2023-24 furbearer and trapping regs - 13

FURBEARING ANIMAL HUNTING OR TRAPPING
oming state line downstream to its confluence with Hog Park
Creek in Carbon County;
H. South Fork Lake Creek and Goetze Creek drainages on the
Pennock Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Carbon
County;
I. The head of the Rock Creek drainage north and east of the
Sand Lake Road (U.S.F.S. Road 101) downstream to its confluence
with the South Fork of Rock Creek in Carbon County;
J. Bolton Creek drainage in Carbon and Natrona counties.
K. Stinking Creek drainage (including Lone Tree Creek and Elk
Creek) in Carbon and Natrona counties;
L. Ditch Creek drainage from the confluence of the North Fork and
Middle Fork of Ditch Creek downstream to the U.S.F.S. - Private
Land Boundary in Teton County;
M. Willow Creek drainage upstream from the confluence of Willow
Creek and Sourdough Creek in Teton, Lincoln and Sublette
counties; and,
N. Game Creek drainage in Teton County.
iii. The following areas shall be closed to the taking of Marten.
A. All lands within the Pole Mountain Unit of the Medicine Bow
National Forest in Albany County.
iv. The following areas shall be closed to the use of any snare or
quick-kill body grip trap with a jaw spread exceeding five (5)
inches during any open pheasant hunting season:
A. Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management Area;
B. Ocean Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area;
C. Sand Mesa Wildlife Habitat Management Area east of Bass
Lake Road;
D. Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area.
v. The following areas shall be closed to the use of any snare or
quick-kill body grip trap with a jaw spread exceeding five (5)
inches from October 1 through February 15;
A. Rawhide Wildlife Habitat Management Area;
B. Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Management Area; and,
C. Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area.
vi. The following areas shall be closed to the use of any snare,
quick-kill body grip trap, leg-hold trap, and live trap during
the calendar year;
A. Pilot Hill Wildlife Habitat Management Area; and,
B. John/Annie Woodhouse Public Access Area.
SECTION 5. COMMON SEASON BOUNDARY
Wherever a stream or river forms a boundary between two (2) trapping
areas with differing seasons for the same furbearing animal, the stream
or river channel proper shall open for trapping on the earliest opening
date and close on the latest closing date of the two (2) seasons
involved.
SECTION 6. LIMITED QUOTA FURBEARING ANIMAL
TRAPPING AREA PERMITS
Only the holder of a permit for a limited quota trapping area(s) shall
be allowed to trap the limited quota area for the designated species
during the trapping season for which the permit is valid. Permit holders
shall be determined by a random computer selection.
a. Application for Limited Quota Furbearing Animal Trapping Permits.
Applications shall be available from Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Regional Offices, the Cheyenne Headquarters Office and
game wardens. Any qualified person may submit one (1) application
for a limited quota trapping area drawing and may list as many as
three (3) choices.
b. When trapping, each permit holder shall present their permit and
a valid Wyoming furbearing animal trapping license for inspection
upon request to any law enforcement officer empowered to enforce
these regulations.
c. Application Date. Applications shall be submitted on a form provided
by the Department to the Headquarters Office from April 1
through May 31.
d. Drawing. Only correct and complete applications received in the
Headquarters Office during the application dates shall be entered
in the random computer selection. Successful applicants shall be
notified by mail.
e. Leftover Limited Quota Trapping Area Permits. After the regular
drawing, applicants may apply for limited quota trapping area
permits not issued in the drawing for limited quota furbearing
animal trapping areas. Applicants shall apply to the Headquarters
Office. Permits shall be issued in the order the applications
are processed or until quotas are reached. Submission of an
application either through the mail or hand delivered shall not
guarantee a permit.
SECTION 7. AUTHORIZATION TO TRAP
a. Any person holding a valid Wyoming furbearing animal trapping
license shall be authorized to trap furbearing animals in any trapping
area specified in the current trapping regulations, excluding
those species within limited quota furbearing animal trapping
areas for which a limited quota furbearing animal trapping permit
is required and excluding closed areas in Section 4(b) of this
regulation.
b. Individuals issued limited quota furbearing animal trapping permits
shall contact the game warden listed on the notice for instructions
prior to taking furbearing animals authorized by this permit in the
limited quota furbearing animal trapping areas.
SECTION 8. TRAP AND SNARE SPECIFICATIONS
a. All snares used for furbearing or predatory animals shall be
equipped with a break-away device located at the point of the
snare lock;
b. Break-away devices shall release at two hundred ninety-five (295)
pounds of pressure or less;
c. Snare capture loop size shall not exceed twelve (12) inches in diameter
measured from side to side;
d. Snares shall be solidly anchored to ensure the break-away device
properly functions to release at two hundred ninety-five (295)
pounds of pressure or less, and;
i. Snares shall not be anchored to any wire of a fence.
ii. Snares shall not be anchored to any moveable object such as
a drag.
e. Power-activated snares with a spring greater than three (3) inches
in length when fully extended may only be set on private land; and,
f. A quick-kill body-grip trap having a jaw measurement of ten (10)
inches or greater when measured vertically at its widest part of the
jaw shall not be set, other than on private land, unless the bottom of
the quick-kill body-grip trap is at least partially submerged in water
when set.
SECTION 9. CHECK PERIOD FOR LEG-HOLD TRAPS,
LIVE TRAPS, SNARES AND QUICK-KILL BODY-GRIP
TRAPS
a. All leg-hold traps and live traps shall be checked by the owner a
minimum of once during each seventy-two (72) hour period.
b. All snares and quick-kill body-grip traps shall be checked by the
owner a minimum of one time each week, except during the initial
week the snares or quick-kill body-grip traps were set.
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