Wyo. Code R. 040-0001-20
Effective Date: 06/27/2006 to 05/23/2007
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 040.0001.20.06272006
Section 1. Authority. This regulation is promulgated by authority of W.S. §23-1-302.
Section 2. Regulation. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission hereby adopts the following regulation governing wild turkey hunting seasons. This regulation shall remain in effect until modified or repealed by the Commission.
Section 3. 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) 'General Wild Turkey Licenses' mean wild turkey licenses that are unlimited in number and valid in any hunt area with a general license hunting season 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-bronze, tungsten-tin-bismuth, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-iron-copper-nickel, tungsten-tin-iron, tungsten-nickel-iron, tungsten-iron-nickel-tin 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 4. Hunting Seasons Established. There shall be open seasons for the hunting of wild turkey for fall, 2006, and spring, 2007, as set forth in the Hunting Regulations (Section 5), Archery Regulations (Section 6) and Hunt Area Descriptions (Section 7) of this Chapter.
Section 5. Hunting Regulations.
(a) 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.
(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 lands within 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 spring season in those hunt areas limited to the taking of male wild turkeys or any wild turkey with a visible beard, 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) 2006 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations.
| Hunt Area | Type | Date of Seasons | Season Bag Limit | Limitations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opens | Closes | ||||
| 1 | Nov. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | General license; any wild turkey | |
| 2 | 1 | Oct. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 350 licenses any wild turkey |
| 2 | Nov. 1 | Dec. 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 150 licenses any wild turkey valid in that portion of Area 2 in Converse County | |
| *3 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | 1 | General license; any wild turkey | |
| *4 | 1 | Sept. 15 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 100 licenses any wild turkey |
| *5 | Oct. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | General license; any wild turkey | |
| *7 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | 1 | General license; any wild turkey | |
| *8 | 1 | Oct. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 20 licenses any wild turkey |
| *9 | 1 | Oct. 1 | Nov. 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 200 licenses any wild turkey |
| 6, 10, 12, 13 | CLOSED | ||||
| *11 | Oct. 1 | Oct. 31 | 1 | General license; any wild turkey | |
| *14 | Oct. 1 | Oct. 31 | 1 | General license; any wild turkey |
* Indicates hunt areas with difficult public access (please see 'TURKEY HUNT AREAS WITH DIFFICULT PUBLIC ACCESS' on page 7 in the Important Hunter Information section.)
(f) 2007 Spring Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations.
| Hunt Area | Type | Date of Seasons Opens | Date of Seasons Closes | Season Bag Limit | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| 2 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| *3 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| *4 | 1 | April 1 | April 30 | 1 | Limited quota; 150 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
| 2 | April 16 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 150 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| *5 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| *6 | 1 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 30 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
| 2 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 40 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard, except the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area is closed | |
| *7 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| *8 | 1 | April 1 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 25 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
| *9 | April 1 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| *10 | 1 | April 14 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 75 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
| *11 | April 1 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | |
| 12 | 1 | April 1 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 20 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
| 13 | 1 | April 1 | May 15 | 1 | Limited quota; 10 licenses any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
| *14 | April 1 | May 15 | 1 | General license; any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
* Indicates hunt areas with difficult public access (please see 'TURKEY HUNT AREAS WITH
DIFFICULT PUBLIC ACCESS” on page 7 in the Important Hunter Information section.)
(a) Wild turkey may be taken with archery equipment in accordance with Section 5 of this Chapter.
Area 1. Black Hills. All of Crook County and that portion of Weston County north of U.S. Highway 16 or east of U.S. Highway 85.
Area 2. Laramie Peak. That portion of Converse County south of the North Platte River, that portion of Platte County south and west of Interstate Highway 25, that portion of Laramie County west of Interstate Highway 25, north of Wyoming Highway 211 and north of the Fisher Canyon/Rogers Canyon Road, and that portion of Albany County north of U.S. Highway 30 and the Ninth Street-Rogers Canyon Road.
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 Clark's Fork River drainage, 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 following boundary: Middle Fork of Crazy Woman Creek and Crazy Woman Creek to Interstate Highway 90, and Interstate Highway 90 from Crazy Woman Creek to the Campbell County line.
Area 8. Laramie County. That portion of Laramie County east of Interstate Highway 25.
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, all of Hot Springs 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.
Area 11. Cheyenne River. That portion of Weston County south of U.S. Highway 16 and west of U.S. Highway 85, all of Niobrara County, and that portion of Converse County north of the North Platte River.
Area 12. Platte Valley. Beginning where the continental divide crosses the Wyoming-Colorado state line, northerly along said divide to the Sage Creek Road (Carbon County Road 401); northerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 71; northerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80; easterly along said highway to the Medicine Bow River; southerly up said river to Medicine Bow Peak; southerly along the divide between the Laramie River and the North Platte River to the Wyoming-Colorado state line; westerly along said line to the continental divide.
Area 13. Pole Mountain. Beginning in the city of Laramie and the Rogers Canyon-Ninth Street Road (Albany County Road 17-Laramie County Road 228); northeasterly along said road to Wyoming Highway 211; southeasterly along said highway to Interstate Highway 25; southerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80; westerly along said highway to the city of Laramie.
Area 14. Wind River. All non-Indian owned fee title lands, Boysen State Park lands and Bureau of Reclamation lands within the following described area: Beginning where Wyoming Highway 789 crosses the Wind River Indian Reservation Boundary east of Boysen Reservoir; southerly, then westerly along said boundary to Wyoming Highway 135; northwesterly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 789; northeasterly along said highway to the Wind River Indian Reservation Boundary east of Boysen Reservoir.
By:
Ron Lovercheck, President
Dated: April 25, 2006