2023 upland game bird and small game regs - 2

2023 HUNTING REGULATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Access Yes Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Age Restrictions; Game Birds and Wild Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Age Restrictions; Small Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Archery Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Artificial Light for Hunting Prohibited; Exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Bait Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Banded Birds; Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Carcass Coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Check Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Closed Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Clothing Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Conservation Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Crow Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Terms & Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Disabled Hunter Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Duplicate and Replacement License Issued Upon Loss or
Destruction of Original; Purchase and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Emergency Closures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Falconry Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp . . . . . . . . . . .8
Firearm Calibers and Legal Weapons for Game Birds and
Small Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Harvest Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Hunter Safety/Mentor Program; Exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
License Expiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
License Fraud Prohibited; Invalidation by Improper Fees . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Litter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Migratory Game Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Migratory Game Birds: Labeling and Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) . . . . . . . . . .8
Nontoxic Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Open Hours for Taking Small Game, Upland Game Birds and
Wild Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Permission to Hunt, Fish, Trap or Collect Antlers or Horns . . . . . . . . . . .9
Pheasant Special Management Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Precautions When Hunting in Areas Occupied by Grizzly Bears . . . . . .9
Prohibited Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Protected Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Shipping Game Animals and Game Birds out of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Shipping Game Animals and Game Birds within Wyoming . . . . . . . . . .9
Sky-Busting and Retrieval of Downed Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Taking Predatory Animals and Predacious Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Vehicle Restrictions on Federal Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Watercraft Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wild Turkey Hunt Areas With Difficult Public Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wildlife Violator Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wind River Reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wyoming State Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Waterfowl Hunting and Baiting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CHAPTER 11: UPLAND GAME BIRD AND SMALL GAME
HUNTING SEASONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2 . Hunting Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 3 . Upland Game Bird Hunting Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 4 . Pheasant Special Management Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 5 . Springer Permit Pheasant Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 6 . Glendo Pheasant Hunt Area 9 Youth Pheasant Hunt . . . . . . 18
Section 7 . Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management Area, Yellowtail
Wildlife Habitat Management Area and Pheasant Hunt
Area 2 Youth Pheasant Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 8 . Small Game Hunting Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 9 . Archery Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 10 . Upland Game Bird and Small Game Falconry Seasons . . . . 19
SMALL GAME HUNTING SEASONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CHAPTER 14: MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND
LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 2 . Hunting Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Section 3 . Description of Closed Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Section 4 . Shooting Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Section 5 . Falconry Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Section 6 . Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Section 7 . Light Goose Conservation Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Section 8 . Light Goose Conservation Order Shooting Hours . . . . . . . .26
CHAPTER 20: 2023 FALL AND 2024 SPRING WILD TURKEY
HUNTING SEASONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 2 . Hunting Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 3 . Archery Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 4 . Hunt Area Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
VIEW A MOBILE-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THE REGULATIONS
HUNT AREAS ADMINISTERED BY REGIONAL OFFICES
Region
Casper
Cody
Green River
Jackson
Pinedale
Lander
Laramie
Sheridan
2
Antelope
2-9, 11, 25-27, 29-32,
69-73
76-83, 110, 114, 115
53, 57-59, 92-96, 98101,
112
85
86-91, 101
55, 56, 60-68, 74, 75,
84, 97, 106-108, 117
11, 34, 37, 38, 42-48,
50-52, 103, 111
1, 3, 10, 15-24, 102,
109, 113
Deer
2-14, 22, 34, 65, 66, 88, 89
35, 37, 39-41, 46, 47, 50-53,
105, 106, 109-125, 127, 164, 165
82, 100-102, 131-135, 168
144-146, 148-152, 155, 156
130, 138-143, 153, 154
36, 84, 87, 90, 92, 94, 96-98,
128, 157, 160, 171
15, 59, 60, 61, 64, 70, 74-81
1, 3, 17-19, 21, 23-33, 163, 169
Elk
1, 7, 19, 23, 113, 116, 117,
120, 122, 126
39-41, 45, 47-49, 51,
53-56, 58-64, 66
21, 30-32, 100, 102107,
124
70, 71, 73, 75, 77-85,
88-91
86, 87, 92-99
22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 6769,
108, 111, 118, 127,
128, 130
3, 6-13, 15, 16, 110, 125
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
2, 6, 30
38, 41
1, 34
WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
4, 6, 7
8, 24
4, 9, 10, 17, 22
18, 19, 21, 26
5
3
2, 4
2
Moose
Bighorn sheep
20
1-5, 12
1, 3, 5
1, 3
Mountain goat
Wild
bison
Wild
turkey
1, 2
4
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