Wyo. Code R. 040-0001-20
Effective Date: 04/29/2002 to 04/25/2003
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 040.0001.20.04292002
Section 1. Authority. This regulation is promulgated by authority of W.S. §23-1-302.
Section 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Area Wild Turkey Licenses" mean wild turkey licenses that are unlimited in number and valid only in a specified hunt area for a specified sex of wild turkey during specified season dates. (b) "Limited Quota Wild Turkey Licenses" mean wild turkey licenses that are limited in number and valid only in a specified hunt area or portion of a hunt area for a specified sex of wild turkey during specified season dates. (c) "Nontoxic shot" means steel, bismuth-tin, tungsten-iron, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-nickel-iron, and tungsten-polymer shot or any other federally approved nontoxic shot. (d) "Season bag limit" means the maximum number of wild turkeys that may be legally taken during an entire season.
Section 3. Hunting Seasons Established. There shall be open seasons for the hunting of wild turkey as set forth in the Hunting Regulations (Section 4), Archery Regulations (Section 5) and Hunt Area Descriptions (Section 6) of this Chapter.
Section 4. Hunting Regulations.
(a) Licenses. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) fall wild turkey license in any calendar year. (b) Shooting Hours. Shooting hours for the hunting of wild turkey shall be one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset. (c) Nontoxic shot shall be required for hunting wild turkey with a shotgun on all of the lands in the Springer and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Areas. No person shall possess shot shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic shot while hunting wild turkey on all 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 fall season in those areas limited to the taking of male wild turkeys, a visible beard shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification in the field and while the wild turkey is being transported.
(e) 2002 Fall Season. Open Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations.
| Date of Seasons | Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Area | Type | Opens | Closes | Bag Limit | Limitations |
| 1 | 1 | Oct. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 1,000 licenses any wild turkey |
| 2 | 1 | Oct. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 500 licenses any wild turkey |
| 3 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | 1 | Area license; any wild turkey | |
| 4 | 1 | Sept. 15 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 300 licenses any wild turkey |
| 5 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | 1 | Area license; any wild turkey | |
| 7 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | 1 | Area license; any wild turkey | |
| 6,8,9,10 | CLOSED |
Section 5. Archery Regulations.
(a) There shall be an open season for the hunting of wild turkey with archery equipment in all areas as set forth in Section 4 of this Chapter.
Section 6. Hunt Area Descriptions.
(a) Area and Number
Area 1. Black Hills. All of Crook, Weston and Niobrara counties.
Area 2. Laramie Peak. Converse County and that portion of Albany County north of U.S. Highway 30 and the Ninth Street-Rogers Canyon Road and that portion of Platte County west of Interstate Highway 25.
Area 3. Sheridan-Johnson. All of Sheridan County and that portion of Johnson County north of the middle fork of Crazy Woman Creek, north of Crazy Woman Creek to Interstate Highway 90 and north of Interstate Highway 90.
Area 4. Goshen. All of Goshen County and that portion of Platte County east of Interstate Highway 25.
Area 5. Campbell. All of Campbell County.
Area 6. Shoshone. All of the Shoshone River drainage in Big Horn County, all of the Shoshone River drainage in Park County north of U.S. Highway 14-16-20, and that portion of the Big Horn River drainage in Bighorn County north of Sheep Mountain Canyon and the Bear Creek-Shell Creek divide.
Area 7. Kaycee. That portion of Johnson County south of the middle fork of Crazy Woman Creek, south of Crazy Woman Creek to Interstate Highway 90 and south of Interstate Highway 90.
Area 8. Laramie County. That portion of Laramie County east of U.S. Highway 85.
Area 9. Natrona County. All of Natrona County.
Area 10. Bighorn. All of the Bighorn River drainage in Bighorn County south of Sheep Mountain Canyon and the Bear Creek-Shell Creek divide, all of Washakie County, and that portion of the Bighorn River drainage in Park County south and east of the Shoshone River drainage and east of Wyoming Highway 120.
By:
Doyle Dorner, President
Dated: April 22, 2002