger

Dear Hunters, Regional offices We’re fortunate in Wyoming for diverse landscapes. Our state’s hunting grounds Cheyenne Headquarters (307) 777-4600 vary from arid shrublands to grassy ranges to high-alpine forests. Each unique 5400 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82006 (800) 842-1934 habitat offers a lot of fun for hunters in pursuit of turkeys, sandhill cranes, grouse, ducks and rabbits, to name just a handful of the small game and birds you can Casper Region (307) 473-3400 hunt in Wyoming. 3030 Energy Lane, Casper, WY 82604 (800) 233-8544 Varied landscapes and species are two reasons Wyoming small game and Cody Region (307) 527-7125 bird hunting is so fun. In some places around the Cowboy State, you can start 2820 State Highway 120, Cody, WY 82414 (800) 654-1178 high in the mountains and end up on the flatlands. With long and overlapping Green River Region (307) 875-3223 seasons, you could hunt geese in the morning, break for lunch, and round out the 351 Astle, Green River, WY 82935 (800) 843-8096 afternoon in pursuit of . And in all cases, the views across the state are spectacular, whether from the tip of a bluff or the valley. Jackson Region (307) 733-2321 This year I encourage you to explore new places. There’s no doubt you’ll have a 420 North Cache, Jackson, WY 83001 (800) 423-4113 great hunt this fall, but many parts of Wyoming are facing another year of drought, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 67, Jackson, WY 83001 following several impactful wildfires. It’s in the best interest of wildlife and hunters that we all maintain vigilance in Lander Region (307) 332-2688 taking good care of our diverse habitats. When you’re on-the-ground, I urge you to 260 Buena Vista, Lander, WY 82520 (800) 654-7862 remain true to the land ethic all hunters expect of each other. Use ATVs responsibly, Laramie Region (307) 745-4046 be careful with campfires and respect private property rights. 1212 South Adams Street, Laramie WY 82070 (800) 843-2352 And as far as personal safety goes, carry plenty of water and keep an eye on the sky for quickly-changing weather conditions. Make it a goal for Wyoming Pinedale Region (307) 367-4353 Search and Rescue teams to have a boring fall. 432 East Mill Street, Pinedale, WY 82941 (800) 452-9107 Mailing Address: I’m looking forward to the season, and I hope you are too. Take in the land and P.O. Box 850, Pinedale, WY 82941 marvel in the wonder that is the Wyoming outdoors. I wish you the best of luck in your harvest pursuits. And last but not least, don’t forget to think about our young Sheridan Region (307) 672-7418 aspiring hunters by giving them new opportunities to experience the things that 700 Valley View Drive, Sheridan, WY 82801 (800) 331-9834 keep seasoned hunters coming back season after season. Inspire a kid; it’s for life! wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 3 2021 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION DISCLAIMER. The following sections are a condensed sum- It is prima facie evidence of a violation if a person uses an mary of applicable wildlife laws and other important informa- artificial light in an area that may be inhabited by wildlife tion. This summary is in no way intended to alter the content Online while having in their possession and control any device or statutory intent of those laws. If you have any questions for taking wildlife. This shall not prohibit the hunting on foot regarding the precise language, you can view a copy of the CONNECTION of with the aid of a handlight, provided the hunter is State Statutes (Title 23) and Wyoming Game and Fish Com- Game and Fish has hundreds of accompanied by a raccoon hunting dog and, if hunting on pri- mission (Commission) Regulations, available at the Cheyenne videos available on its YouTube vate land(s), has the written permission of the landowner or Headquarters, Department Regional Offices, the Department their agent. website or consult the following websites: https://soswy.state. page. They offer education for HUNT INFO BAIT RESTRICTIONS. No person shall take a game , wy.us or https://wyoleg.gov. new hunters, information about game bird or and use any part thereof for bait to ACCESS ON LANDS ENROLLED IN THE DEPARTMENT’S the Department and interesting hunt, trap or poison any wildlife of Wyoming. ACCESS YES WALK-IN AREAS OR HUNTER MANAGE- stories of Wyoming’s wildlife. BANDED BIRDS; REPORTING. If you have found or har- MENT AREAS. Access to private lands enrolled in the Access vested a banded bird, please report it at www.reportband.gov. Yes Walk-In or Hunter Management Program is granted only Check them out at You will be asked to provide the band number as well as the for the species of wildlife and for the time periods specified youtube.com/user/wygameandfish location, date and how you recovered the bird. Your contact in Department publications. Travel by motorized vehicle is information will be requested in case there are any questions. prohibited, except as otherwise stated. Hunters wishing to use The U.S. Geological Survey’s Patuxent Bird Banding Lab will enrolled private lands for any other wildlife species, activity cense, conservation stamp and a valid sandhill crane permit, in send you a certificate of appreciation that includes information or time period must obtain permission from the landowner or which case any sandhill crane taken by the nonresident person about the sex, age and species of bird, and where and when person in charge of the property. Department publications or shall not be applied to and limited by the sandhill crane permit it was banded. You may keep the band. Please note: Even if signs shall serve as official regulations of the Commission and held by the adult in their company. the band you recover is inscribed with a 1-800 number, may advise of additional restrictions. The landowner or person as of July 2, 2017, you can only report it at www.report- in charge of the property may grant permission for motorized NOTE: All resident and nonresident wild turkey hunters, includ- band.gov. vehicle travel contrary to that specified by Department signs ing persons under fourteen (14) years of age, shall possess a or publications. valid wild turkey license. Wild turkey hunters under fourteen CARCASS COUPONS; DATING AND DISPLAY. When any (14) years of age shall be accompanied by an adult. big game animal, trophy game animal or wild turkey is killed ACCESS YES PROGRAM. The Access Yes Program was es- under a license, or sandhill crane is killed under a limited quota tablished to help address the difficulties of finding places to AGE RESTRICTIONS; SMALL GAME. No person fourteen sandhill crane permit, the licensee shall detach, sign and hunt and fish. Sportspersons can voluntarily donate any whole (14) years of age or older shall take any small game animal date the proper carcass coupon and attach the coupon to dollar amount to Access Yes when they purchase or apply for without first obtaining the proper license. the carcass in a readily visible manner before leaving the a license or any time throughout the year on the Department Residents under fourteen (14) years of age site of the kill. When dating a carcass coupon, the entire website. Contributions are used to secure additional public day and month of the kill shall be completely cut out and hunting and fishing access on private lands and inaccessible • A resident person under fourteen (14) years of age may hunt removed. (See page 29) The carcass coupon shall remain on public lands. Donating helps support the program, but does small game without obtaining a small game animal license. the game animal, wild turkey or sandhill crane carcass at all not provide or imply access to all private or inaccessible public Nonresidents under fourteen (14) years of age times until the meat undergoes processing, or on the trophy lands in Wyoming. Nonresidents under fourteen (14) years of age game animal hide until it reaches the hunter’s home or a taxi- • A nonresident person under fourteen (14) years of age need dermist, except that during transportation of the carcass or AGE RESTRICTIONS; GAME BIRDS AND WILD TURKEY. hide, All persons fourteen (14) years of age and older shall possess not obtain a small game animal license or conservation stamp the validated carcass coupon may be removed to If the carcass coupon is removed for trans- the proper license while hunting game birds in Wyoming. Fed- if accompanied by an adult possessing a valid unexpired Wy- prevent its loss. portation of the carcass or hide, it must be completely filled out eral regulation requires all persons, regardless of age, to pos- oming small game animal license and conservation stamp in and in the possession of the person accompanying the carcass sess a valid state crane permit while hunting sandhill crane(s). which case the nonresident person’s bag limit shall be applied to and limited by the small game hunting license held by the or hide at all times. While quarters or pieces of an animal are Residents under fourteen (14) years of age adult in their company. being packed from the field, the carcass coupon shall remain • A resident person under fourteen (14) years of age may take with the person transporting the animal. game birds without a Wyoming game bird license if accompa- • A nonresident person under fourteen (14) years of age who CHECK STATIONS. Every hunter, angler or trapper entering nied by an adult. A resident person under fourteen (14) years of possesses a valid small game animal license and conservation or leaving areas for which check stations have been estab- age may take their own limit. stamp may take their own limit of small game. lished shall stop and report at the check station if the check sta- tion is on the hunter’s, angler’s or trapper’s route to and from • A resident person under fourteen (14) years of age who pos- ARCHERY HUNTING. Bow and arrow or crossbow are per- missible equipment to take small game, game birds and mi- the hunting or fishing area.This requirement applies even if sesses a sandhill crane permit need not obtain a Wyoming the person does not have wildlife in possession. Game and game bird license if accompanied by an adult. gratory game birds. No special archery license is required to hunt game birds or small game with archery equipment; how- fish licensees shall produce their licenses, permits or stamps as Nonresidents under fourteen (14) years of age ever, archers must first obtain the proper hunting license and, required by regulation for any game , game birds, fish • A nonresident person under fourteen (14) years of age may if required, stamps and permits for the species to be hunted. or furbearing animals in their possession for inspection upon take game birds without a Wyoming game bird license if ac- Archers must comply with the regulations established for the request by any authorized department representative. companied by an adult possessing a valid Wyoming game bird regular hunting season, including open season dates. CLOSED AREAS. All areas within the state of Wyoming not license. Game birds taken by an unlicensed, nonresident per- ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FOR HUNTING PROHIBITED; EX- opened by specific order of the Commission shall be closed son under fourteen (14) years of age shall be applied to and to the taking of game animals, furbearing animals and game No person shall take any wildlife with the aid of or limited by the daily bag and possession limits of the licensed CEPTION. birds. adult in their company. by using any artificial light or lighting device except that pred- ators may be taken with the aid of an artificial light or lighting CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS. HUNTERS REQUIRED • A nonresident person under fourteen (14) years of age who device by: TO WEAR FLUORESCENT ORANGE OR FLUORESCENT possesses a valid Wyoming game bird license and conservation The wearing of fluorescent orange or stamp may take their own limit of game birds. (i) A public officer authorized to and conducting predator con- PINK CLOTHING. trol; fluorescent pink clothing while hunting small game and game birds is recommended as a safety measure and is required • A nonresident person under fourteen (14) years of age who (ii) A landowner, resident manager or person with the landown- when hunting pheasants on Department Wildlife Habitat Man- possesses a sandhill crane permit need not obtain a Wyoming er’s or a resident manager’s written permission to take preda- agement Areas or on Bureau of Reclamation Withdrawal Lands game bird license or conservation stamp if accompanied by tors, on land under the landowner’s control for the protection bordering and including Glendo State Park. Fluorescent orange an adult possessing a valid, unexpired Wyoming game bird li- of their property.

4 | 2021 wgfd.wyo.gov 2021 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION 2021 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION camouflage or fluorescent pink camouflage are legal. well-defined tracks. HUNT INFO CONSERVATION STAMP REQUIRED; EXEMPTIONS. Common violation “EXPANDING POINT BULLET” means any bullet de- Conservation stamps are only available electronically through FAIL TO PRODUCE signed by its manufacturer to create a wound channel larger the Department’s Electronic Licensing System (ELS), and may than the bullet’s diameter. be purchased from the Cheyenne Headquarters, Department CONSERVATION STAMP Regional Offices, license selling agents throughout the state “FALCONRY” means taking quarry by means of a trained and the Department website. Hunters and anglers must raptor. Persons holding the following licenses are exempt from the re- purchase a conservation stamp “FEDERAL DUCK STAMP” means Federal Migratory Bird quirement to purchase a conservation stamp while exercising to hunt and fish in Wyoming. Hunting and Conservation Stamp or Electronic Duck Stamp. privileges under THESE licenses: There are exceptions for holders “GAME BIRD” means grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmi- • Daily hunting or fishing license; of a Pioneer license or a one-day gan, quail, wild turkey and migratory game birds. • Nonresident five (5) consecutive day fishing license; license. Those individuals should “GENERAL LICENSES” means big or trophy game or wild • Special limited fishing permit holders; or, refer to regulations for details. turkey licenses valid in any hunt area in which licenses have not been totally limited in number. General licenses shall be • Wyoming fifty (50%) percent disabled veteran fishing license. valid only under species, sex, age class and harvest limita- tions that are in effect for each hunt area. Persons holding the following licenses are exempt from the Terms and Definitions: requirement to purchase a conservation stamp while exercis- “LICENSE” means a document issued by the Department, ing hunting or fishing privileges under ANY Wyoming license. “ACCOMPANIED BY A MENTOR” means being directly through the authority of the Commission, to a qualified indi- The person shall, at all times, be in possession of the license supervised at all times by a mentor who is within sight and vidual that grants certain privileges to take fish or wildlife in direct voice contact. allowing the conservation stamp exemption while in the field: accordance with statutory or regulatory provisions. “ADULT” means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older. • Any Wyoming pioneer hunting or fishing license; “LIGHT GEESE” means , blue goose or Ross’s • Wyoming one hundred (100%) percent honorably discharged “ARTIFICIAL LIGHT OR LIGHTING DEVICE” means any goose. man-made light or lighting device which projects a visible light resident veteran game bird, small game and fishing license; means licenses that are outside the device, or any electronic device that provides an “LIMITED QUOTA LICENSES” • Military combat general or general deer license; limited in number and valid only in a specified hunt area(s) or enhanced ability to see in the dark. portion(s) of a hunt area. Limited quota licenses shall be valid • Military combat game bird or small game license; “CENTRAL FLYWAY” means the portion of Wyoming east only under species, sex, age class, harvest and weapon type • Licenses reissued to a veteran with disabilities or a person of the Continental Divide, excluding the Great Divide Basin. limitations that are in effect for each hunt area. with a permanent disability who uses a wheelchair; or, ”CONSERVATION ORDER” means an action to reduce the “MENTEE” means a person who has received special au- • Resident United States Military Purple Heart Medal recipi- mid-continent population of light geese, which is promulgated thorization from the Department to take wildlife and who has ents. in accordance with 50 CFR 20.21 and 50 CFR 21.60, revised as not received a certificate of competency and safety in the use of August 8, 2019, which does not include any later amend- and handling of firearms. A lifetime conservation stamp may be purchased by applying ments or editions of the incorporated matter. A copy of Title means a person who is at least eighteen (18) to the Cheyenne Headquarters or through any Department 50 and the Code of Federal Regulations can be viewed at the “MENTOR” years of age, can demonstrate they have a certificate of Regional Office. Cheyenne Headquarters, Department Regional Offices or on competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website (www.fws.gov). CREDIT CARD FEE. The Department shall charge a two point possesses a valid Wyoming hunting license and is directly five percent (2.5%) credit card processing fee of the cost of any “DAILY BAG LIMIT” means the maximum number of game supervising not more than one (1) mentee, other than imme- license, permit, stamp, tag, preference point or competitive birds or small game animals that may be legally taken in a diate family members, at a time while in the field. raffle chance applied for or purchased by the use of a credit single day. card. “MIGRATORY GAME BIRD” means all migratory game “DARK GEESE” means , cackling goose, birds defined and protected under federal law. CROW SEASON. The entire state of Wyoming shall be open to white-fronted goose and brant. the taking of crows from November 1 through December 31 and “NONRESIDENT” means any person not a resident. from January 1 through February 28. No hunting license is re- “DESIGNATED ROAD” means an established road marked means steel or any other federally quired to hunt crows. Crows may be taken by use of firearms, with a white arrow sign. “NONTOXIC ” bow and arrow, and falconry. There is no bag limit. While there approved nontoxic shot. “DOMICILE” means that place where a person has his true, is a hunting season for crows, ravens may not be hunted. The “ORDERS” means orders, rules and regulations. best method of distinguishing between the two species is the fixed and permanent home to which whenever the person is shape of the tail while in flight. The crow has a square tail while temporarily absent the person has the intention of returning. “PACIFIC FLYWAY” means the portion of Wyoming west the raven has a wedge-shaped tail (see diagram). To prove domicile as required by Wyoming Statutes § 23-1-102 of the Continental Divide, including the Great Divide Basin. and § 23-1-107 a person shall be able to establish that he: physically resides in Wyoming; has made his permanent home “PERMIT” means a document that authorizes a license Common raven in Wyoming; is not residing in Wyoming for a special or tem- holder to carry out activities not authorized by the license porary purpose; and, has abandoned his domicile in all other itself. states, territories or countries. “POSSESSION LIMIT” means the maximum number of “ELECTRONIC LICENSING SERVICE (ELS)” means the game birds or small game animals that may be legally in pos- Department’s Electronic Draw Application System, Internet session. Wildlife in transit or storage shall be considered in Point of Sale System and Online Internet Sales System used by possession. For migratory game birds, when a person hunts the Department, license selling agents and the public to apply in more than one (1) state, flyway or zone, the person’s to- for or purchase licenses, permits, stamps, tags and preference tal limit shall not exceed the largest daily bag or possession points. limit prescribed for any one of the states, flyways or zones in American crow which the hunting takes place. “ESTABLISHED ROAD” means any road or trail that has been graded or constructed to carry motor vehicles or “PREDACIOUS BIRD” means English sparrow and star- on which repeated legal motor vehicle traffic has created ling.

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“PREDATORY ANIMAL” means , jackrabbit, porcu- doves, sandhill cranes, coots, snipe, rails or crows. Feder- pine, raccoon, , skunk or stray cat. “Predatory animal” al ducks stamps expire June 30 of each year. also means gray located outside the Wolf Trophy Game Management Area and Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Manage- FIREARM CALIBERS AND LEGAL WEAPONS FOR ment Area as described in Wyoming Statute § 23-1-101 (a) (xii) GAME BIRDS AND SMALL GAME. Except as provided (B) (l) and (ll). below, game birds, excluding wild turkey, blue and ruffed grouse, may only be taken by a center-fire or muzzle-load- “PROTECTED ANIMAL” means black-footed ferret, fisher, ing shotgun not larger than ten (10) gauge plugged to ad- lynx, otter, pika or wolverine. mit no more than one (1) shell in the chamber and two (2) shells in the magazine. Wild turkey may only be taken by HUNT INFO “PROTECTED BIRD” means migratory birds as defined any shotgun, center-fire firearm, .17 HMR or larger rimfire and protected under federal law. firearm with an overall cartridge length greater than one “PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY” (except as otherwise pro- (1) inch, any muzzle-loading firearm, or any archery equip- vided) means any roadway that is open to vehicular travel by ment. Blue grouse, ruffed grouse and small game may be the public. The road surface, the area between the fences on Stay in the loop with taken in any manner except as prohibited by Wyoming a fenced public road or highway, and an area thirty (30) feet Statute. perpendicular to the edge of the road surface on an unfenced HARVEST SURVEY. Each year a request to participate in public road or highway shall be considered the public road HUNTING the harvest survey is sent to a sample of hunters. Since or highway. Two-track trails on public lands are not public a person can hunt multiple species in Wyoming, some roads. UPDATE hunters may be asked to complete more than one harvest “REAL TIME VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT” The Game and Fish Hunting survey questionnaire. Your reply provides critical data the Department uses to evaluate the past hunting season and means any video or photography equipment capable of uti- Updates connect hunters with lizing cellular or Wi-Fi technology to transmit images or video set future hunting seasons. Even if you did not hunt, we for remote viewing. the latest news from Game and need to hear from you to accurately track hunter effort. We ask that you reply online, if possible, as soon as you “RESIDENT” means a United States citizen or legal alien Fish as well as tips, entertaining are done hunting each species for the year. Your time and who is domiciled in Wyoming for at least one (1) full year stories and beautiful pictures assistance is much appreciated. immediately preceding making application for any resident from around the state. All of it game and fish license, preference point, permit or tag, shall HUNTER SAFETY/MENTOR PROGRAM; EXEMP- not have claimed residency in any other state, territory or is delivered to your mailbox for TION. Except as otherwise provided, no person born on country for any other purpose during that one (1) year period, free monthly. or after January 1, 1966, may take wildlife by the use of and meets the requirements specified in Wyoming Statutes § firearms on land other than that of their own family, unless 23-1-102 and § 23-1-107. Get connected at that person can demonstrate they have obtained a certif- icate of competency and safety in the use and handling “SEASON LIMIT” means the maximum number of sandhill wgfd.wyo.gov/email-sign-up of firearms. Attendance and successful completion of a cranes or pheasants that may be legally taken during the en- hunter safety course offered by an association or govern- tire season. mental agency approved by the Commission satisfies the requirements of this section. “SMALL GAME ANIMAL” means cottontail or the original license did not contain a carcass coupon. The , and fox, grey and red squirrels. licensee may secure a replacement license at the Cheyenne • A person who has not received a certificate of compe- Headquarters, Department Regional Offices or from ELS tency and safety in the use and handling of firearms may “TAKE” means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, shoot, fish, agents. The Department shall charge a fee of seven dollars apply to the Department for a special authorization to take seine, trap, kill, or possess, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, ($7) for each duplicate or replacement license. wildlife with the use of a firearm while being accompanied capture, shoot, fish, seine, trap, kill or possess. by a person acting as a mentor. A special authorization EMERGENCY CLOSURES. The Commission may institute “WASTE” means to leave, abandon or allow any edible por- shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issue and an emergency closure by regulation to shorten the season in shall be in the possession of the recipient at all times while tion of meat from a big game animal, game bird, game fish any area at any time if a harvest quota is reached or if an or small game animal to become tainted, rotten or otherwise in the field. The application process may be completed on emergency arises warranting the closure. Should a closure the Department website. Any person acting as a mentor unfit for human consumption prior to processing at a person’s become necessary after the season opens, no refunds will be home or at a processor. shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age, shall possess given for unused licenses. a valid hunting license, and shall demonstrate they have “WATERFOWL” means ducks, geese, coots and mergan- FALCONRY LICENSES. Licenses to hunt with trained rap- successfully completed a hunter safety course. A mentor sers. tors may be purchased from the Cheyenne Headquarters, shall not provide supervision for more than one (1) person Department Regional Offices and designated license selling at a time in the field, other than immediate family mem- https://wgfd.wyo.gov DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. agents. The license entitles the holder thereof to hunt, pursue bers, and shall accompany the mentee at all times to pro- vide constant supervision. DISABLED HUNTER INFORMATION. Contact the Chey- and kill game birds and small game animals with the use of enne Headquarters or any Department Regional Office for trained raptors and in accordance with Commission regula- • A person under fourteen (14) years of age who has not yet specific information. tions. Persons holding a proper falconry license may hunt, received a hunter safety certificate may take small game pursue and kill game birds without distinction of sex in any and game birds while being accompanied by a mentor who DON’T FORGET YOUR CONSERVATION STAMP. Hunt- hunt area in which the falconry season is open for the taking possesses a valid Wyoming small game or game bird li- ers and anglers must purchase a conservation stamp prior to of game birds. Persons hunting with trained raptors must also cense and conservation stamp. hunting and fishing in Wyoming. hold a valid hunting license for the species being hunted. • Any active member, honorably discharged past member DUPLICATE AND REPLACEMENT LICENSE ISSUED FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND CON- or veteran of the armed forces of the United States and UPON LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ORIGINAL; PUR- SERVATION STAMP (FEDERAL DUCK STAMP). any active or retired Wyoming peace officer qualified pur- CHASE AND FEES. When any license issued has been lost or Federal law requires each waterfowl hunter sixteen (16) suant to Wyoming Statutes § 9-1-701 through § 9-1-707 may destroyed, the licensee may secure a duplicate of the original years of age or older to purchase and carry a valid Federal obtain an exemption from the hunter safety requirement. license from the Cheyenne Headquarters, any Department Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Federal Hunter safety exemption applications are available at the Regional Office or designated license selling agents. A dupli- Duck Stamp) signed in ink across the face. This stamp is Cheyenne Headquarters and Department Regional Offices. cate license shall be issued if the original license contained required to take ducks, geese and mergansers. However, This hunter safety exemption is not valid for hunting a carcass coupon. A replacement license shall be issued if a Federal Duck Stamp is not required to take mourning elk within Grand Teton National Park (Hunt Areas 75

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and 79), or for persons acting as mentors in the Hunt- name and address of the person to whom the birds are be- to whom it was issued and therein named and while in HUNT INFO er Mentor Program. ing sent; (3) the number of birds by species, contained in that individual’s possession. No individual shall take or the package; and, (4) interstate game tag where required. attempt to take any wildlife using another individual’s li- LABELING AND SHIPPING. cense, permit, stamp, tag or coupon. Any license, permit, LICENSE EXPIRATION. Game bird and small game li- No person shall give, put or leave any migra- stamp, or tag shall not be valid unless the proper fees have Labeling. censes expire on the date indicated on the license. tory game birds at any place (other than at their personal been received by the Department. Any Wyoming Game and abode) or in the custody of another person unless the birds LICENSE FRAUD PROHIBITED; INVALIDATION Fish law enforcement officer may seize as evidence any li- are labeled by the hunter with the following information: BY IMPROPER FEES. Department licenses, permits, cense, permit, stamp or tag that was obtained in violation stamps, tags or coupons shall not be altered by anyone of Commission regulations or Wyoming statutes. 1. The hunter’s signature other than authorized Department personnel. No license, Spent shotgun shells are considered litter. Please permit, stamp, tag or coupon shall be transferred or used LITTER. 2. The hunter’s address dispose of spent shotgun hulls properly along with other for the purpose of taking wildlife except by the individual 3. The total number of birds by species litter. 4. The dates such birds were killed MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS. Migratory game birds that may be legally taken Labeling is required if the birds are being HUNTING ETHICS during authorized seasons by properly li- transported by another person for the hunt- censed hunters include coots, doves, ducks, er, or if the birds have been left for clean- geese, mergansers, rails, sandhill cranes ing, storage (including temporary storage), Drive only on and snipe. A license is not required to take shipping or taxidermy services. crows. Shipping. No person shall ship migratory established roads open NATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD HAR- game birds unless the package is marked on VEST INFORMATION PROGRAM (HIP). the outside with: (1) the name and address to vehicle traffic Each licensed hunter who hunts migra- of the person sending the birds; (2) the tory game birds shall complete a current

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE WATERFOWL HUNTING AND BAITING INFORMATION What Is Legal? ■ Familiarize yourself with Federal and State waterfowl hunting regulations. You can hunt waterfowl on or over or from: ■ Ask the landowner, your host or guide, and your hunting partners if the area has been ■ Standing crops or flooded standing crops, including aquatic plants. baited and inspect the area for the presence of bait. ■ Standing, flooded, or manipulated natural vegetation. ■ Suspect the presence of bait if you see waterfowl feeding in a particular area in unusually ■ Flooded harvested croplands. large concentrations or displaying a lack of caution. ■ Lands or areas where grains have been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricul- ■ Look for grain or other feed in the water, along the shore, and on the field. Pay particular tural planting, harvesting, or post-harvest manipulation. attention to the presence of spilled grain on harvested fields and seeds planted by means of top sowing. ■ Lands or areas where top-sown seeds have been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural planting, or a planting for agricultural soil erosion control or post-mining land ■ Confirm that scattered seeds or grains on agricultural lands are present solely as the reclamation. result of a normal agricultural planting, normal agricultural harvesting, normal agricultural post-harvest manipulation, or normal soil stabilization practice by consulting the Cooperative ■ A blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with natural vegetation. Extension Service. ■ A blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with vegetation from agricultural ■ Abandon the hunting site if you find grain or feed in an area and are uncertain about why crops, provided your use of such vegetation does not expose, deposit, distribute or scatter it is there. grain or other feed. ■ Standing or flooded standing crops where grain is inadvertently scattered solely as the Excerpts from Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20.21(i) result of hunters entering or leaving the area, placing decoys, or retrieving downed birds. No persons shall take migratory game birds: Hunters are cautioned that while conducting these activities, any intentional scattering of (i) By the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area, where a person knows or reasonably grain will create a baited area. should know that the area is or has been baited. However, nothing in this paragraph pro- What Is Illegal? hibits: Some examples of areas where you cannot hunt waterfowl include: (1) The taking of any migratory game bird, including waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over ■ Areas where grain or seed has been top-sown and the Cooperative Extension Service does the following lands or areas that are not otherwise baited areas–– not recommend the practice of top sowing (see section on wildlife food plots). (i) Standing crops or flooded standing crops (including aquatics); standing, flooded, or ma- ■ Crops that have been harvested outside of the recommended harvest dates established nipulated natural vegetation; flooded harvested croplands; or lands or areas where seeds or by the Cooperative Extension Service (including any subsequent post-harvest manipulations). grains have been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural planting, harvesting, postharvest manipulation or normal soil stabilization practice; ■ Unharvested crops that have been trampled by livestock or subjected to other types of manipulations that distribute, scatter, or expose grain. (ii) From a blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with natural vegetation; ■ Areas where grain is present and stored, such as grain elevators and grain bins. (iii) From a blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with vegetation from agricultur- al crops, as long as such camouflaging does not result in the exposing, depositing, distribut- ■ Areas where grain is present for the purpose of feeding livestock. ing or scattering of grain or other feed; or, ■ Freshly planted wildlife food plots that contain exposed grain. (iv) Standing or flooded standing agricultural crops where grain is inadvertently scattered ■ Croplands where a crop has been harvested and the removed grain is redistributed or solely as a result of a hunter entering or exiting a hunting area, placing decoys, or retrieving “added back” onto the area where grown. downed birds. These examples do not represent an all-inclusive list of waterfowl baiting violations. (2) The taking of any migratory game bird, except waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over lands or areas that are not otherwise baited areas, and where grain or other feed has been The Hunter’s Responsibility distributed or scattered solely as the result of manipulation of an agricultural crop or other As a waterfowl hunter, you are responsible for determining whether your proposed hunting feed on the land where grown, or solely as the result of a normal agricultural operation. area is baited. Before hunting, you should: wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 7 2021 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION

Wyoming validation for the National owner or person in charge of the proper- Harvest Information Program (HIP) and HUNTING ETHICS ty. The license must bear the signature shall obtain a Wyoming HIP permit. This of the landowner, lessee or agent of the requirement also applies to holders of landowner on whose private property the pioneer and lifetime hunting licenses. person is accessing or other legitimate Each licensed hunter engaged in the act Respect the land, proof as evidence that permission to hunt of hunting doves, ducks, geese, mergan- has been granted. sers, coots, rails, sandhill cranes or snipe shall be in possession of a Wyoming HIP the landowner and PHEASANT SPECIAL MANAGEMENT

HUNT INFO permit. Each person obtaining a HIP per- PERMIT. A pheasant Special Manage- mit for the purpose set forth in this sec- the game you pursue ment Permit is required to hunt pheas- tion shall validate the permit by signing ants on some Department wildlife habitat the person’s name in ink across the face management areas, some lands enrolled of the permit. HIP permits expire on June CAUTION: More restrictive regulations may apply on na- in the Access Yes Program and some state 30 each year. tional wildlife refuges. For additional information about lands. Revenue from this permit helps finance pheasant rearing and stocking at our bird farms in the state. (See Wyoming HIP permits shall be available only on the De- federal regulations, contact Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P. O. Box 25486, Denver page 13) partment website. Only one HIP permit is required to Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0486, (303) 236-7540. hunt all species for the entire migratory game bird sea- PRECAUTIONS WHEN HUNTING IN AREAS OCCU- son. HIP permits are non-transferable to other states. A OPEN HOURS FOR TAKING SMALL GAME, UPLAND PIED BY GRIZZLY BEARS. Hunters and anglers are separate permit is required from each state in which you GAME BIRDS AND WILD TURKEY. Small game ani- reminded grizzly bears occupy many areas in and around hunt. mals may only be taken from one-half (1/2) hour before the Bridger-Teton, Shoshone and Caribou-Targhee Na- sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset. Except as oth- tional Forests in northwest Wyoming. The Department NONTOXIC SHOT. Nontoxic shot (steel or other fed- erwise provided, upland game birds and wild turkey may strongly recommends individuals working and recreat- erally approved nontoxic shot) shall be required when ing in these areas take precautions, including carrying taking or attempting to take ducks, mergansers, coots or only be taken from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to sunset. bear pepper spray, to avoid conflicts with grizzly bears. geese. Nontoxic shot is also required when using a shot- Information about human safety and proper storage of gun to take game birds or small game on the Springer PERMISSION TO HUNT, FISH, TRAP OR COLLECT food and other attractants in occupied grizzly habitat is and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Areas. ANTLERS OR HORNS. No person shall enter upon the available from the Cheyenne Headquarters, Department A current list of federally-approved nontoxic shot types private property of any person to hunt, fish, trap or col- Regional Offices, U.S. Forest Service Offices and the De- can be viewed at 50 CFR 20.21(j) (1). lect antlers or horns without the permission of the land- partment website. Regulations concerning food/carcass THANK YOU HUNTERS! You are the largest contributors to wildlife conservation.

WYOMING GAME AND FISH THANKS YOU

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storage in occupied grizzly habitat can be obtained from any game bird, game fish or game animal (except trophy see it fall or land in a location you can legally access, HUNT INFO the U.S. Forest Service. Report all conflicts with grizzly game animal) to intentionally or needlessly go to waste. then you have an obligation to search for the downed bears to the nearest Department Regional Office. bird and attempt to retrieve it. If a crippled migratory • Transport illegally taken wildlife across state lines; game bird lands on adjoining private land, you have an For information about staying safe in bear country, visit such transportation is a violation of the Federal Lacey obligation to seek that landowner’s permission to re- the Department bear wise page: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/ Act. trieve the downed bird. Bear-Wise-Print • Abandon meat from a big game animal or game bird TAKING PREDATORY ANIMALS AND PREDACIOUS PROHIBITED ACTS. It is Illegal to: at a meat processing plant. Unless there is an express agreement between the processing plant and the person BIRDS. Predatory animals and predacious birds may be • Use any dog to hunt, run or harass any big or trophy providing otherwise, any meat from a big game animal taken without a license. game animal, protected animal or furbearing animal ex- or game bird left at a meat processing plant for more cept as otherwise provided by statute. The Commission VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL LAND. than forty-five (45) days is prima facie evidence of a vio- Sportspersons are advised that many areas of Nation- shall regulate the use of dogs to take mountain lions and lation if written notice of the expiration of time has been during hunting or trapping seasons. al Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands are attempted by the processing plant in accordance with subject to travel and vehicle use limitations to protect • Use any aircraft with the intent to spot, locate and aid rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. resources. Maps and additional information regarding in the taking of any game animal from August 1 through • Harass, pursue, hunt, shoot or kill any Wyoming wild- these limitations are available at U.S. Forest Service, January 31 of the following calendar year. Nothing in this life except predatory animals with, from or by use of any Bureau of Land Management and other agency offices Section shall apply to the operation of an aircraft in a flying machine, automotive vehicle, trailer, motor-pro- near these public lands. usual manner where there is no attempt or intent to lo- pelled wheeled vehicle or vehicle designed for travel WILD TURKEY HUNT AREAS WITH DIFFICULT PUB- cate any game animal, such as aircraft used for the sole over snow. The Commission may exempt handicapped purpose of passenger transport. LIC ACCESS. Hunt areas marked with an asterisk (*) hunters from any of these provisions. It is also illegal to are predominantly private lands or have limited acces- • Take and leave, abandon or allow the edible portion of shoot waterfowl from a boat under power or sail. sible public lands. If you are considering applying for a PROTECTED BIRDS. Migratory birds that may not be license in any of these hunt areas, you are advised to taken, possessed, transported, sold or bartered include obtain landowner permission before applying. Obtaining all migratory birds as defined and protected under fed- permission to hunt after you receive a license is often eral law including, but not limited to, whooping cranes, difficult or impossible. You may hunt legally accessible bitterns, grebes, herons, egrets, kingfishers, loons, pel- state or public land within these hunt areas, but such icans, seagulls, shorebirds, eagles, falcons, hawks and lands are often small parcels that receive heavy hunting owls. Any insectivorous birds and songbirds not other- pressure and may not sustain the species of wildlife you wise classified are protected. Trumpeter swans are also desire to hunt. In addition, wildlife are often more abun- protected in Wyoming. dant on the private land portions of these areas. Inability to secure a place to hunt is not cause for a license refund SHIPPING GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS OUT or exchange. OF STATE. Except as otherwise exempt by state statute, no game animal or game bird, or any part thereof, shall WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT. Wyoming is a be shipped or transported from the state except by the member of the Wildlife Violator Compact. The Compact person who harvested the animal, and in possession enables a violator from any member state to accept a of the proper license, stamp and carcass coupon as re- wildlife citation and proceed on their way without being quired, or unless the amount does not exceed twenty required to post an appearance bond unless the viola- five (25) pounds and is properly tagged with a Wyoming tion requires MUST APPEAR and NO BOND ACCEPTED. The interstate game tag. Not more than twenty five (25) Compact provides for the suspension of wildlife license pounds from any one (1) big or trophy game animal may privileges in the home state of any person whose license Common violations be exported from the state unless the part to be exported privileges have been suspended by a participating state. from the state is of a nonedible trophy or hidelike nature If you have had your privileges suspended in any of the NO FLUORESCENT and properly tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag participating states, you may lose your privileges in or the big or trophy game animal was legally harvested Wyoming, in addition to all the participating Compact ORANGE/FLUORESCENT by a nonresident and is tagged with a Wyoming inter- states. Additional information about the Compact can state game tag. be obtained by contacting the Wildlife Law Enforcement PINK CLOTHING Coordinator at (307) 233-6413. SHIPPING GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS The wearing of fluorescent WITHIN WYOMING. Except as otherwise exempt by WIND RIVER RESERVATION. Only non-Indian owned, state statute, no person shall ship, transport or receive fee title lands are open to the taking of wildlife with a orange or fluorescent pink State of Wyoming license. Land status is complicated clothing while hunting small for shipment or transportation within Wyoming any game animal, game bird, or any part thereof, unless tagged and lawful access must be investigated thoroughly. game and game birds is with a Wyoming interstate game tag, or unless the trans- Sportspersons are advised it is their responsibility to de- recommended as a safety portation of a big or trophy game animal is by a person in termine land status prior to entering these areas. measure and is required possession of a proper carcass coupon signed and dated when hunting pheasants on by the person who harvested the animal, or the trans- Department Wildlife Habitat portation of game birds or small game is by a properly licensed hunter in possession of not more than the daily Management Areas or on Bureau bag or possession limit. of Reclamation Withdrawal Lands bordering and including “SKY-BUSTING” AND RETRIEVAL OF DOWNED Glendo State Park. Fluorescent BIRDS. It is unethical and disrespectful to your fellow hunters to shoot at geese, ducks and other game birds orange camouflage or beyond reasonable killing ranges. The law requires that fluorescent pink camouflage are you make a reasonable effort to retrieve and reduce to Teach a kid proper legal. possession any wounded or crippled migratory game hunting ethics birds you have shot. If you hit a migratory game bird and wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 9 2021 HUNTING SEASONS WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO HUNT UPLAND GAME BIRDS IN WYOMING? Resident requirement Under age 14 Ages 14 and older Resident daily or 12 month game bird or game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4) No YES Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES YES Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) No YES Pheasant Special Management Permit (See page 13) YES YES

Nonresident requirement Under age 14 Ages 14 through 17 Ages 18 and older Nonresident daily or 12 month game bird/small game hunting license No No YES (See page 4) Nonresident 12 month youth game bird/small game hunting license (See No YES No page 4) Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES YES YES Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) No YES YES Pheasant Special Management Permit (See page 13) YES YES YES

Section 1. Authority. Area 1. Includes all of Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, Sweetwater, Uinta and UPLAND GAME BIRD Washakie counties, as well as that portion of Albany County north of U.S. Highway 30- This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming Statutes § 23-1-302 and § 287 and west of the Fetterman Road (Albany County Road 61), that portion of Converse 23-2-105. County south and west of the Balsh Road (U.S.F.S. Road 660), all of Carbon County except that portion east of the Medicine Bow River and South of U.S. Highway 30- Section 2. Hunting Regulations. 287, all of Lincoln and Sublette counties except those portions within the (a) Bag and Possession Limit. Only one (1) daily bag limit of each species of upland game drainage, and all of Natrona County except that portion east of Interstate Highway 25. birds and small game may be taken per day regardless of the number of hunt areas hunted Area 1 also excludes that portion of Natrona County south of Interstate Highway 25 in in a single day. When hunting more than one (1) hunt area, a person’s daily and possession the Muddy Creek drainage. limits shall be equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest daily and possession limit Area 2. The entire state of Wyoming excluding the lands described in Areas 1, 3 and 4. prescribed for any one (1) of the specified hunt areas in which the hunting and possession Area 3. All lands in the Snake River drainage within Lincoln, Sublette and Teton counties. occurs. Area 4. Beginning at the intersection of the Sheridan-Big Horn county line with the (b) Evidence of sex and species shall remain naturally attached to the carcass of any upland Wyoming-Montana state line; easterly along said state line to the Rocky Point Road in game bird in the field and during transportation. For pheasant, this shall include the Crook County; southerly along said road to the “D” Road; southerly along said road to feathered head, feathered wing or foot. For all other upland game bird species, this shall Interstate Highway 90; easterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 16 at Moorcroft; include one fully feathered wing. southeasterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 85 at Newcastle; southerly along (c) No person shall possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for hunting game birds said highway to the Weston-Niobrara-Campbell-Converse-Natrona-Johnson county and small game with a shotgun on the Commission’s Table Mountain and Springer wildlife lines; westerly along said county lines to the Washakie-Johnson-Big Horn-Sheridan habitat management areas and on all national wildlife refuges open for hunting. county lines; northerly then northwesterly along said county lines to the Wyoming- (d) Required Clothing. Any person hunting pheasants within the boundaries of any Wyoming Montana state line. Game and Fish Commission Wildlife Habitat Management Area, or on Bureau of Reclamation (b) Blue (Dusky) Grouse Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limit and Limitations. Withdrawal lands bordering and including Glendo State Park, shall wear in a visible manner at least one (1) outer garment of fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink color which shall BLUE (DUSKY) GROUSE include a hat, shirt, jacket, coat, vest or sweater. Hunt Season Dates Bag limit Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations Section 3. Upland Game Bird Hunting Seasons. 1 Sep. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Any blue (dusky) grouse (a) Sage Grouse Hunt Areas, Season Dates, and Limitations (i) Blue (Dusky) Grouse Hunt Area Description. SAGE GROUSE Area 1. The entire state of Wyoming. Hunt Season Dates Bag limit (c) Ruffed Grouse Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations. Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations RUFFED GROUSE 1 Sep. 18 Sep. 30 2 4 Any sage grouse Hunt Season Dates Bag limit 2,3 CLOSED Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations 4 Sep. 18 Sep. 20 2 4 Any sage grouse 1 Sep. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Any ruffed grouse (i) Sage Grouse Hunt Area Descriptions. (i) Ruffed Grouse Hunt Area Description. Area 1. The entire state of Wyoming.

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Y E L L O W S T O N E Powell C R O O K ! !Sheridan

N A T I O N A L S H E R I D A N Cody ! Greybull ! Sundance P A R K ! ! Buffalo ! Gillette Basin ! ! B I G H O R N Moorcroft P A R K 4 T E T O N J O H N S O N

C A M P B E L L ! W A S H A K I E Newcastle GAME BIRD UPLAND 3 H O T S P R I N G S W E S T O N ! CLOSED !Dubois Thermopolis !Jackson

N I O B R A R A

N A T R O N A C O N V E R S E Pinedale ! 1 !Lander !Casper !Lusk !Afton !Douglas

F R E M O N T S U B L E T T E 2

G O S H E N C A R B O N CLOSED L I N C O L N Wheatland ! ! Torrington

Kemmerer P L A T T E ! S W E E T W A T E R ! Rawlins Rock Springs ! A L B A N Y ! U I N T A Green River !Saratoga Laramie !Evanston ! L A R A M I E

!Cheyenne

THIS MAP IS FOR GENERAL REFERENCE ONLY. Please use the written boundary descriptions in this regulation for detailed boundary information.

(d) Partridge Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limit and Limitations. Hunt Season Dates Bag limit Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations 1 Sep. 15 Jan. 31 5 15 Any chukar partridge

GRAY PARTRIDGE Blue (dusky) grouse Ruffed grouse Hunt Season Dates Bag limit Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations 1 Sep. 15 Jan. 31 5 15 Any gray partridge (i) Partridge Hunt Area Description. Area 1. The entire state of Wyoming. (e) Sharp-Tailed Grouse Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limit and Limitations. SHARP-TAILED GROUSE Hunt Season Dates Bag limit Sage grouse Sharp-tailed grouse Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations 1 Sep. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Any sharp-tailed grouse (i) Sharp-Tailed Grouse Hunt Area Description. Area 1. That portion of Wyoming east of the Continental Divide.

Chukar partridge Gray partridge

wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 11 2021 UPLAND GAME BIRD AND SMALL GAME HUNTING SEASONS (f) Pheasant Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limit and Limitations.

PHEASANT Hunt Season Dates Bag limit Shooting Hours Area Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations Start End 1 Nov. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Male pheasant only (Youth Hunt-Refer to Section 7) ½ hour before Sunrise Sunset 2 Nov. 1 Dec. 6 2 6 Any pheasant (Youth Hunt-Refer to Section 7) Week Days 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Weekend Days 8:00 a.m. Sunset 2 Dec. 7 Dec. 31 2 6 Male pheasant only ½ hour before Sunrise Sunset 5 Nov. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Male pheasant only except that portion of Area 5 Veterans Day (State Observed Holiday), Thanksgiving Sunset north of the Shoshone River and west of the Yellowtail Day, Christmas Day, and Weekend Days ½ hour Reservoir shall be open for any pheasant (Youth before Sunrise Hunt-Refer to Section 7) Week Days 11:00 a.m. Sunset 7 Nov. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Male pheasant only ½ hour before Sunrise Sunset Table Mountain WHMA ½ hour before Sunrise 4:00 p.m. 8 Oct. 14 Oct. 31 3 Season limit 9 Any pheasant (Springer permits) Refer to Section 5 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 8 Nov. 1 Nov. 12 3 9 Any pheasant 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. UPLAND GAME BIRD 9 Nov. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Any pheasant (Glendo permits) Refer to Section 6 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 11 Nov. 1 Dec. 31 3 9 Any pheasant ½ hour before Sunrise Sunset

2021 PHEASANT HUNT AREAS

C R O O K Y E L L O W S T O N E Powell ! !Sheridan

N A T I O N A L S H E R I D A N Cody ! Greybull 5 ! Sundance P A R K ! ! Buffalo ! Gillette Basin ! ! B I G H O R N Moorcroft P A R K 1 T E T O N J O H N S O N

C A M P B E L L ! W A S H A K I E Newcastle H O T S P R I N G S W E S T O N !

!Dubois Thermopolis !Jackson

N I O B R A R A

N A T R O N A 2 C O N V E R S E !Pinedale !Lander !Casper !Lusk !Afton !Douglas

F R E M O N T S U B L E T T E 9 7 C A R B O N G O S H E N L I N C O L N Wheatland ! ! Torrington

Kemmerer P L A T T E ! S W E E T W A T E R ! 11 Rawlins Rock Springs ! A L B A N Y ! U I N T A Saratoga Green River ! 8 Laramie !Evanston ! L A R A M I E

!Cheyenne

THIS MAP IS FOR GENERAL REFERENCE ONLY. Please use the written boundary descriptions in this regulation for detailed boundary information.

12 | 2021 wgfd.wyo.gov 2021 UPLAND GAME BIRD AND SMALL GAME HUNTING SEASONS (i) Pheasant Hunt Area Descriptions. Section 4. Pheasant Special Management Permit. Area 1. All of Fremont County, excluding the Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management A pheasant special management permit shall be required of any person, except those Area, the Mile High Ranch Access Area, and the Sand Mesa Wildlife Habitat Management exempted in this section, who participates in the hunting of pheasants in those areas listed Area east of the Bass Lake Road. All of Sheridan, Johnson, Park, Washakie and Hot in subsection (a) of this section. Owners of lands enrolled in the Department’s Access Yes Springs counties, and all of Big Horn County excluding lands in the Yellowtail Wildlife Walk-In Areas, and members of their immediate families (landowner’s spouse, parents, Habitat Management Area north of U.S. Highway 14A. grandparents, lineal descendants and their spouses, or siblings) are exempt from the Area 2. All lands in the Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area, the Mile High requirement to obtain a pheasant special management permit when they are hunting Ranch Access Area, the Killebrew Ranches Access Area and all lands in the Sand Mesa pheasants on the deeded land of the landowner. The pheasant special management permit Wildlife Habitat Management Area east of the Bass Lake Road. shall be in possession of any person while hunting pheasants, and shall be immediately Area 5. All of the lands included in the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area produced for inspection upon request from any authorized Department representative.

north of U.S. Highway 14A. Any person purchasing a pheasant special management permit for the purpose set forth GAME BIRD UPLAND Area 7. All of Goshen County excluding Hunt Area 8. in this section shall validate the permit by signing that person’s name in ink across the face of the permit. Hunters who acquire a pheasant special management permit through the Area 8. All of the lands included in the Springer/Bump-Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Electronic Licensing Service (ELS) shall not be required to meet the signature provision of Management Area. this section. The permit shall be available at Headquarters, Department Regional Offices Area 9. All Bureau of Reclamation Withdrawal lands bordering and including Glendo and designated license selling agents. State Park and the adjoining Department’s Access Yes Walk-in Area. (a) Pheasant Special Management Permit Areas. A pheasant special management permit Area 11. The entire State of Wyoming excluding the lands described in Areas 1, 2, 5, 7, shall be required to hunt pheasants in the areas listed in this subsection: 8 and 9. (i) Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Johnson County. (ii) Closed Areas. (ii) Glendo State Park; including all Bureau of Reclamation Withdrawal lands bordering (A) The waters and lands within one-half (1/2) mile of the aeration system on the north the Park and the adjoining Department’s Access Yes Walk-In Area in Platte County. side of Ocean Lake shall be closed to pheasant hunting beginning December 15 through December 31 of each year. (iii) Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area, the Mile High Ranch Access Area and the Killebrew Ranches Access Area in Fremont County. (B) The Downar Bird Farm and Springer Headquarters in Goshen County shall be closed to pheasant hunting as marked by signs. (iv) Springer Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Goshen County. (C) Pond Number 1 and adjacent lands on the Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat (v) Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Goshen County. Management Area in Goshen County, as marked by colored signs and posts, shall be (vi) Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area, excluding any private lands included closed to pheasant hunting after November 12. within the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area, in Big Horn County. (D) The Sheridan Bird Farm in Sheridan County shall be closed to pheasant hunting, (vii) All lands in the Sand Mesa Wildlife Habitat Management Area east of the Bass Lake except during hunts sponsored and supervised by the Wyoming Game and Fish Road in Fremont County. Department. (viii) All lands open to the hunting of pheasants that are enrolled in the Department’s Access Yes Program, excluding Walk-In Access Areas in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties on which pheasants are not released by the Department. (ix) All State Trust land in Sheridan County. (x) Welch Ranch Management Area in Sheridan County.

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Section 5. Springer Permit Pheasant Season. to the check station. There shall be a Springer permit pheasant season in Hunt Area 8 beginning October 14 (e) Parking Assignment. Parking lot assignments and tags shall be issued by the through October 31. In order to participate in this season, a person shall possess and Department for each vehicle utilized by hunters. Parking lot tags shall be displayed in present upon request a valid Springer permit, a valid bird license and conservation a visible manner in each vehicle. All vehicles shall be parked in assigned parking lots. stamp (unless otherwise exempted by state statute) and a pheasant special management Section 6. Glendo Permit Pheasant Season. permit. The Springer permit shall only be valid for the day printed on the permit by the Department. Glendo permits shall be required to hunt pheasants in Hunt Area 9 on each Friday, Saturday and Monday during the open season in November. Glendo permits are not (a) Application for Springer Permits. Applications shall be submitted through the required to hunt pheasants in Hunt Area 9 on other days during the open season. A person Electronic Licensing Service (ELS). Only youths may apply for Springer permits for youth shall possess and present upon request a valid Glendo permit (on those days required), a only hunt days as set forth in Section 5 (c) of this Chapter. A drawing shall be utilized valid bird license, a pheasant special management permit and conservation stamp (unless to determine successful applicants. A person shall only submit a single application. otherwise exempted by state statute). Successful applicants shall be notified by mail of their hunting date and furnished a set GLENDO STATE PARK USER FEES. Persons hunting in Glendo State Park are of special instructions. required to have a State Park Permit. Permits can be purchased at any State Park (b) Issuance of Springer Permits. A maximum of one hundred twenty (120) permits shall or by telephone at 1-877-WYO-PARK or on the website at www.wyo-park.com. be issued to successful applicants in the drawing for each day of the Springer permit (a) Youth Only Hunt Days. Youth only hunt days shall be the following Sundays: November pheasant season. A maximum of one hundred twenty (120) hunters shall be allowed to 7, 14, 21 and 28. Only youths shall be allowed to take pheasants on youth hunt days. hunt at any one time during the Springer permit pheasant season. When a hunter checks Youths under the age of fourteen (14) shall be accompanied by an adult. No adult shall out of the Springer Check Station, the Department may issue a permit to another person take any pheasant during the youth only hunt days. No Glendo permit is required for at the check station. If all one hundred twenty (120) permits for a single day have not youths to hunt on youth only hunt days. been issued by the Department, or if the check station attendants are advised that a (b) Application for Glendo Permits. Applications shall be submitted through the ELS. A permitted hunter will not participate, the Department may issue a permit to another drawing shall be utilized to determine successful applicants. A person shall only submit person at the check station on a first-come, first-served basis, not to exceed a maximum a single application. Successful applicants shall be notified by mail of their hunting date of one hundred twenty (120) permitted hunters. Permitted hunters may begin hunting and furnished a set of special instructions. at 8:00 a.m. Hunters who are issued permits through the drawing must check in at the check station by 9:00 a.m. on the date their permit is valid. Permits that are unclaimed (c) Issuance of Glendo Permits. A maximum of sixty (60) permits shall be issued in the after 9:00 a.m. may be issued to other hunters on a first-come, first-served basis. drawing for each day a permit is required. The Glendo permit shall only be valid for the day printed on the permit by the Department. (c) Youth Only Hunt Days. Only youths shall be allowed to take pheasants on the youth hunt days. Youths under the age of fourteen (14) shall be accompanied by an adult. No Section 7. Bud Love, Sand Mesa and Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat adult shall take any pheasant during the youth only hunt days. The youth only hunt days Management Areas Youth Pheasant Hunt. are October 16, 24 and 30. The youth only hunt day is Saturday November 20 for Bud Love and Sand Mesa Wildlife (d) Springer Check Station. The Springer Check Station is located one and one-quarter Habitat Management Areas. The youth only hunt days are November 19-21 for the (1-1/4) miles west of U.S. Highway 85 on the south boundary of the Springer Wildlife Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area. Only youths shall be allowed to take Habitat Management Area. The hours of operation of the check station shall be from pheasants on these dates. Youths under the age of fourteen (14) shall be accompanied by 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily during the Springer permit pheasant season. Persons an adult. No adults shall take any pheasant during the youth only hunt days. The youth participating in the Springer permit pheasant season shall check in at the check station hunt shall take place on all lands included in the Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management prior to hunting. Prior to leaving the Springer permit pheasant area, each hunter shall Area, Sand Mesa Wildlife Habitat Management Area east of the Bass Lake Road, and check out at the check station by 4:30 p.m. on the same day that the hunter registered all lands included in the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area north of the and shall accurately report all harvested pheasants and return all special hunt materials Shoshone River.

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WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO HUNT SMALL GAME IN WYOMING? Resident requirement Under age 14 Ages 14 and older Resident daily or 12 month small game or game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4) No YES Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES YES Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) No YES

Nonresident requirement Under age 14 Ages 14 through 17 Ages 18 and older Nonresident daily or 12 month game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4) No No YES Nonresident 12 month youth game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4) No YES No Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES YES YES Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) No YES YES (c) Closed Areas. Section 8. Small Game Hunting Seasons. (a) Small Game Species, Seasons Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations. Pheasant Hunt Area Limitations 8, 9 Closed to falconry hunting Season Dates Bag limit Also refer to closed areas in Section 3. Species Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations Cottontail Rabbit Sep. 1 Mar. 31 10 20 Any cottontail rabbit (d) The daily bag and possession limits for upland game birds other than sage grouse,

shall be as set forth in Section 3 of this Chapter. The daily bag limit shall be one (1) sage SMALL GAME Snowshoe Hare Sep. 1 Mar. 31 4 8 Any snowshoe hare grouse and the possession limit shall be two (2) sage grouse. Red, Grey and Sep. 1 Mar. 31 10 20 Any red, grey or fox (e) Persons taking sage grouse with falcons shall respond to Department surveys not squirrel later than May 1, 2022 requesting harvest information for the period September 1, 2021 (i) Small Game Hunt Area Description. through March 1, 2022. (f) Small game animals may be taken with falcons in accordance with the open seasons Area 1. The entire state of Wyoming. in the table below. Falconry Section 9. Archery Regulations. Season Dates Bag limit Upland game birds and small game may be taken with archery equipment in accordance Species Opens Closes Daily Possession Limitations with limitations set forth in this Chapter. Cottontail Sep. 1 Mar. 1 10 20 Any cottontail rabbit Rabbit Mar. 2 Aug. 31 1 2 Any cottontail rabbit Section 10. Upland Game Bird and Small Game Falconry Seasons. Snowshoe Sep. 1 Mar. 1 10 20 Any snowshoe hare (a) Upland game birds may be taken with falcons in accordance with Section 3 of this Hare Mar. 2 Aug. 31 1 2 Any snowshoe hare Chapter. Persons hunting with falcons may take any pheasant. Red, Grey and Sep. 1 Mar. 1 10 20 Any red, grey or fox squirrel (b) The falconry season shall open September 1 and close March 1 in those open hunt Fox Squirrel Mar. 2 Aug. 31 1 2 Any red, grey or fox squirrel areas listed in Section 3 of this Chapter and subject to the closures listed in Subsection 10(c) of this Chapter.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PYGMY RABBITS Small game hunters in southwest Wyoming should be aware of the pygmy rabbit, a small, rare rabbit similar in appearance to the cottontail. Pygmy rabbits are found in Uinta, southern Fremont, Lincoln and Sublette counties and western Sweetwater County. Pygmy rabbits inhabit dense, tall thickets of sagebrush along small streams and riparian areas, sagebrush stringers along dry washes, and hummocks or clumps of sagebrush on dry, upland benches. The pygmy rabbit is classified as a Red squirrel nongame species and protected from intentional harvest. There is no open season for taking pygmy rabbits. The pygmy rabbit is about the size of a juvenile cottontail. Other comparative characteristics are: Pygmy Rabbit Cottontail Rabbit Short, rounded ears Longer, more pointed ears Small, inconspicuous tail Large white tail Snowshoe hare Cottontail rabbit Yellow-brown on underside wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 15 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO HUNT MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS IN WYOMING? Resident requirement Under age 14 Ages 14 and 15 Ages 16 and older Resident daily or 12 month game bird or game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4) No YES YES Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES YES YES Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) No YES YES Federal Duck Stamp (See page 6) No No YES Wyoming HIP Permit (See page 7) No YES YES

Nonresident requirement Under age 14 Ages 14 and 15 Ages 16 and 17 Ages 18 and older Nonresident daily or 12 month game bird/small game hunting license (See No No No YES page 4) Nonresident 12 month youth game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4) No YES YES No Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES YES YES YES Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) No YES YES YES Federal Duck Stamp (See page 6) No No YES YES Wyoming HIP Permit (See page 7) No YES YES YES

pioneer and lifetime hunting licenses. Each licensed hunter engaged in the act of hunting Under federal regulations 50 CFR 20.21 doves, ducks, geese, mergansers, coots, rails, cranes or snipe shall be in possession of a Wyoming HIP permit and shall immediately produce said permit upon request from •“Baiting” - Means the direct or indirect placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, any authorized Department representative. HIP permits shall be signed in ink across manipulating or scattering of salt, grain, or other feed that could serve as a lure or the face of the permit and shall be in possession of the hunter while in the field. HIP attraction for migratory game birds to, on, or over any areas where hunters are permits expire on June 30 each year. HIP permits are not transferrable to other states. A attempting to take them. (Note that this is a very broad definition) separate HIP permit is required from each state in which you hunt. Wyoming HIP permits •“Baited area”- Means any area on which salt, grain, or other feed has been shall be available only on the Department website. Youths under 14 are not required to placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered, if that salt, grain, or other feed obtain a HIP permit if they do not hold a valid game bird license. that could serve as a lure or attraction for migratory game birds to, on, or over areas (d) No person shall take migratory game birds: where hunters are attempting to take them. (i) With a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt •The presence of seed or grain in livestock feeding operations are baited areas and gun, machine gun, fishhook, poison, drug, explosive or stupefying substance; rules out waterfowl hunting unless the seed or grain is scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural planting, normal agricultural harvesting, normal agricultural (ii) With any shotgun that can hold more than three (3) shells in the magazine and post-harvest manipulation, or normal soil stabilization practice. chamber combined, except during the light goose conservation order (refer to Section 7 of this regulation); For further information regarding federal waterfowl baiting rules, refer to www.fws.gov/le/waterfowl-hunting-and-baiting.html. See additional (iii) From a sink box or any low floating device, which has a depression to baiting information on Page 7. hide a person underneath the water’s surface; (iv) From or by means of any motorboat or sailboat unless the motor has been completely Section 2. Hunting Regulations. shut off or sail furled, and the boat’s progress there from has ceased;

MIGRATORY GAME BIRD MIGRATORY (a) Federal Regulations. 50 CFR 20.21(i) revised as of August 8, 2019, which do not (v) By the use or aid of live decoys. All live, tame or captive ducks and geese shall be include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter, governing the removed for a period of ten (10) consecutive days prior to hunting, and shall be confined baiting of migratory game birds, are adopted as regulations of the Wyoming Game and within an enclosure which substantially reduces the audibility of their calls and totally Fish Commission. Violations of these federal statutes and regulations shall be violations conceals such birds from the sight of migratory game birds; of the Commission regulations. A copy of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations can (vi) By the use of records or tapes of migratory bird calls or sounds, or electronically be viewed at the Cheyenne Headquarters, Department Regional Offices or on the U.S. amplified imitations of bird calls, except during the light goose conservation order; Fish and Wildlife Service website (www.fws.gov). (vii) By driving, rallying or chasing migratory game birds with any motor driven land, (b) Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (federal duck stamp). A water or air conveyance or any sailboat. federal duck stamp is required for persons sixteen (16) years of age and older to hunt ducks, geese and mergansers. A federal duck stamp is not required to hunt coots, (e) Nontoxic Shot. No person shall hunt ducks, geese, mergansers or coots while sandhill cranes, crows, mourning doves, rail or snipe. Federal duck stamps shall be possessing shot other than nontoxic shot. Nontoxic shot is also required when using a signed in ink across the face of the stamp and shall be in possession of the hunter while shotgun to hunt any game bird on the Commission’s Table Mountain and Springer/Bump- in the field. Hunters possessing an electronic federal duck stamp are exempted from this Sullivan wildlife habitat management areas. signature provision during the time their electronic federal duck stamp is valid. (f) Evidence of Species. One fully feathered wing or the feathered head shall remain (c) HIP Permit. Each licensed hunter who hunts migratory game birds shall complete a naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification of migratory game birds, current Wyoming validation for the National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program except mourning doves, in the field and while the birds are being transported. (HIP) and shall obtain a Wyoming HIP permit. This requirement also applies to holders of

16 | 2021 wgfd.wyo.gov 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER (g) Mourning Dove, Rail and Snipe Hunting Seasons. Area 3. All lands within the Bureau of Reclamation’s Eden Project in Sweetwater County. AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER MOURNING DOVE, RAIL AND SNIPE - STATEWIDE Area 4. All lands within the Bureau of Reclamation’s Riverton and Boysen Unit Season Dates Bag limit boundaries; those lands within Boysen State Park south of Cottonwood Creek, west Closed Areas Section of , and south of U.S. Highway 20-26; and all non-indian owned fee Species Opens Closes 3 Subsections Daily Possession title lands within the exterior boundaries of the Wind River Reservation, excluding those Mourning Dove Sep. 1 Nov. 29 b, d, e 15 45 lands within Hot Springs County. a – after Nov. 12 All of Uinta County. c – after Nov. 14 Area 5. Sora and Sep. 1 Nov. 9 b, d, e 25 75 Area 6. All of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties. Virginia Rail Area 7. All of Campbell, Converse, Crook, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte and Weston Snipe Sep. 1 Dec. 16 b, d, e 8 24 counties. a – after Nov. 12 Area 8. All of Johnson, Natrona and Sheridan counties. c – after Nov. 14 (h) Sandhill Crane Hunting Seasons LIMITED QUOTA PERMIT - SANDHILL CRANE SEASONS Season Dates Closed Areas Permit Section 3 Season Hunt Areas Opens Closes quota Subsections Bag Limit 1 Sep. 1 Sep. 8 34 1 2 Sep. 1 Sep. 8 34 1 3 Sep. 1 Sep. 8 129 d 1 4 Oct. 2 Oct. 24 129 1 5 Sep. 1 Sep. 8 18 1 Sandhill crane 6 Sep. 18 Oct. 10 129 1 (i) Waterfowl Hunting Seasons 8 Sep. 1 Sep. 30 52 1 (i) Pacific Flyway

GENERAL PERMIT - SANDHILL CRANE SEASONS PACIFIC FLYWAY Season Dates Bag limit Season Dates Closed Areas Section Bag limit Closed Areas Section

Hunt Area Opens Closes 3 Subsections Daily Possession Species Opens Closes 3 Subsections Daily Possession MIGRATORY GAME BIRD 7 Sep. 11 Nov. 7 b 3 9 Ducks and Sep. 25 Jan. 7 d, e 7* 21* Mergansers f - through Oct. 8 (i) Permits. All persons, regardless of age, hunting sandhill cranes shall possess a permit Coots Sep. 25 Jan. 7 d, e 15 45 valid for the hunt area in which they are hunting. No person shall apply for or receive f - through Oct. 8 more than one (1) limited quota sandhill crane permit. A person may also obtain a permit Early Canada Sep. 1 Sep. 8 d, e 4 12 valid for the general sandhill crane season in Hunt Area 7. Goose f - through Oct. 8 (A) Limited Quota Sandhill Crane Permits. Persons may apply for limited quota sandhill Dark Geese Sep. 25 Dec. 30 d, e 4 12 crane permits through the Department’s Electronic Licensing Service (ELS). Party f - through Oct. 8 applications shall be accepted. Maximum party size shall be two (2). Residents and Light Geese Sep. 25 Dec. 30 d, e 10 30 nonresidents shall not apply together as a party. f - through Oct. 8 (B) General Sandhill Crane Permits. Permits to hunt during the general sandhill crane * The daily bag limit of seven (7) ducks and mergansers may include any combination season (Hunt Area 7) shall be available through the Department’s ELS. of species with the following restrictions: (ii) Tagging Sandhill Cranes. When a sandhill crane is killed under a limited quota • no more than two (2) hen ; permit, the permittee shall detach, sign and date the carcass coupon and attach the coupon to the carcass before leaving the site of the kill. The coupon shall remain on • no more than one (1) pintail; the crane carcass at all times until the meat undergoes processing, except that during • no more than two (2) ; transportation of the carcass the coupon may be removed to prevent its loss. If the coupon is removed for transportation of the carcass, it must be in possession of the • no more than two (2) redheads; and, person accompanying the carcass at all times. When dating a carcass coupon, the entire • no more than two (2) scaup. No scaup shall be taken after December 19. wedge or block shall be cut out for the date and the month of the kill. The carcass (ii) Central Flyway Zones. The Central Flyway is divided into three (3) zones. Refer to coupon shall be attached to the carcass of a sandhill crane in such a manner as to be the season dates for the zone in which you are hunting. plainly visible. Sandhill cranes killed during the general sandhill crane season in Hunt Area 7 are not required to be tagged. See page 29. (A) ZONE C1 shall include Big Horn, Converse, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park and Washakie counties, and Fremont County excluding those portions south or west of the Continental (iii) Limited Quota and General Sandhill Crane Hunt Area Descriptions. Divide. Area and Number. (B) ZONE C1A shall include Goshen and Platte counties. Area 1. All of the Bear River and Ham’s Fork River drainages in Lincoln County. (C) ZONE C2 shall include Albany, Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Laramie, Niobrara, Sheridan Area 2. All of the Salt River drainage in Lincoln County south of the McCoy Creek Road. and Weston counties; and that portion of Carbon County east of the Continental Divide. wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 17 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER (iii) Central Flyway - Zone C2: September 25 – October 10 CENTRAL FLYWAY *** The daily bag limit of five (5) mergansers shall not include more than two (2) hooded mergansers. Species and Season Dates Closed Areas Section Bag limit Hunt Areas Opens Closes 3 Subsections Daily Possession (j) Special Hunting Days for Youths, Veterans and Active Military Personnel (including Light geese Oct. 2 Jan. 2 b 20 60 members of the National Guard and Reserves on active duty). In the Pacific Flyway a after Nov. 12 and in Zone C2 of the Central Flyway, the special hunting days for youths, veterans and c after Nov. 14 active military personnel are September 18-19, 2021. In Zone C1 and C1A of the Central Flyway, the special hunting days for youths, veterans and active military personnel are Feb. 2 Feb. 13 a, b, c 20 60 September 25-26, 2021. Only qualifying persons may take ducks, mergansers, coots CENTRAL FLYWAY - ZONE C1 and geese on these special hunting days, subject to the following conditions: Ducks Oct. 2 Oct. 17 6** 18** (i) All youth hunters shall be seventeen (17) years of age or younger and shall be Nov. 6 Jan. 25 c after Nov. 14 6** 18** accompanied in the field by an adult at least eighteen (18) years of age. Mergansers Oct. 2 Oct. 17 5*** 15*** (ii) No more than four (4) youths shall be accompanied by any one (1) adult. Nov. 6 Jan. 25 c after Nov. 14 5*** 15*** (iii) The accompanying adult shall not take ducks, coots, mergansers or geese unless Coots Oct. 2 Oct. 17 15 45 they also qualify as a veteran or active military personnel. However the accompanying adult may participate in other open seasons. Nov. 6 Jan. 25 c after Nov. 14 15 45 (iv) All license and stamp requirements, daily bag limits, species and sex restrictions, Dark Geese Oct. 2 Oct. 10 5 15 shooting hours and other regulations that apply to the regular duck and goose seasons, Nov. 6 Nov. 28 c after Nov. 14 5 15 as defined for each flyway, shall apply during the special hunting days for youths, Dec. 3 Feb. 13 c 5 15 veterans and active military personnel. Exceptions: The additional blue-winged teal CENTRAL FLYWAY - ZONE C1A limit does not apply on these special hunting days. In Zone C1A, the daily bag limit for dark geese shall be four (4) on the special hunting days for youths, veterans and active Ducks Oct. 2 Oct. 17 b 6** 18** military personnel. Nov. 6 Jan. 25 b 6** 18** (v) All veterans and active military personnel participating in the special hunting days a after Nov. 12 shall be in possession of documentation confirming they are a veteran or active military Mergansers Oct. 2 Oct. 17 b 5*** 15*** personnel while hunting in the field. Nov. 6 Jan. 25 b 5*** 15*** (vi) The areas described in Section 3 (b), (d), (e) and (f) shall be closed to hunting during a after Nov. 12 the special hunting days for youths, veterans and active military personnel. Coots Oct. 2 Oct. 17 b 15 45 Nov. 6 Jan. 25 b 15 45 a after Nov. 12 Section 3. Description of Closed Areas. Dark Geese* Oct. 2 Oct. 13 b 2 6 The areas described in this Section shall be closed for the species and dates specified in the Nov. 13 Feb. 13 a, b 4 12 tables in Sections 2, 5 and 7. CENTRAL FLYWAY - ZONE C2 (a) Goshen County Ducks Sep. 25 Dec. 5 6** 18** (i) Hawk Springs Reservoir. Beginning where the east fence of the Union Pacific Railroad Dec. 18 Jan. 11 6** 18** right-of-way meets the south fence enclosing Hawk Springs Reservoir; due east along said fence to Goshen County Road 51; northerly along said road to the access road to Mergansers Sep. 25 Dec. 5 5*** 15*** the northeast dam of the reservoir; southwesterly along said road to the northeast dam Dec. 18 Jan. 11 5*** 15*** and the fence enclosing the reservoir; northwesterly along said fence to the second Coots Sep. 25 Dec. 5 15 45 gate; southwesterly from said gate to the northwest corner of the fence enclosing the reservoir; southerly along said fence to the beginning point. Dec. 18 Jan. 11 15 45 (ii) Springer Reservoir. Beginning on U.S. Highway 85 at the George Marlatt farmhouse;

MIGRATORY GAME BIRD MIGRATORY Dark Geese Sep. 25 Dec. 5 5 15 westerly along the fence between the farm land and the pasture land to the west end Dec. 18 Jan. 19 5 15 of the west pump lake and Bump-Sullivan Ditch; southerly along said ditch to the high- *For Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt information, see Section 6. water mark of Springer Reservoir; westerly then southerly along the high-water mark to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Springer Wildlife Habitat Management **The daily bag limit of six (6) ducks may include any combination of species with the Area (WHMA); westerly then southerly along the Springer WHMA boundary to Parking following restrictions: Area 3; southeasterly along the reservoir access road to the Wyoming Game and Fish • no more than five (5) mallards of which not more than two (2) shall be hens; Department buildings; due south from said buildings across the Whispering Wings LLC property to the Fullmer Family Trust pasture fence; westerly along said fence to Goshen • no more than one (1) pintail; County Road 37; southerly along said road to Goshen County Road 42; easterly along said • no more than three (3) wood ducks; road to U.S. Highway 85; northerly along said highway to the Springer WHMA boundary • no more than two (2) canvasbacks; at the Casey L. Hunter property; westerly then northerly along said boundary to the fence separating the Joe and Judith Hunter Living Trust property and the George Marlatt & Son, • no more than two (2) redheads; and, Inc. property; easterly then southerly then easterly along said fence to U.S. Highway 85; • no more than one (1) scaup. northerly along said highway to the George Marlatt farmhouse. • two (2) blue-winged teal may be taken in addition to the regular limit of six (6) ducks (iii) Pond No. 1 Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area. Pond No. l and during the following dates: adjacent lands as marked by colored signs and posts. - Zone C1 and C1A: October 2 – October 17 (iv) Miller Lake (Glomill Reservoir). Miller Lake and all lands within three hundred (300) 18 | 2021 wgfd.wyo.gov 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER yards of the normal high water line. (Platte County Road 271). Shooting hours for hunting dark geese shall be from one-half (v) . That portion of the North Platte River and all lands within (1/2) hour before sunrise until 1:00 p.m., except on the dates listed in subsections (i), (ii) three hundred (300) yards of each bank of said river beginning one-quarter (1/4) mile and (iii), when shooting hours shall be from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to sunset. downstream of the western-most river crossing with Wyoming Highway 157 downstream (i) October 2 through October 13. to the eastern-most river crossing with Wyoming Highway 157. (ii) All Saturdays and Wednesdays from November 13 through December 29. (b) Platte County (iii) All Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays from January 1 through the close of the (i) Festo Lake. Festo Lake and all lands within three hundred (300) yards of the normal dark goose season. high water line. (ii) Wheatland Reservoir No. 1. Wheatland Reservoir No. 1 and all lands within three hundred (300) yards of the normal high water line. Section 5. Falconry Seasons. Migratory game birds may be taken by the use of trained raptors in the possession of (c) Fremont County properly licensed falconers during the regular hunting season set forth in Section 2 and (i) Ocean Lake. The waters and lands within one-half (1/2) mile of the aeration system on extended falconry seasons in accordance with the limitations in this Section, Section 2, the north side of Ocean Lake shall be closed to migratory game bird hunting beginning Section 3 and Section 4. Licensed adult falconers are allowed to hunt by falconry methods November 15 through March 10 of the following year. during the special hunting days for youths, veterans and active military personnel set forth (d) Sweetwater County in Section 2 (j). (i) Eden Reservoir. Eden Reservoir and all lands within three hundred (300) yards of the (a) Falconry Bag and Possession Limits. The daily bag limit shall not exceed three (3) normal high water line. migratory game birds in the aggregate nor shall the possession limit exceed nine (9) migratory game birds in the aggregate for falconry during the regular hunting season (e) Lincoln County or extended falconry seasons. The daily bag and possession limits, singly or in the (i) Palisades Reservoir. Beginning at the junction of the McCoy Creek Road and U.S. aggregate, may include any species and sex of ducks, geese, coots, mergansers, rail, Highway 89; northerly on U.S. Highway 89 for one and six-tenths (1.6) miles to the snipe, mourning doves and sandhill crane when seasons for these species are open. No Palisades Reservoir high water line; westerly along said high water line to the Wyoming- more than one (1) sandhill crane shall be taken under a limited quota sandhill crane permit. Idaho state line; south along said state line to the McCoy Creek Road; southeasterly The falconry bag and possession limits are not in addition to the bag and possession limits along the McCoy Creek Road to U.S. Highway 89. listed in Section 2. (f) Teton County EXTENDED FALCONRY SEASONS (i) South Park Wildlife Habitat Management Area Northwest Reservoirs. The three Extended Aggregate reservoirs (Snowy Egret, Sandhill Crane and Blue Heron) in the northwest corner of Season Dates Bag Limit the property and the surrounding lands, beginning at the South Park Wildlife Habitat Species and Closed Areas Section Management Area’s northwest property corner; east along the fenced northern property Hunt Areas Opens Closes 3 Subsections Daily Possession boundary to Flat Creek; south along the western edge of Flat Creek to the bridge and Mourning Doves Nov. 30 Dec. 16 b, d, e 3 9 South Park Feedground Road; southwest along South Park Feedground Road to the - Statewide a – after Nov. 12 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD intersection with the maintenance road; northwest along the maintenance road to the Sora Rail and Nov. 10 Dec. 16 c – after Nov. 14 end of the maintenance road; due west to the fenced property line; north along the Virginia Rail – fence to the northwest corner of the property. Statewide ZONE C1 and C1A Oct. 20 Oct. 27 b Central Flyway - Section 4. Shooting Hours. Ducks, Mergan- Except as provided in Section 4 (a) and Section 8, shooting hours for hunting all migratory sers and Coots game birds shall be from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise until sunset. ZONE C2 Sep. 20 Sep. 24 (a) Within the following areas: Goshen County north of Wyoming Highway 313 and County Central Flyway Road 28; that portion of Platte County west of Interstate Highway 25; and that portion - Ducks, Mergan- Dec. 6 Dec. 8 of Platte County south of Wyoming Highway 160 (Gray Rocks Road) and Riverview Road sers and Coots

Mourning dove (migratory game bird) Eurasian collared dove (invasive species) wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 19 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER Section 6. Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt. (v) The Central Flyway portion of Wyoming, excluding the closed areas listed in Section 3, is open during the light goose conservation order. Nineteen (19) numbered pits/blinds shall be available each day during the dark goose hunting season and shall be occupied on a first-come, first-served basis within the (vi) Light Goose Conservation Order Hunting Seasons. Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area in Goshen County. From November 13, 2021 through February 13, 2022, hunting during dark goose shooting hours shall only be LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER, CENTRAL FLYWAY allowed from pits/blinds or within fifty (50) yards of the pits/blinds. Conservation (a) Selection of pits/blinds. Hunters and hunting parties shall occupy pits/blinds by Species and Order Dates Closed Areas Section Bag Limit parking one vehicle directly in front of the numbered post that is marked with the Hunt Areas Opens Closes 3 Subsections Daily Possession corresponding number of the pit/blind. Vehicles shall not be parked overnight to reserve a pit/blind. Vehicles shall also not be parked in front of a numbered post of a pit/blind Light Geese Feb. 14 Apr. 30 a(ii), a(iii), b, c 50 Unrestricted other than the one the hunting party is occupying. Hunters shall not change pits/blinds except by returning to the parking area and moving their vehicle to the numbered post (c) Bump-Sullivan Area. Those areas within the boundary of the Bump-Sullivan Managed corresponding to the new pit/blind. Goose Hunt Area, including Bump-Sullivan Reservoir, shall be open to the taking of (b) Access to pits/blinds. Hunters shall only park in established parking areas. No more light geese during the light goose conservation order. Light goose conservation order than two (2) vehicles per pit/blind shall be allowed in the parking lots. No person shall participants are not required to hunt from a numbered Department pit/blind during drive a vehicle beyond the established parking areas during the goose and duck hunting the light goose conservation order. Participants who choose to hunt from a numbered seasons, except for Department administrative access. Hunters may only use non- Department pit/blind shall follow the rules in Section 6 of this regulation. Section motorized methods to transport decoys and other gear to and from the pit/blind. 6 (c) shall apply to persons hunting light geese anywhere within the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area. (c) Commercial operations. No person shall conduct a commercially guided or outfitted hunt on the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area. (d) Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area boundary description. The Bump-Sullivan Section 8. Light Goose Conservation Order Shooting Hours. Managed Goose Hunt Area shall include the portion of the Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Shooting hours for taking light geese during the light goose conservation order shall be Habitat Management Area (WHMA) located west of Goshen County Road 37 (Bump- from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise until one-half (1/2) hour after sunset. Sullivan Reservoir and adjacent Commission owned lands); the portion of the Springer/ Bump Sullivan WHMA located south of Goshen County Road 42; and the portion of the Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA located between County Road 37 and the closed area boundary. MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTER'S FIELD LOG At the end of the season, you may receive a state waterfowl hunting survey and/or a Section 7. Light Goose Conservation Order Federal HIP survey. This log is provided to help you recall your waterfowl harvest. (a) Licensing, Permitting and Reporting Requirements. No. Doves No. Geese No. Ducks Sex and (i) Wyoming Game Bird License and Conservation Stamp. Each person who takes or Date County Shot & Shot & Shot & Species of attempts to take any light geese under the authority of this regulation shall have in Retrieved Retrieved Retrieved Ducks possession a valid Wyoming game bird license and a valid Wyoming conservation stamp (except as otherwise exempted by State statute). (ii) Conservation Order Special Management Permit. A Conservation Order Special Management Permit shall be in possession of any person participating in the light goose conservation order. The Conservation Order Special Management Permit shall be validated by signing the person’s name in ink across the face of the permit. Conservation Order Special Management Permits may be purchased through the Department’s ELS. (iii) Reporting Requirements. Any person who obtains a Conservation Order Special Management Permit is requested to accurately complete the online survey at the web address provided on the permit no later than May 14, 2022. MIGRATORY GAME BIRD MIGRATORY (iv) Hunters are not required to possess a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) or Harvest Information Program (HIP) Permit in order to participate in the light goose conservation order. (b) Conservation Order Regulations. (i) Shotguns shall be the only weapons that can be used to take light geese and are not required to be plugged to limit shell capacity to three (3). Shotguns larger than ten (10) gauge shall not be legal for the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation order. (ii) Recorded or electronically-amplified calls may be used for the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation order. (iii) Evidence of Species. One fully feathered wing or the feathered head shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification of all light geese in the field and while the birds are being transported. (iv) Nontoxic Shot Restrictions. No person shall take light geese while possessing shot shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic shot.

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How to estimate distance using your shotgun barrel

1 2 3

One of the toughest jobs for a waterfowl hunter is to muzzle on a crossing shot. The shotgun barrel pictured which the pellet count in a judge how far away a target is. Shooting at waterfowl Along with learning to estimate above depicts the approximate 30-inch circle drops below out of range (sky-busting) causes a significantly distances, pattern your shotgun area covered by a 12 gauge 50-55 (large geese) and higher rate of crippling than shooting at closer ranges and the loads you hunt with, and 28”-30” single barrel or over/ 60-65 (small-medium geese) and is not a responsible way to hunt. This applies to practice to improve your shooting under barrel at optimum range determines the maximum geese in particular. Because of their size, geese usually skills. For most shotguns and of forty (40) yards or less on effective range of your shotgun appear closer than they actually are. reasonable shooting ranges, an overhead shot (Fig. 1) and a with that particular load. You can use your shotgun to learn to judge distances research has found that steel #BB crossing shot (Fig 2). Be a responsible hunter and more accurately and quickly. If the portion of a large or #BBB shot for large-bodied Fig. 3 indicates the practice these suggestions Canada goose covered by the end of your shotgun geese, and steel #2, #1, or #BB approximate area covered at to reduce crippling losses barrel does not extend beyond the wing tips on an shot for small- and medium- 50-55 yards on a crossing shot. and to improve the non- overhead shot, then the goose is near the maximum bodied geese are needed for Remember: If your shotgun’s hunting public’s perception range of 50-55 yards. If the area of the goose covered proper penetration (see Lethality muzzle appears to totally and acceptance of waterfowl by the barrel does not extend beyond the wrist Table on page 24). These shot cover the goose, it is too far hunting. The shotgun barrel joints of the wings, then the goose is probably 40 sizes will carry enough energy to away for a lethal shot. If you pictured above depicts the yards or less and is within effective killing range. penetrate a goose’s vital areas. In are unsure ... DON’T SHOOT! approximate area covered The illustrations above approximate what a goose’s order to kill large-bodied geese, by a 12 gauge 28”-30” single barrel or over/under barrel silhouette looks like at these maximum and optimum research has found your shotgun MIGRATORY GAME BIRD shotgun ranges. These guidelines are intended for must consistently place at least 50-55 pellets inside at optimum range of forty (40) yards or less on an 12 gauge shotguns with 28-30 inch barrel lengths. a 30-inch circle at the distances you shoot. In order overhead shot (Fig. 1) and a crossing shot (Fig 2). Generally speaking, if you cannot see wing tips of a to kill small- or medium-bodied geese, research finds Fig. 3 indicates the approximate area covered at flying goose outside the muzzle of the shotgun on your shotgun must consistently place at least 60-65 50-55 yards on a crossing shot. Remember: If your an overhead shot, it is beyond 55 yards and too far pellets inside the 30-inch circle (see Lethality Table). shotgun’s muzzle appears to totally cover the goose, away to shoot at. The same principle applies if you Try patterning your shotgun at various distances it is too far away for a lethal shot. If you are unsure ... cannot see the body of a flying goose outside the with the appropriate pellet sizes. The distance at DON’T SHOOT!

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Sandhill crane Trumpeter swan Snow goose (light goose)

Drake Drake

Hen Hen MIGRATORY GAME BIRD

Blue-winged teal Mallard Length - 16 inches | Weight - 15 ounces Length - 24 inches | Weight - 2.75 pounds

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Green-winged teal Pintail Length - 15 inches | Weight - 14 ounces Length - 26 inches | Weight - 1.75 pounds wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 25 2021 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER

Hen Drake Hen Drake

Wood duck Length - 18.5 inches | Weight - 1.5 pounds Length - 17 inches | Weight - 1.875 pounds

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Canvasback Hooded merganser Length - 22 inches | Weight - 3 pounds Length - 18 inches | Weight - 1.5 pounds MIGRATORY GAME BIRD MIGRATORY

Drake

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Drake Hen

Redhead Common merganser Length - 20 inches | Weight - 2.5 pounds Length - 22 inches | Weight - 3.2 pounds

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Drake Hen Drake Hen

Bufflehead Northern shoveler Length - 15 inches | Weight - 1 pound Length - 19 inches | Weight - 1.5 pounds

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Hen MIGRATORY GAME BIRD

Barrow's goldeneye Length - 18 inches | Weight - 2 pounds Length - 20 inches | Weight - 2 pounds

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American wigeon Coot Length - 20 inches | Weight - 1.8 pounds Length - 15 inches | Weight - 1 pound wgfd.wyo.gov Wyoming Hunting Regulations | 27 2021 FALL & 2022 SPRING WILD TURKEY HUNTING SEASONS WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO HUNT (e) 2021 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations. Regular Season WILD TURKEY IN WYOMING? Dates Resident requirement All ages Hunt License Area Type Opens Closes Quota Limitations Resident wild turkey license YES Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES 1 Gen Sep. 1 Sep. 30 Any wild turkey, archery only Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) YES 1 Gen Nov. 1 Nov. 30 Any wild turkey 2* Gen Sep. 1 Sep. 30 Any wild turkey, archery only Nonresident requirement All ages 2* Gen Oct. 1 Dec. 31 Any wild turkey Nonresident wild turkey license YES 2* 3 Sep. 1 Sep. 30 400 Any wild turkey valid within Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6) YES Converse and Natrona counties, Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) YES archery only Section 1. Authority. 2* 3 Oct. 1 Dec. 31 Any wild turkey valid within Con- verse and Natrona counties This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming Statute § 23-1-302. 3* Gen Sep. 1 Dec. 31 Any wild turkey Section 2. Hunting Regulations. 3* 3 Sep. 1 Dec. 31 250 Any wild turkey (a) No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a wild turkey during 4* Gen Sep. 1 Sep. 30 Any wild turkey, archery only any one (1) season, except as otherwise provided in this regulation. The maximum bag 4* Gen Nov. 1 Nov. 30 Any wild turkey limit for wild turkey for any person with the proper license shall not exceed one (1) wild turkey per license. 5* Gen Sep. 1 Sep. 30 Any wild turkey, archery only (b) Issuance of Licenses. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) fall 5* Gen Oct. 1 Dec. 31 Any wild turkey wild turkey license and one (1) spring wild turkey license in any calendar year. After the *Indicates hunt areas with difficult public access. (Please see “wild turkey hunt areas with difficult initial drawing is completed, a person may apply for and receive up to three (3) wild public access” on page 9) turkey licenses valid for each season, provided that at least two (2) of those licenses are Limited Quota Type 3 licenses. However, no person shall apply for and receive more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the fall season and no more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the spring season. (c) No person shall possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for hunting wild turkeys with a shotgun on all of the lands in the Springer and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Areas and on all national wildlife refuges open for hunting. (d) Evidence of Sex. During the spring season in those hunt areas limited to the taking of male wild turkeys or any wild turkey with a visible beard, a visible beard shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification in the field and while the Mentor a kid in the field wild turkey is being transported. WILD TURKEY

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