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MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
iii. Pond No. 1 Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Area.
Pond No. l and adjacent lands as marked by colored signs and
posts.
iv. Miller Lake (Glomill Reservoir). Miller Lake and all lands within
three hundred (300) yards of the normal high water line.
v. North Platte River. That portion of the North Platte River and
all lands within three hundred (300) yards of each bank of
said river beginning one-quarter (1/4) mile downstream of
the western-most river crossing with Wyoming Highway 157
downstream to the eastern-most river crossing with Wyoming
Highway 157.
b. Platte County
i. Festo Lake. Festo Lake and all lands within three hundred (300)
yards of the normal high water line.
ii. Wheatland Reservoir No. 1. Wheatland Reservoir No. 1 and all lands
within three hundred (300) yards of the normal high water line.
c. Fremont County
i. Ocean Lake. The waters and lands within one-half (1/2) mile of
the aeration system on the north side of Ocean Lake shall be
closed to migratory game bird hunting beginning November 15
through March 10 of the following year.
d. Sweetwater County
i. Eden Reservoir. Eden Reservoir and all lands within three hundred
(300) yards of the normal high water line.
e. Lincoln County
i. Palisades Reservoir. Beginning at the junction of the McCoy
Creek Road and U.S. Highway 89; northerly on U.S. Highway
89 for one and six-tenths (1.6) miles to the Palisades Reservoir
high water line; westerly along said high water line to the Wyoming
- Idaho state line; south along said state line to the McCoy
Creek Road; southeasterly along the McCoy Creek Road to U.S.
Highway 89.
f. Teton County
i. South Park Wildlife Habitat Management Area Northwest Reservoirs.
The three reservoirs (Snowy Egret, Sandhill Crane and
Blue Heron) in the northwest corner of the property and the
surrounding lands, beginning at the South Park Wildlife Habitat
Management Area's northwest property corner; east along the
fenced northern property boundary to Flat Creek; south along
the western edge of Flat Creek to the bridge and South Park
Feedground Road; southwest along South Park Feedground
Road to the intersection with the maintenance road; northwest
along the maintenance road to the end of the maintenance
road; due west to the fenced property line; north along the
fence to the northwest corner of the property.
SECTION 4. SHOOTING HOURS
a. Except as provided in Section 4 (b) and Section 8, shooting hours
for hunting all migratory game birds shall be from one-half (1/2) hour
before sunrise until sunset.
b. From November 16 through the close of the dark goose season,
daily shooting hours for dark geese shall end at 1:00 p.m. on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays within the following areas:
Goshen County north of Wyoming Highway 313 on the west side of
U.S. Highway 85, and north of County Road 32 on the east side of
U.S. Highway 85.
SECTION 5. FALCONRY SEASONS
Migratory game birds may be taken by the use of trained raptors in the
possession of properly licensed falconers during the regular hunting
season set forth in Section 2 and extended falconry seasons in accordance
with the limitations in this Section, Section 2, Section 3 and Section
4. Licensed adult falconers are allowed to hunt by falconry methods
during the special hunting days for youths, veterans and active
military personnel set forth in Section 2 (j).
a. Falconry Bag and Possession Limits. The daily bag limit shall not
exceed three (3) migratory game birds in the aggregate nor shall
the possession limit exceed nine (9) migratory game birds in the aggregate
for falconry during the regular hunting season or extended
falconry seasons. The daily bag and possession limits, singly or in
the aggregate, may include any species and sex of ducks, geese,
coots, mergansers, rail, snipe, mourning doves and sandhill crane
when seasons for these species are open. No more than one (1)
sandhill crane shall be taken under a limited quota sandhill crane
permit. The falconry bag and possession limits are not in addition to
the bag and possession limits listed in Section 2.
EXTENDED FALCONRY SEASONS
Species and Hunt
Areas
Mourning Doves -
Statewide
Sora Rail and
Virginia Rail -
Statewide
ZONE C1 and C1A
Central Flyway -
Ducks, Mergansers
and Coots
ZONE C2
Central Flyway -
Ducks, Mergansers
and Coots
Dec. 2
Dec. 4
SECTION 6. BUMP-SULLIVAN MANAGED GOOSE HUNT
Nineteen (19) numbered pits/blinds shall be available each day during
the dark goose hunting season and shall be occupied on a first-come,
first-served basis within the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area
in Goshen County. From November 16, 2024 through February 16,
2025, hunting during dark goose shooting hours shall only be allowed
from pits/blinds or within fifty (50) yards of the pits/blinds.
a. Selection of pits/blinds. Hunters and hunting parties shall occupy
pits/blinds by parking one vehicle directly in front of the numbered
post that is marked with the corresponding number of the pit/blind.
Vehicles shall not be parked overnight to reserve a pit/blind. Vehicles
shall also not be parked in front of a numbered post of a pit/
blind other than the one the hunting party is occupying. Hunters
shall not change pits/blinds except by returning to the parking area
and moving their vehicle to the numbered post corresponding to
the new pit/blind.
b. Access to pits/blinds. Hunters shall only park in established parking
areas. No more than two (2) vehicles per pit/blind shall be allowed
in the parking lots. No person shall drive a vehicle beyond the established
parking areas during the goose and duck hunting seasons,
except for Department administrative access. Hunters may
only use non-motorized methods to transport decoys and other
gear to and from the pit/blind.
c. Commercial operations. No person shall conduct a commercially
guided or outfitted hunt on the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose
Hunt Area.
d. Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area boundary description.
The Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area shall include the
portion of the Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Management
Area (WHMA) located west of Goshen County Road 37 (Bump-Sullivan
Reservoir and adjacent Commission owned lands); the portion
of the Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA located south of Goshen
County Road 42; and the portion of the Springer/Bump Sullivan
WHMA located between County Road 37 and the closed area
boundary.
SECTION 7. LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER
a. Licensing, Permitting and Reporting Requirements.
i. Wyoming Game Bird License and Conservation Stamp. Each
person who takes or attempts to take any light geese under
the authority of this regulation shall have in possession a valid
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Nov. 10
Oct. 14
Sep. 16
Dec. 16
Oct. 21
Sep. 20
Extended Season
Dates
Opens
Nov. 30
Closes
Dec. 16
b, d, e
a - after Nov. 15
c - after Nov. 14
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b
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Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
AGGREGATE
Bag
Limit
Daily Poss.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
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