2024 Game Bird and Small Game Regs - 30

GAME BIRD & SMALL GAME
WILD TURKEY HUNTING SEASONS
Documents
Hunter Safety Certificate (If born on or after Jan. 1, 1966 - See
page 8)
Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 7)
Resident wild turkey license
Nonresident wild turkey license
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SECTION 2. HUNTING REGULATIONS
a. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a
wild turkey during any one (1) season, except as otherwise provided in
this regulation. The maximum bag limit for wild turkey for any person
with the proper license shall not exceed one (1) wild turkey per license.
b. Issuance of Licenses. No person shall apply for or receive more
than one (1) fall wild turkey license and one (1) spring wild turkey
license in any calendar year. After the initial drawing is completed,
a person may apply for and receive up to three (3) wild turkey licenses
valid for each season, provided that at least two (2) of those
licenses are Limited Quota Type 3 licenses. However, no person
shall apply for and receive more than a total of three (3) wild turkey
licenses valid for the fall season and no more than a total of three
(3) wild turkey licenses valid for the spring season, except as authorized
in Commission regulations.
c. No person shall possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for
hunting wild turkeys with a shotgun on all of the lands in the Springer
and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Areas and on
all national wildlife refuges open for hunting.
d. Evidence of Sex. During the spring season in those hunt areas limited
to the taking of male wild turkeys or any wild turkey with a visible
beard, proof of sex shall accompany the turkey carcass, attached or
unattached while the wild turkey is in transportation from the site of the
kill to the residence of the person taking the wild turkey, or delivered
to a processor for processing. Proof of sex for male wild turkeys shall
include either one leg including the spur, or a patch of skin with the
breast feathers and beard attached; and for female wild turkey (bearded
hen) a patch of skin with the breast feathers and beard attached.
e. Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area. During the spring season,
no person shall attempt to take a wild turkey on the lands of
the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat
Management Area without possessing a valid Hunter Management
Area permission slip issued to them by the Department for
said management area and the date(s) of any attempt to take.
f. 2024 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
Season Dates
Hunt
Area
1
1
1
1
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Type
Gen
Gen
3
3
Opens
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Closes
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
750
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey valid within Converse,
Natrona, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
counties, archery only
Any wild turkey valid within Converse,
Natrona, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
counties
Quota
Limitations
g. 2025 Spring Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
Season Dates
Hunt
Area
1
Type
Opens
Gen Apr. 20
Closes
May 31
Any male wild turkey or any wild
turkey with a visible beard (Hunter
Management Area permission slip
required to hunt on the Yellowtail
Wildlife Habitat Management Area)
1
3
Apr. 1
1
3
Apr. 20
Apr. 19
May 31
700
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey
with a visible beard valid within Natrona,
Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
counties
Any male wild turkey or any wild
turkey with a visible beard valid within
Converse, Natrona, Campbell, Johnson
and Sheridan counties
SECTION 3. ARCHERY REGULATIONS
Wild turkey may be taken with any archery equipment during any open
season in accordance with Section 2 of this Chapter.
SECTION 4. HUNT AREA DESCRIPTIONS
Area and Number.
Area 1. The entire State of Wyoming.
Quota
Limitations
What documents do I need to hunt wild turkey in Wyoming?
Resident (All ages)
Nonresident (All ages)
WILD TURKEY
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