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BLACK BEAR REGULATIONS
ACCESS ON LANDS ENROLLED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S
ACCESS YES WALK-IN AREAS OR HUNTER
MANAGEMENT AREAS
Access to private lands enrolled in the Access Yes Walk-In or Hunter
Management program is granted only for the take of wildlife species
and for the dates specified in Department publications . Travel by motorized
vehicle is prohibited, except as otherwise stated . Hunters wishing
to use enrolled private lands for any other wildlife species, activity
or time period must obtain permission from the landowner or person
in charge of the property . Department publications or signs shall serve
as official regulations of the Commission and may advise of additional
restrictions . The landowner or person in charge of the property may
grant permission for motorized vehicle travel contrary to that specified
by Department signs or publications .
ACCESS YES PROGRAM
The Access Yes Program was established to help address the difficulties
of finding places to hunt and fish . Sportspersons can voluntarily
donate any whole dollar amount to Access Yes when they purchase
or apply for a license . Contributions are used to secure additional public
hunting and fishing access on private lands and inaccessible public
lands . Donating helps support the program, but does not provide or
imply access to all private or inaccessible public lands in Wyoming .
AGE RESTRICTIONS; BIG OR TROPHY GAME
The minimum age to take any big or trophy game animal is eleven (11)
years old if that person will be twelve (12) years old by the end of that
calendar year . Youths under fourteen (14) years of age shall at all times
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be accompanied by an adult who possesses and can exhibit a hunter
safety certificate, or who has been issued a Wyoming big game hunting
license within the last five (5) years . If the accompanying adult is not
the youth's parent or guardian, the youth shall have in their possession
a permission slip signed by their parent or guardian allowing them to
hunt under supervision . Each accompanying adult shall supervise not
more than one (1) hunter under fourteen (14) years of age .
ARCHERY EQUIPMENT
Archery equipment is legal to take game animals . When hunting antelope,
bighorn sheep, black bear, deer, mountain goat, mountain lion or
gray wolf where designated as a trophy game animal, an archery hunter
shall use a longbow, recurve bow or compound bow of not less than
forty (40) pounds draw weight . When hunting elk or moose, an archery
hunter shall use a longbow, recurve bow or compound bow of not
less than fifty (50) pounds draw weight . A crossbow hunter shall use a
crossbow having a peak draw weight of at least ninety (90) pounds and
a bolt of at least sixteen (16) inches in length . The broadhead used on
arrows or bolts shall not pass through a seven-eighths (7/8) inch solid
ring when fully expanded .
ARCHERY LICENSES AND SPECIAL ARCHERY SEASONS
No person shall hunt big game or trophy game animals with archery
equipment during a special archery hunting season without first obtaining
an archery license and the appropriate hunting license . No person
holding an archery license shall take big game or trophy game animals
during a special archery hunting season or limited archery only season
by the use of any type of firearm . Upon request by a game warden or
HUNT INFO
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/public-access https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Public-Access/Access-Yes-Donations https://wgfd.wyo.gov/
2024 Black Bear Regulations

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