2024 Game Bird and Small Game Regs - 19

SMALL GAME
SMALL GAME HUNTING SEASONS
What documents do I need to hunt small game in Wyoming?
Resident
Documents
Under age of 14
Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 8)
Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 7)
Resident daily or 12 month game bird or game bird/small
game hunting license (See page 5)
Nonresident daily or 12 month game bird/small game hunting
license (See page 5)
Nonresident 12 month youth game bird/small game hunting
license (See page 5)
SECTION 8. SMALL GAME HUNTING SEASONS
a. Small Game Species, Seasons Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations.
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Cottontail Rabbit
Snowshoe Hare
Red, Grey and
Fox Squirrel
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Closes
Mar. 31
Mar. 31
Mar. 31
Daily Poss.
10
4
10
i. Small Game Hunt Area Description.
Area 1. The entire state of Wyoming.
SECTION 9. ARCHERY REGULATIONS
Upland game birds and small game may be taken with archery equipment
in accordance with limitations set forth in this Chapter.
SECTION 10. UPLAND GAME BIRD AND SMALL GAME
FALCONRY SEASONS
a. Upland game birds may be taken with falcons in accordance with
Section 3 of this Chapter. Persons hunting with falcons may take
any pheasant.
b. The falconry season shall open September 1 and close March 1 in
those open hunt areas listed in Section 3 of this Chapter and subject
to the closures listed in Subsection 10(c) of this Chapter.
Snowshoe Hare
20
8
20
Any cottontail rabbit
Any snowshoe hare
Any red, grey or fox
squirrel
Bag Limit
Limitations
c. Closed Areas.
Pheasant Hunt Area
8, 9
Limitations
Closed to falconry hunting
Also refer to closed areas in Section 3.
d. The daily bag and possession limits for upland game birds other
than sage grouse, shall be as set forth in Section 3 of this Chapter.
The daily bag limit shall be one (1) sage grouse and the possession
limit shall be two (2) sage grouse.
e. Persons taking sage grouse with falcons shall respond to Department
surveys not later than May 1, 2025 requesting harvest information
for the period September 1, 2024 through March 1, 2025.
f. Small game animals may be taken with falcons in accordance with
the open seasons in the table below.
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Sep. 1
Cottontail Rabbit
Mar. 2
Sep. 1
Snowshoe Hare
Mar. 2
Red, Grey and
Fox Squirrel
Sep. 1
Mar. 2
Fox Squirrel
Aug. 31
Mar. 1
Aug. 31
Aug. 31
Mar. 1
Closes
Mar. 1
Daily Poss.
10
1
20
2
10
1
10
1
20
2
20
2
Bag Limit
Limitations
Any cottontail rabbit
Any cottontail rabbit
Any snowshoe hare
Any snowshoe hare
Any red, grey or
fox squirrel
Any red, grey or
fox squirrel
Cottontail Rabbit
(Photo by Amy Anderson/WGFD)
Ages 14 and older
Under age of 14
Nonresident
Ages 14-17
Ages 18 and older
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SMALL GAME
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2024 Game Bird and Small Game Regs

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