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BLACK BEAR REGULATIONS
" Bag limit " means the maximum number of big game or trophy game
animals that may be taken by an individual possessing a proper license .
" Designated road " means an established road marked with a white
arrow sign .
" 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 .
" Electronic Licensing Service (ELS) " means the Department's Electronic
Draw Application System, Internet Point of Sale System and Online
Internet Sales System used by the Department, license-selling agents
and the public to apply for or purchase licenses, permits, stamps, tags
and preference points .
" 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 .
" Furbearing animal " means badger, beaver, bobcat, marten, mink,
muskrat or weasel .
" 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 .
" License " means a document issued by the Department, through the
authority of the Commission, to a qualified individual that grants certain
privileges to take fish or wildlife in accordance with statutory or regulatory
provisions .
" 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 .
" Nonresident " means any person not a resident .
" Orders " means orders, rules and regulations .
" Permit " means a document that authorizes a license holder to carry
out activities not authorized by the license itself .
" Predacious bird " means English sparrow and starling .
" Predatory animal " means coyote, jackrabbit, porcupine, raccoon, red
fox, skunk or stray cat . " Predatory animal " also means gray wolf located
outside the Wolf Trophy Game Management Area and Seasonal Wolf
Trophy Game Management Area as described in Wyoming Statute §
23-1-101 (a) (xii) (B) (l) and (ll) .
" Protected animal " means black-footed ferret, fisher, lynx, otter, pika
or wolverine .
" Public road or highway " (except as otherwise provided) means any
roadway that is open to vehicular travel by the public . The road surface,
the area between the fences on a fenced public road or highway, and
an area thirty (30) feet perpendicular to the edge of the road surface
on an unfenced public road or highway shall be considered the public
road or highway . Two-track trails on public lands are not public roads .
" Real Time Video Photography Equipment " means any video or photography
equipment capable of utilizing cellular or Wi-Fi technology to
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transmit images or video for remote viewing .
" Regular hunting seasons " means seasons which delineate the dates
and hunt areas for the taking of big game or trophy game animals with
legal weapons in accordance with the license types and limitations
set forth in Section 2 of Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk) and 8
(Moose); Sections 3 and 7 of Chapter 9 (Bighorn Sheep and Mountain
Goat); Section 9 of Chapter 3 (Black Bear); Section 3 of Chapter 42
(Mountain Lion); and Section 4 of Chapter 47 (Gray Wolf) of the Commission
regulations .
" Resident " means a United States citizen or legal alien who is domiciled
in Wyoming for at least one (1) full year immediately preceding
making application for any resident game and fish license, preference
point, permit or tag, shall not have claimed residency in any other state,
territory or country for any other purpose during that one (1) year period,
and meets the requirements specified in Wyoming Statutes § 23-1102
and § 23-1-107 .
" Site of the kill " means the location where the harvested animal died .
" Special archery seasons " means seasons that delineate the dates
and hunt areas for the taking of big game or trophy game animals with
legal archery equipment, in which a hunter with the proper hunting license
and an archery license may hunt in addition to the regular hunting
seasons in accordance with the limitations as set forth in Section
2 of Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk), 8 (Moose), Sections 3 and
7 of Chapter 9 (Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat) and Section 9 of
Chapter 3 (Black Bear) .
" Take " means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, shoot, fish, seine, trap,
kill, or possess, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, shoot, fish,
seine, trap, kill or possess .
" Trophy game animal " means black bear, grizzly bear, mountain lion,
or any gray wolf within the Wolf Trophy Game Management Area and
Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Management Area as described in Wyoming
Statute § 23-1-101 (a) (xii) (B) (I) and (II) .
DISABLED HUNTER INFORMATION
Contact the Cheyenne Headquarters or any Department regional office
for specific information .
DUPLICATE AND REPLACEMENT LICENSE ISSUED
UPON LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ORIGINAL;
PURCHASE AND FEES
When any license issued has been lost or destroyed, the licensee may
secure a duplicate of the original license from the Cheyenne Headquarters,
any Department regional office or designated license-selling
agents . A duplicate license shall be issued if the original license contained
a carcass coupon . A replacement license shall be issued if the
original license did not contain a carcass coupon. The licensee may
secure a replacement license at the Cheyenne Headquarters, Department
regional offices or from ELS agents . The Department shall charge
a fee of seven dollars ($7) for each duplicate or replacement license .
EMERGENCY CLOSURES
The Commission may institute an emergency closure by regulation to
shorten the season in any area at any time if a harvest quota is reached
or if an emergency arises warranting the closure . Should a closure become
necessary after the season opens, no refunds will be given for
unused licenses .
FIREARM CALIBERS FOR HUNTING BIG GAME, BLACK
BEAR, MOUNTAIN LION OR GRAY WOLF
When hunting bighorn sheep, elk, moose, mountain goat or black
bear by the use of a firearm, a hunter shall use any center-fire firearm
of at least .24 caliber and firing a cartridge of at least two (2) inches in
DON'T FORGET YOUR CONSERVATION STAMP
Hunters and anglers must purchase a conservation stamp
prior to hunting and fishing in Wyoming .
HUNT INFO
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/
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