Gray Wolf 2024 Regs - 5

HUNT INFORMATION
warden or other Wyoming law enforcement officer, a person who has
taken a big or trophy game animal during a special archery hunting
season or limited quota archery only hunting season shall allow testing
of the animal's tissue for confirmation of compliance with this section.
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FOR HUNTING PROHIBITED;
EXCEPTION
No person shall take any wildlife with the aid of or by using any artificial
light or lighting device except as provided by statute and Commission
regulation. Predatory animals may be taken with the aid of an artificial
light or lighting device, including thermal or infrared imaging or other
light imaging by:
i. A public officer authorized to and conducting predator control;
ii. A landowner, resident manager or person with the landowner's or
a resident manager's written permission to take predatory animals,
on land under the landowner's control for the protection of their
property.
iii. Any person taking a predatory animal on public or state land is subject
to limitations established by the Commission.
It is prima facie evidence of a violation if a person uses an artificial
light in an area that may be inhabited by wildlife while having in
their possession and control any device for taking wildlife.
This shall not prohibit the hunting on foot of raccoon with the aid of a
handlight, provided the hunter is accompanied by a raccoon hunting
dog and, if hunting on private land(s), has the written permission of the
landowner or their agent.
* Any person hunting predatory animals on public land with an artificial
light or lighting device, thermal or infrared imaging or other light
imaging device shall display an activated infrared (IR) strobe beacon
on their person visible from at least one hundred (100) yards in every
direction. If the predator hunter is enclosed inside a vehicle, an
activated IR strobe beacon shall be displayed on the exterior roof of
the vehicle so as to be visible for at least one hundred (100) yards
around the vehicle.
* Hunting of predatory animals at night with artificial light or lighting
devices, thermal or infrared imaging or other light imaging on public
land shall be closed from September 1 through December 31.
AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND SUPPRESSORS
No person shall take any wildlife with any fully automatic weapon.
Firearm suppressors may be used during the legal taking of any
game animal.
BAG LIMITS AND NUMBER OF LICENSES
No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license valid for
each big or trophy game species during any one (1) calendar year, except
as otherwise allowed by Commission regulations. The maximum
bag limit is one (1) big or trophy game animal per each valid license
held, and in accordance with age, sex, species and antler or horn development
limitations as specified by Commission regulation.
BAIT RESTRICTIONS
No person shall take a game animal, game bird or game fish and use
any part thereof for bait to hunt, trap or poison any wildlife of Wyoming.
CHECK STATIONS
Every hunter, angler or trapper entering or leaving areas for which
check stations have been established shall stop and report at the check
station if the check station is on the hunter's, angler's or trapper's route
to and from the hunting or fishing area. This requirement applies even
if the person does not have wildlife in possession. Game and fish
licensees shall produce their licenses, permits or stamps as required
by regulation for any game animals, game birds, fish or furbearing animals
in their possession for inspection upon request by any authorized
department representative.
CLOSED AREAS
All areas within the state of Wyoming not opened by specific order of
the Commission shall be closed to the taking of game animals, furbearing
animals and game birds.
CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS. HUNTERS REQUIRED TO
WEAR FLUORESCENT ORANGE OR FLUORESCENT
PINK CLOTHING
All persons hunting big or trophy game during an open regular season,
shall wear in a visible manner one (1) or more exterior garments of a
fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink color that shall include at least
one of the following: a hat, shirt, jacket, coat, vest or sweater. Fluorescent
orange camouflage or fluorescent pink camouflage are legal.
Hunters participating in limited quota muzzle-loading seasons are also
required to meet the fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink requirements.
Archers and crossbow hunters hunting during a special archery
season or limited quota archery only Type 9 season are exempt from
this requirement.
TERMS & DEFINITIONS
" Accompanied by a mentor " means being directly supervised at all
times by a mentor who is within sight and direct voice contact.
" Aircraft " means any machine or device capable of atmospheric flight
including but not limited to an airplane, helicopter, glider, dirigible or
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
" Artificial light or lighting device " means any man-made light or lighting
device which projects a visible light outside the device, or any electronic
device that provides an enhanced ability to see in the dark.
" Bag limit " means the maximum number of big game or trophy game
animals that may be taken by an individual possessing a proper license.
" Certificate of Competency and Safety in the Use and Handling of
Firearms " means a certification issued for the completion of an approved
hunter safety course.
" Domicile " means that place where a person has his true, fixed and
permanent home to which whenever the person is temporarily absent
the person has the intention of returning. To prove domicile as required
by Wyoming Statutes § 23-1-102 and § 23-1-107 a person shall be able
to establish that he: physically resides in Wyoming; has made his permanent
home in Wyoming; is not residing in Wyoming for a special or
temporary purpose; and, has abandoned his domicile in all other states,
territories or countries.
" Expanding point bullet " means any bullet designed by its manufacturer
to create a wound channel larger than the bullet's diameter.
" General licenses " means big or trophy game or wild turkey licenses
valid in any hunt area in which licenses have not been totally limited in
number. General licenses shall be valid only under species, sex, age
class and harvest limitations that are in effect for each hunt area.
" Handgun " means a firearm that has a barrel length of less than sixteen
(16) inches, has a short stock, and is designed to be fired by the
use of a single hand without shoulder support.
" Hunt area " means the area within a defined geographic boundary
where a license shall be valid.
" License " means a document issued by the Department, through the
authority of the Commission, to a qualified individual that grants certain
privileges to take fish or wildlife in accordance with statutory or regulatory
provisions.
" Mentee " means a person who has received special authorization from
the Department to take wildlife and who has not received a certificate
of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms.
" Mentor " means a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age,
can demonstrate they have a certificate of competency and safety in
the use and handling of firearms, possesses a valid Wyoming hunting
license and is directly supervising not more than one (1) mentee, other
than immediate family members, at a time while in the field.
" Motorized vehicle " means any vehicle powered by an internal combustion
engine or electric motor.
" Nonresident " means any person not a resident.
" Off national forest " means lands other than those administered by
the U.S. Forest Service.
" Orders " means orders, rules and regulations.
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