2022 antelope, deer and elk hunting regulations - 4

2022 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION
Disclaimer. The following sections are a condensed summary
of applicable wildlife laws and other important information.
This summary is in no way intended to alter the
content or statutory intent of those laws. If you have any
questions regarding the precise language, you can view a
copy of the State Statutes (Title 23) and Wyoming Game and
Fish Commission (Commission) Regulations, available at
the Cheyenne Headquarters, Department Regional Offices,
the Department website or consult the following websites:
https://soswy.state.wy.us or https://wyoleg.gov.
Access on Lands Enrolled in the Department's
Access Yes Walk-In Areas or Hunter Management
Areas. Access to private lands enrolled in the Access Yes
Walk-In or Hunter Management Program is granted only
for the take of wildlife species and for the time periods
specified in Department publications. Travel by motorized
vehicle is prohibited, except as otherwise stated. Hunters
wishing to use enrolled private lands for any other wildlife
species, activity or time period must obtain permission
from the landowner or person in charge of the property.
Department publications or signs shall serve as official
regulations of the Commission and may advise of additional
restrictions. The landowner or person in charge of
the property may grant permission for motorized vehicle
travel contrary to that specified by Department signs or
publications.
Access Yes Program. The Access Yes Program was established
to help address the difficulties of finding places
to hunt and fish. Sportspersons can voluntarily donate any
whole dollar amount to Access Yes when they purchase or
apply for a license. Contributions are used to secure additional
public hunting and fishing access on private lands
and inaccessible public lands. Donating helps support the
program, but does not provide or imply access to all private
or inaccessible public lands in Wyoming.
Age Restrictions; Big or Trophy Game. The minimum
age to take any big or trophy game animal is eleven (11)
years old, if that person will be twelve (12) years old by the
end of that calendar year. Youths under fourteen (14) years
of age shall at all times be accompanied by an adult who
possesses and can exhibit a hunter safety certificate, or
who has been issued a Wyoming big game hunting license
within the last five (5) years. If the accompanying adult is
not the youth's parent or guardian, the youth shall have in
their possession a permission slip signed by their parent
or guardian allowing them to hunt under supervision. Each
accompanying adult shall supervise not more than one (1)
hunter under fourteen (14) years of age.
Archery Equipment. Archery equipment is legal to
take game animals. When hunting antelope, bighorn
sheep, black bear, deer, mountain goat, mountain lion, or
gray wolf where designated as a trophy game animal, an
archery hunter shall use a longbow, recurve bow or compound
bow of not less than forty (40) pounds draw weight.
When hunting elk or moose, an archery hunter shall use a
longbow, recurve bow or compound bow of not less than
fifty (50) pounds draw weight. A crossbow hunter shall use
a crossbow having a peak draw weight of at least ninety
(90) pounds and a bolt of at least sixteen (16) inches in
length. The broadhead used on arrows or bolts shall not
pass through a seven-eighths (7/8) inch solid ring when
fully expanded.
Archery Licenses and Special Archery Seasons.
No person shall hunt big game or trophy game animals
with archery equipment during a special archery hunting
season without first obtaining an archery license and the
appropriate hunting license. No person holding an archery
license shall take big game or trophy game animals during
a special archery hunting season or limited quota archery
season by the use of any type of firearm. Upon request by
a game warden or other Wyoming law enforcement officer,
a person who has taken a big or trophy game animal
during a special archery hunting season or limited quota
archery only hunting season shall allow testing of the animal's
tissue for confirmation of compliance with this section.
Artificial
Light for Hunting Prohibited; Exception.
No person shall take any wildlife with the aid of or by using
any artificial light or lighting device except that predators
may be taken with the aid of an artificial light or lighting
device by:
(i) A public officer authorized to and conducting predator
control;
(ii) A landowner, resident manager or person with the
landowner's or a resident manager's written permission
to take predators, on land under the landowner's control
for the protection of their property.
It is prima facie evidence of a violation if a person uses
an artificial light in an area that may be inhabited by
wildlife while having in their possession and control
any device for taking wildlife. This shall not prohibit the
hunting on foot of raccoon with the aid of a handlight, provided
the hunter is accompanied by a raccoon hunting dog
and, if hunting on private land(s), has the written permission
of the landowner or their agent.
Region
Casper
Cody
Green
River
Jackson
Pinedale
Laramie
Lander
Sheridan
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Antelope
2-9, 11, 25-27, 2932,
69-73
76-83, 110, 114, 115
53, 57-59, 92-96,
98-101, 112
85
86-91, 101
11, 34, 37, 38, 4248,
50-52, 103, 111
55, 56, 60-68, 74,
75, 84, 97, 106108,
117
1, 3, 10, 15-24,
102, 109, 113
Hunt areas administered by regional offices
Deer
Elk
2-14, 22, 34, 65, 66, 88,
89
35, 37, 39-41, 46, 47, 5053,
105, 106, 109-125, 127,
164, 165
82, 100-102, 131-135, 168
144-146, 148-152, 155, 156
130, 138-143, 153, 154
15, 59, 60, 61, 64, 70,
74-81
36, 84, 87, 90, 92, 94, 9698,
128, 157, 160, 171
1, 3, 17-19, 21, 23-33,
163, 169
1, 7, 19, 23, 113, 116, 117,
120, 122, 126
39-41, 45, 47-49, 51, 5356,
58-64, 66
21, 30-32, 100, 102-107,
124
70, 71, 73, 75, 77-85, 88-91
86, 87, 92-99
3, 6-13, 15, 16, 110, 125
22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 67-69,
108, 111, 118, 127, 128, 130
2, 33-38, 113, 123, 129
8, 9, 11, 42
26, 27, 33, 35,
36, 40, 44
7, 10, 14-21, 23,
28, 32, 37
3-5, 22, 24,
25, 30
38, 41
2, 6, 30
1, 34
4, 6, 7
8, 24
18, 19,
21, 26
4, 9, 10,
17, 22
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2, 4
2
Moose
Bighorn
sheep
20
1-5, 12
1, 3, 5
1,3
Mountain
goat
Wild
bison
Wild
turkey
1,2
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HUNT INFO
https://soswy.state.wy.us https://www.wyoleg.gov http://wgfd.wyo.gov
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