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GAME BIRD & SMALL GAME
Wyoming game bird license and a valid Wyoming conservation
stamp (except as otherwise exempted by State statute).
ii. Conservation Order Special Management Permit. A Conservation
Order Special Management Permit shall be in possession of
any person participating in the light goose conservation order.
The Conservation Order Special Management Permit shall be
validated by signing the person's name in ink across the face
of the permit. Conservation Order Special Management Permits
may be purchased through the Department's ELS.
iii. Reporting Requirements. Any person who obtains a Conservation
Order Special Management Permit will be emailed an online
harvest survey. Permit holders are requested to accurately
complete the survey at that time.
iv. Hunters are not required to possess a Federal Migratory Bird
Hunting and Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) or Harvest Information
Program (HIP) Permit in order to participate in the light
goose conservation order.
b. Conservation Order Regulations.
i. Shotguns shall be the only weapons that can be used to take
light geese and are not required to be plugged to limit shell
capacity to three (3). Shotguns larger than ten (10) gauge shall
not be legal for the taking of light geese during the light goose
conservation order.
ii. Recorded or electronically-amplified calls may be used for
the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation
order.
iii. Evidence of Species. One fully feathered wing or the feathered
head shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means
of identification of all light geese in the field and while the birds
are being transported.
iv. Nontoxic Shot Restrictions. No person shall take light geese
while possessing shot shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic
shot.
v. The Central Flyway portion of Wyoming, excluding the closed
areas listed in Section 3, is open during the light goose conservation
order.
vi. Light Goose Conservation Order Hunting Seasons.
LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER, CENTRAL FLYWAY
Species and Hunt
Areas
Light Geese
Conservation Order
Dates
Opens
Feb. 17
Closes
Apr. 30
a(ii), a(iii), b, c
Closed Areas Section
3 Subsections
Daily
Bag Limit
Poss.
50 Unrestricted
c. Bump-Sullivan Area. Those areas within the boundary of the
Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area, including Bump-Sullivan
Reservoir, shall be open to the taking of light geese during
the light goose conservation order. Light goose conservation order
participants are not required to hunt from a numbered Department
pit/blind during the light goose conservation order. Participants
who choose to hunt from a numbered Department pit/blind shall
follow the rules in Section 6 of this regulation. Section 6 (c) shall apply
to persons hunting light geese anywhere within the Bump-Sullivan
Managed Goose Hunt Area.
SECTION 8. LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER
SHOOTING HOURS
Shooting hours for taking light geese during the light goose conservation
order shall be from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise until one-half
(1/2) hour after sunset.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTER'S FIELD LOG
AT THE END OF THE SEASON, YOU MAY RECEIVE A STATE WATERFOWL HUNTING SURVEY AND/OR A
FEDERAL HIP SURVEY. THIS LOG IS PROVIDED TO HELP YOU RECALL YOUR WATERFOWL HARVEST.
Date
County
No. Doves Shot & Retrieved
No. Geese Shot & Retrieved
No. Ducks Shot & Retrieved
Sex and Species of Ducks
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