2024 Antelope, Deer and Elk Regs - 7

GENERAL HUNTING INFORMATION
ment personnel prior to enacting any mandatory CWD sample
submission. The Department shall determine the type, time
frame and method of CWD sampling required for submission.
b. When the Department mandates hunters submit CWD samples,
public notice shall be given through posting of mandatory submission
requirements in Department offices and designated license
selling agents, electronic or traditional mailings to known
license holders (and other sportspersons) and through the Department
website, publications and news releases.
c. It shall be a violation of Commission regulation for a hunter to fail
to submit mandated CWD samples in accordance with this section.
CLOSED AREAS
All areas within the state of Wyoming not opened by specific order of
the Commission shall be closed to the taking of game animals, furbearing
animals and game birds.
CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS. HUNTERS REQUIRED TO
WEAR FLUORESCENT ORANGE OR FLUORESCENT
PINK CLOTHING
All persons hunting big or trophy game during an open regular season,
shall wear in a visible manner one (1) or more exterior garments of a
fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink color that shall include at least
one of the following: a hat, shirt, jacket, coat, vest or sweater. Fluorescent
orange camouflage or fluorescent pink camouflage are legal.
Hunters participating in limited quota muzzle-loading seasons are also
required to meet the fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink requirements.
Archers and crossbow hunters hunting during a special archery
season or limited quota archery only Type 9 season are exempt from
this requirement.
CREDIT CARD FEE
The Department shall charge a two point five percent (2.5%) credit card
processing fee of the cost of any license, permit, stamp, tag, preference
point or competitive raffle chance applied for or purchased by the use
of a credit card.
TERMS & DEFINITIONS
" Accompanied by a mentor " means being directly supervised at all
times by a mentor who is within sight and direct voice contact.
" Aircraft " means any machine or device capable of atmospheric flight
including but not limited to an airplane, helicopter, glider, dirigible or
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) .
" Antlered " means a deer, elk or moose that has visible antler growth
plainly protruding from the skull. Where a minimum number of antler
points are specified, points shall be counted on the side with the greater
number of points.
" Antlerless " means a deer, elk or moose that has no antler growth
plainly protruding from the skull. Females and young-of-the-year without
visible antlers are antlerless big game animals.
" Approved Landfill or Incinerator " means a landfill or incinerator permitted
by the State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
to dispose of animal carcasses.
" Artificial light or lighting device " means any man-made light or lighting
device which projects a visible light outside the device, or any electronic
device that provides an enhanced ability to see in the dark.
" Bag limit " means the maximum number of big game or trophy game
animals that may be taken by an individual possessing a proper license.
" Big game animal " means antelope, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, moose
or mountain goat.
" Buck antelope " means male antelope with visible horns and dark
cheek patch at the base of the ear.
" Bureau of Land Management (B.L.M.) " means the land management
agency administered by the U. S. Department of the Interior.
" Bureau of Reclamation Land " means lands administered by the U.S.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation.
" Calf " means young-of-the-year elk or young-of-the-year moose.
" Certificate of Competency and Safety in the Use and Handling of Firearms "
means a certification issued for the completion of an approved
hunter safety course.
" Cow " means an adult female elk or an adult female moose.
" Designated road " means an established road marked with a white
arrow sign.
" Doe " means an adult female antelope or adult female deer.
" Domicile " means that place where a person has his true, fixed and
permanent home to which whenever the person is temporarily absent
the person has the intention of returning. To prove domicile as required
by Wyoming Statutes § 23-1-102 and § 23-1-107 a person shall be able
to establish that he: physically resides in Wyoming; has made his permanent
home in Wyoming; is not residing in Wyoming for a special or
temporary purpose; and, has abandoned his domicile in all other states,
territories or countries.
" Drainage " means all lands within the watershed of a named river or
stream, including all tributaries and standing waters, which drain into
that river or stream.
" Edible portion of big game animal " means the meat from the front
quarters as far down as the knees, meat from the hindquarters as far
down as the hocks, and the meat along the backbone between the
neck and hindquarters including the loins and tenderloins, excluding
meat on the ribs and neck (See page 8).
" Established road " means any road or trail that has been graded or
constructed to carry motor vehicles or on which repeated legal motor
vehicle traffic has created well-defined tracks.
" Expanding point bullet " means any bullet designed by its manufacturer
to create a wound channel larger than the bullet's diameter.
" Fawn " means a young-of-the-year antelope or young-of-theyear
deer.
" General licenses " means big or trophy game or wild turkey licenses
valid in any hunt area in which licenses have not been totally limited in
number. General licenses shall be valid only under species, sex, age
class and harvest limitations that are in effect for each hunt area.
" Handgun " means a firearm that has a barrel length of less than sixteen
(16) inches, has a short stock, and is designed to be fired by the
use of a single hand without shoulder support.
" Hunt area " means the area within a defined geographic boundary
where a license shall be valid.
" Irrigated land " means agricultural lands that are supplied with supplemental
water by ditches, pipes, flooding or spraying.
" Issue-After License " means licenses that are limited in number and
that were not issued in the initial or leftover drawings; these licenses
shall be issued on an as processed basis through the ELS.
" Leftover Drawing " means a computer processed random drawing to
issue licenses remaining after the initial drawings.
" Leftover Licenses " means limited quota licenses and nonresident region
general deer licenses issued in the leftover drawing.
" Limited Quota Licenses " means licenses that are limited in number
and valid only in a specified hunt area(s) or portion(s) of a hunt area.
Limited quota licenses shall be valid only under species, sex, age class,
harvest, and weapon type limitations that are in effect for each hunt
area.
" Mentee " means a person who has received special authorization from
the Department to take wildlife and who has not received a certificate
of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms.
" Mentor " means a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age,
can demonstrate they have a certificate of competency and safety in
the use and handling of firearms, possesses a valid Wyoming hunting
license and is directly supervising not more than one (1) mentee, other
than immediate family members, at a time while in the field.
" Motorized vehicle " means any vehicle powered by an internal combustion
engine or electric motor.
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