2024 Game Bird and Small Game Regs - 23

MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
h. Sandhill Crane Hunting Seasons
LIMITED QUOTA PERMIT - SANDHILL CRANE SEASONS
Season Dates
Hunt Area
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Opens
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 28
Sep. 1
Sep. 14
Sep. 1
Closes
Sep. 15
Sep. 15
Sep. 8
Oct. 20
Sep. 15
Oct. 6
Sep. 30
41
41
165
165
41
165
62
GENERAL PERMIT - SANDHILL CRANE SEASONS
Season Dates
Hunt Area
7
Opens
Sep. 7
Closes
Nov. 3
b
Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
d
Permit
Quota
Closed
Areas
Section 3 Subsections
Season
Bag
Limit
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bag Limit
Daily Poss.
9
3
i. Permits. All persons, regardless of age, hunting sandhill cranes
shall possess a permit valid for the hunt area in which they are
hunting. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1)
limited quota sandhill crane permit during a calendar year. A
person may also obtain a permit valid for the general sandhill
crane season in Hunt Area 7.
A. Limited Quota Sandhill Crane Permits. Persons may apply for
limited quota sandhill crane permits through the Department's
Electronic Licensing Service (ELS). Party applications shall be
accepted. Maximum party size shall be two (2). Residents and
nonresidents shall not apply together as a party.
B. General Sandhill Crane Permits. Permits to hunt during the
general sandhill crane season (Hunt Area 7) shall be available
through the Department's ELS.
ii. Tagging Sandhill Cranes. When a sandhill crane is killed under
a limited quota permit, the permittee shall detach, sign and date
the carcass coupon and attach the coupon to the carcass before
leaving the site of the kill. The coupon shall remain on the
crane carcass at all times until the meat undergoes processing,
except that during transportation of the carcass the coupon may
be removed to prevent its loss. If the coupon is removed for
transportation of the carcass, it shall be in possession of the
person accompanying the carcass at all times. When dating a
carcass coupon, the entire wedge or block shall be cut out for
the date and the month of the kill. The carcass coupon shall be
attached to the carcass of a sandhill crane in such a manner
as to be plainly visible. Sandhill cranes killed during the general
sandhill crane season in Hunt Area 7 are not required to be
tagged.
iii. Limited Quota and General Sandhill Crane Hunt Area Descriptions.
Area
and Number.
Area 1. All of the Bear River and Ham's Fork River drainages in Lincoln
County.
Area 2. All of the Salt River drainage in Lincoln County south of the
McCoy Creek Road.
Area 3. All lands within the Bureau of Reclamation's Eden Project in
Sweetwater County.
Area 4. All lands within the Bureau of Reclamation's Riverton and Boysen
Unit boundaries; those lands within Boysen State Park south of
Cottonwood Creek, west of Boysen Reservoir, and south of U.S. Highway
20-26; and all non-indian owned fee title lands within the exterior
boundaries of the Wind River Reservation, excluding those lands within
Hot Springs County.
Area 5. All of Uinta County.
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Light Geese
Sep. 21
Dec. 26
Area 6. All of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties.
Area 7. All of Campbell, Converse, Crook, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara,
Platte and Weston counties.
Area 8. All of Johnson, Natrona and Sheridan counties.
i. Waterfowl Hunting Seasons
i. Pacific Flyway
PACIFIC FLYWAY
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Ducks and
Mergansers
Coots
Early Canada
Goose
Dark Geese
Sep. 21
Sep. 21
Sep. 1
Sep. 21
Closes
Jan. 3
Jan. 3
Sep. 8
Dec. 26
Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
d,
e
f - through Oct. 8
d, e
f - through Oct. 8
d, e
f - through Oct. 8
d, e
f - through Oct. 8
d, e
f - through Oct. 8
Bag Limit
Daily Poss.
7*
15
5
5
10
21*
45
15
15
30
* The daily bag limit of seven (7) ducks and mergansers may include any
combination of species with the following restrictions:
* no more than two (2) hen mallards;
* no more than one (1) pintail;
* no more than two (2) canvasbacks;
* no more than two (2) redheads; and,
* no more than two (2) scaup. No scaup shall be taken after December 15.
ii. Central Flyway Zones. The Central Flyway is divided into three
(3) zones. Refer to the season dates for the zone in which you
are hunting.
A. ZONE C1 shall include Big Horn, Converse, Hot Springs, Natrona,
Park and Washakie counties, and Fremont County excluding
those portions south or west of the Continental Divide.
B. ZONE C1A shall include Goshen and Platte counties.
C. ZONE C2 shall include Albany, Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Laramie,
Niobrara, Sheridan and Weston counties; and that portion
of Carbon County east of the Continental Divide.
iii. Central Flyway
Mourning dove (migratory game bird)
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