2023 upland game bird and small game regs - 31

WILD TURKEY
SECTION 2. HUNTING REGULATIONS
a . No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a
wild turkey during any one (1) season, except as otherwise provided
in this regulation . The maximum bag limit for wild turkey for any
person with the proper license shall not exceed one (1) wild turkey
per license .
b . Issuance of Licenses . No person shall apply for or receive more
than one (1) fall wild turkey license and one (1) spring wild turkey
license in any calendar year . After the initial drawing is completed,
a person may apply for and receive up to three (3) wild 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, except as authorized
in Commission regulations .
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 wild turkey is
being transported .
e . 2023 Fall Season . Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations .
Season Dates
Hunt
Area
1
1
2*
2*
2*
2*
3*
3*
4*
4*
5*
5*
Type
Gen
Gen
Gen
Gen
3
3
Gen
3
Gen
Gen
Gen
Gen
Opens
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Closes
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Dec. 31
Dec. 31
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
350
400
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey valid within Converse
and Natrona counties, archery only
Any wild turkey valid within Converse
and Natrona counties
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
*Indicates hunt areas with difficult public access . (Please see " wild turkey
hunt areas with difficult public access " on page 10 .)
Tom and hen wild turkey
Quota
Limitations
f . 2024 Spring Season . Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations .
Season Dates
Hunt
Area
1
1
2*
2*
2*
3*
3*
4*
4*
5*
Type
Opens
Gen Apr. 20
3
Apr. 1
Gen Apr. 20
3
3
Gen
3
Apr. 1
Apr. 20
Apr. 1
Apr. 1
Gen Apr. 20
1
Apr. 20
Gen Apr. 20
Closes
May 31
May 31
May 31
Apr. 19
May 31
May 31
May 31
May 31
May 31
May 31
50
400
250
100
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard valid on private land
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard valid in Natrona
County
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard valid within Converse
and Natrona counties
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard
Any male wild turkey or any wild
turkey with a visible beard, except the
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's
Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management
Area shall be closed
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard
*Indicates hunt areas with difficult public access . (Please see " wild turkey
hunt areas with difficult public access " on page 10 .)
SECTION 3. ARCHERY REGULATIONS
Wild turkey may be taken with any archery equipment during any open
season in accordance with Section 2 of this Chapter .
SECTION 4. HUNT AREA DESCRIPTIONS
Area and Number .
Area 1 . Black Hills . All of Crook County and that portion of Weston
County north of U .S . Highway 16 or east of U .S . Highway 85 .
Area 2 . Central . That portion of Weston County south of U .S . Highway
16 and west of U .S . Highway 85; and all of Converse, Natrona and Niobrara
counties .
Area 3. Powder River. All of Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties .
Area 4 . Bighorn Basin . All of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie
counties .
Area 5 . South Central . All of Albany, Carbon, Fremont, Goshen, Laramie
and Platte counties .
Quota
Limitations
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