2024 Game Bird and Small Game Regs - 2

GAME BIRD & SMALL GAME
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Access on Lands Enrolled in the Department's Access Yes Walk-In
Areas or Hunter Management Areas .............................................................4
Access Yes Program ............................................................................................4
Age Restrictions; Game Birds and Wild Turkey ............................................4
Age Restrictions; Small Game ......................................................................... 5
Archery Hunting................................................................................................... 5
Artificial Light for Hunting Prohibited; Exception ....................................... 5
Bait Restrictions ................................................................................................... 5
Banded Birds; Reporting ................................................................................... 5
Check Stations ..................................................................................................... 5
Closed Areas ........................................................................................................ 5
Clothing Requirement ....................................................................................... 5
Crow Season ........................................................................................................ 5
Terms & Definitions ............................................................................................. 6
Disabled Hunter Information ............................................................................ 6
Conservation Stamp ............................................................................................7
Duplicate and Replacement License Issued Upon Loss or Destruction
of Original; Purchase and Fees .......................................................................8
Emergency Closures ...........................................................................................8
Falconry Licenses ................................................................................................8
Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp .......................8
Firearm Calibers and Legal Weapons for Game Birds and
Small Game ...........................................................................................................8
Harvest Survey ......................................................................................................8
Hunter Safety/Temporary Exception ...............................................................8
License Expiration ................................................................................................8
Upland Game Bird ...................................................................................14
Section 2. Hunting Regulations ...................................................................... 14
Section 3. Upland Game Bird Hunting Seasons ........................................ 14
Section 4. Pheasant Special Management Permit ................................... 17
Section 5. Springer Permit Pheasant Season ............................................. 17
Section 6. Glendo Pheasant Hunt Area 9 Youth Pheasant Hunt ........... 18
Section 7. Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management Area, Yellowtail
Wildlife Habitat Management Area and Pheasant Hunt Area 2 Youth
Pheasant Hunt ..................................................................................................... 18
Small Game ..............................................................................................19
Section 8. Small Game Hunting Seasons ....................................................19
Section 9. Archery Regulations .....................................................................19
Section 10. Upland Game Bird and Small Game Falconry Seasons .....19
License Fraud Prohibited; Invalidation by Improper Fees .........................8
Litter .........................................................................................................................8
Migratory Game Birds .........................................................................................8
Migratory Game Birds: Labeling and Shipping .............................................8
National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) .................... 9
Nontoxic Shot ....................................................................................................... 9
Open Hours for Taking Small Game, Upland Game Birds and
Wild Turkey ........................................................................................................... 9
Permission to Hunt, Fish, Trap or Collect Antlers or Horns ...................... 9
Pheasant Special Management Permit ......................................................... 9
Precautions When Hunting in Areas Occupied by Grizzly Bears .......... 9
Prohibited Acts ..................................................................................................... 9
Protected Birds ................................................................................................... 9
Sage Grouse Hunting Permit ........................................................................... 9
Shipping Game Animals and Game Birds out of State.............................. 9
Shipping Game Animals and Game Birds within Wyoming ...................10
Sky-Busting and Retrieval of Downed Birds ..............................................10
Taking Predatory Animals and Predacious Birds ......................................10
Vehicle Restrictions on Federal Land ..........................................................10
Watercraft Restrictions ......................................................................................10
Wildlife Violator Compact ................................................................................10
Wind River Reservation.....................................................................................10
Wyoming State Parks ........................................................................................10
How To Fill Out Carcass Coupon .................................................................... 11
Waterfowl Hunting and Baiting Information ................................................12
Migratory Game Birds ............................................................................20
Section 2. Hunting Regulations .....................................................................20
Section 3. Description of Closed Areas ......................................................24
Section 4. Shooting Hours ..............................................................................25
Section 5. Falconry Seasons .........................................................................25
Section 6. Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt ....................................25
Section 7. Light Goose Conservation Order .............................................25
Section 8. Light Goose Conservation Order Shooting Hours ...............26
Wild Turkey ..............................................................................................30
Section 2. Hunting Regulations .....................................................................30
Section 3. Archery Regulations ....................................................................30
Section 4. Hunt Area Descriptions ..............................................................30
DISCLAIMER
The following sections are a condensed summary of applicable wildlife laws and other important information. This summary is in no way intended to
alter the content or statutory intent of those laws. If you have any questions regarding the precise language, you can view a copy of the State Statutes
(Title 23) and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission (Commission) Regulations, available at the Cheyenne Headquarters, Department Regional
Offices, the Department website or consult the following websites: https://rules.wyo.gov or https://wyoleg.gov.
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