2024 Antelope, Deer and Elk Regs - 12

GENERAL HUNTING INFORMATION
or prohibited by regulation shall comply with this section while said animal
is in transportation from the site of the kill to the residence of the
person taking the animal, or delivered to a processor for processing.
a. In hunt areas where the taking of any big game animal is restricted
to antler point or horn size by regulation, the antlers or horns shall
accompany the carcass, or edible portions thereof.
b. In hunt areas where the taking of any big game animal is restricted
to a specific sex of animal by regulation, either the visible external
sex organs, head or antlers shall accompany the carcass, or edible
portions thereof.
c. In hunt areas where the taking of a species of deer is controlled or
prohibited by regulation, either the head or the tail of the deer shall
accompany the carcass or edible portion thereof as evidence of the
species taken.
RETRIEVAL OF GAME ANIMALS FROM THE FIELD
a. The Department may require substantive proof from any person who
fails to retrieve from the site of kill all edible portions of a big game
animal as to why the edible portions were not removed from the field.
b. Wounding and Retrieving. No person shall wound or kill any game
animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve it and reduce
it to possession. For the purpose of this subsection, making
a reasonable effort shall include a person physically going to the
nearest location where the game animal was when a person attempted
to take the game animal, in order to search for any sign
the game animal was wounded or killed, and take the game animal
into possession.
SHIPPING AND EXPORT REQUIREMENTS (FEDERAL)
If you ship any wildlife parts or products out of the United States, federal
regulations require that you complete a " Declaration of Importation
or Exportation of Fish and Wildlife " (Form #3-177), available online at
http://www.fws.gov/le/declaration-form-3-177.html
In addition, if you ship hides, skulls, meat or products of black bears,
wolves, lynx, bobcats or river otters out of the United States, you must
first obtain a Federal CITES permit. These forms are only available
through U.S. Fish and Wildlife offices.
SHIPPING GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS
OUT OF STATE
Except as otherwise exempt by state statute, no game animal or game
bird, or any part thereof, shall be shipped or transported from the state
except by the person who harvested the animal, and in possession of
the proper license, stamp and carcass coupon as required, or unless
the amount does not exceed twenty-five (25) pounds and is properly
tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag. Not more than twenty-five
(25) pounds from any one (1) big or trophy game animal may be exported
from the state unless the part to be exported from the state is of a
nonedible trophy or hidelike nature and properly tagged with a Wyoming
interstate game tag or the big or trophy game animal was legally harvested
by a nonresident and is tagged with a Wyoming interstate game tag.
SHIPPING GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS
WITHIN WYOMING
Except as otherwise exempt by state statute, no person shall ship,
transport or receive for shipment or transportation within Wyoming any
game animal, game bird, or any part thereof, unless tagged with a Wyoming
interstate game tag, or unless the transportation of a big or trophy
game animal is by a person in possession of a proper carcass coupon
signed and dated by the person who harvested the animal, or the transportation
of game birds or small game is by a properly licensed hunter
in possession of not more than the daily bag or possession limit.
TAKING PREDATORY ANIMALS AND
PREDACIOUS BIRDS
Predatory animals and predacious birds may be taken without a license.
USE OF LEASHED DOGS FOR TRACKING
A person may use one (1) leashed blood-trailing dog to track a wounded
or killed big game animal within seventy-two (72) hours of shooting
the animal. A person using a dog in this manner:
* Shall maintain physical control of the dog at all times by means of
a maximum fifty (50) foot leash attached to the collar or harness of
the dog;
* Shall wear fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink consistent with
Wyoming Statute § 23-3-113(a);
* May kill the wounded animal using any weapon authorized under the
hunting license; and,
* Shall, in accordance with Wyoming Statute § 23-3-104, attached
the proper coupon to the carcass of any animal killed under the
hunting license.
A person acting solely as a dog handler accompanying the licensed
hunter that wounded the game animal is exempt from the licensing requirement
of this act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow
a dog handler to hunt without a license.
USE OF SPECIALIZED HUNTING TECHNOLOGIES AND
EQUIPMENT
a. No person shall use any device attached to a legal firearm, muzzleloader
or archery equipment, capable of producing a thermal
or infrared image, or other imaging outside the normal visible light
spectrum, with the intent to spot, locate and aid in the taking of any
big game animal, trophy game animal or wild bison.
b. No person shall use any real-time video photography equipment,
thermal or infrared imaging device, or other imaging device outside
the normal visible light spectrum, with the intent to spot, locate and
aid in the taking of any big game animal, trophy game animal or
wild bison.
c. A trail camera, or similar device, that can only store an image, picture
or video inside the device, and which does not have the capability
to utilize cellular or Wi-Fi technology to transmit images or
video for remote viewing is permissible for use in the taking of any
big game animal, trophy game animal or wild bison.
d. No person shall sell or barter any geographic location information
for any big game animal, trophy game animal or wild bison to aid in
the taking of any big game animal, trophy game animal or wild bison.
VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL LAND
Sportspersons are advised that many areas of National Forest and Bureau
of Land Management lands are subject to travel and vehicle use
limitations to protect resources. Maps and additional information regarding
these limitations are available at U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of
Land Management and other agency offices near these public lands.
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