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2022 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION
and game birds while being accompanied by a mentor who
possesses a valid Wyoming small game or game bird license
and conservation stamp.
* Any active member, honorably discharged past member
or veteran of the armed forces of the United States and any
active or retired Wyoming peace officer qualified pursuant
to Wyoming Statutes § 9-1-701 through § 9-1-707 may obtain
an exemption from the hunter safety requirement. Hunter
safety exemption applications are available at the Cheyenne
Headquarters and Department Regional Offices. This hunter
safety exemption is not valid for hunting elk within
Grand Teton National Park (Hunt Areas 75
and 79), or for persons acting as mentors
in the Hunter Mentor Program.
LABELING AND SHIPPING.
Labeling. No person shall give, put or leave
any migratory game birds at any place (other
than at their personal abode) or in the custody
of another person unless the birds are
labeled by the hunter with the following information:
1.
The hunter's signature
2. The hunter's address
3. The total number of birds by species
4. The dates such birds were killed
Labeling is required if the birds are being transported by another
person for the hunter, or if the birds have been left for
cleaning, storage (including temporary storage), shipping or
taxidermy services.
Shipping. No person shall ship migratory game birds unless
the package is marked on the outside with: (1) the name and
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address of the person sending the birds; (2) the name and
address of the person to whom the birds are being sent; (3)
the number of birds by species, contained in the package;
and, (4) interstate game tag where required.
established roads open
to vehicle traffic
What Is Legal?
You can hunt waterfowl on or over or from:
■ Standing crops or flooded standing crops, including aquatic plants.
■ Standing, flooded, or manipulated natural vegetation.
■ Flooded harvested croplands.
■ Lands or areas where grains have been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural
planting, harvesting, or post-harvest manipulation.
■ 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
reclamation.
■ A blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with natural vegetation.
■ A blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with vegetation from agricultural
crops, provided your use of such vegetation does not expose, deposit, distribute or scatter
grain or other feed.
■ Standing or flooded standing crops where grain is inadvertently scattered solely as the
result of hunters entering or leaving the area, placing decoys, or retrieving downed birds.
Hunters are cautioned that while conducting these activities, any intentional scattering of
grain will create a baited area.
What Is Illegal?
Some examples of areas where you cannot hunt waterfowl include:
■ Areas where grain or seed has been top-sown and the Cooperative Extension Service does
not recommend the practice of top sowing (see section on wildlife food plots).
■ Crops that have been harvested outside of the recommended harvest dates established
by the Cooperative Extension Service (including any subsequent post-harvest manipulations).
■ Unharvested crops that have been trampled by livestock or subjected to other types of
manipulations that distribute, scatter, or expose grain.
■ Areas where grain is present and stored, such as grain elevators and grain bins.
■ Areas where grain is present for the purpose of feeding livestock.
■ Freshly planted wildlife food plots that contain exposed grain.
■ Croplands where a crop has been harvested and the removed grain is redistributed or
" added back " onto the area where grown.
These examples do not represent an all-inclusive list of waterfowl baiting violations.
The Hunter's Responsibility
As a waterfowl hunter, you are responsible for determining whether your proposed hunting
area is baited. Before hunting, you should:
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LICENSE EXPIRATION. Game bird and small game licenses
expire on the date indicated on the license.
LICENSE FRAUD PROHIBITED; INVALIDATION BY
IMPROPER FEES. Department licenses, permits, stamps,
tags or coupons shall not be altered by anyone other than
authorized Department personnel. No license, permit,
stamp, tag or coupon shall be transferred or used for the
purpose of taking wildlife except by the individual
to whom it was issued and therein
named and while in that individual's possession.
No individual shall take or attempt to
take any wildlife using another individual's
license, permit, stamp, tag or coupon. Any license,
permit, stamp, or tag shall not be valid
unless the proper fees have been received
by the Department. Any Wyoming Game and
Fish law enforcement officer may seize as
evidence any license, permit, stamp or tag
that was obtained in violation of Commission
regulations or Wyoming statutes.
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE WATERFOWL HUNTING AND BAITING INFORMATION
■ Familiarize yourself with Federal and State waterfowl hunting regulations.
■ Ask the landowner, your host or guide, and your hunting partners if the area has been
baited and inspect the area for the presence of bait.
■ Suspect the presence of bait if you see waterfowl feeding in a particular area in unusually
large concentrations or displaying a lack of caution.
■ Look for grain or other feed in the water, along the shore, and on the field. Pay particular
attention to the presence of spilled grain on harvested fields and seeds planted by means of
top sowing.
■ Confirm that scattered seeds or grains on agricultural lands are present solely as the
result of a normal agricultural planting, normal agricultural harvesting, normal agricultural
post-harvest manipulation, or normal soil stabilization practice by consulting the Cooperative
Extension Service.
■ Abandon the hunting site if you find grain or feed in an area and are uncertain about why
it is there.
Excerpts from Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20.21(i)
No persons shall take migratory game birds:
(i) By the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area, where a person knows or reasonably
should know that the area is or has been baited. However, nothing in this paragraph prohibits:
(1)
The taking of any migratory game bird, including waterfowl, coots, and cranes, on or over
the following lands or areas that are not otherwise baited areas--
(i) Standing crops or flooded standing crops (including aquatics); standing, flooded, or manipulated
natural vegetation; flooded harvested croplands; or lands or areas where seeds or
grains have been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural planting, harvesting,
postharvest manipulation or normal soil stabilization practice;
(ii) From a blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with natural vegetation;
(iii) From a blind or other place of concealment camouflaged with vegetation from agricultural
crops, as long as such camouflaging does not result in the exposing, depositing, distributing
or scattering of grain or other feed; or,
(iv) Standing or flooded standing agricultural crops where grain is inadvertently scattered
solely as a result of a hunter entering or exiting a hunting area, placing decoys, or retrieving
downed birds.
(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
distributed or scattered solely as the result of manipulation of an agricultural crop or other
feed on the land where grown, or solely as the result of a normal agricultural operation.
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