Wyo. Code R. 040-0001-2
Effective Date: 05/14/2001 to 04/29/2002
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 040.0001.2.05142001
Section 1. Authority. This regulation is promulgated by authority of W.S. §23-1-302, §23-1-703, §23-2-101, §23-3-104, §23-3-305 and §23-3-308.
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) 'Antlered' means a deer, elk, or moose that has visible antler growth plainly protruding from the skull. Where a minimum number of antler points are specified, points shall be counted on the side with the greater number of points.
(b) 'Antlerless' means a deer, elk, or moose that has no antler growth plainly protruding from the skull. Females and young-of-the-year without visible antlers are antlerless big game animals.
(c) 'Artificial Light' means any man-made light or lighting device.
(d) 'Bag Limit' means the maximum number of big game or trophy game animals that may be taken by an individual possessing a proper license.
(e) 'Bow and arrow' or 'longbow' means a longbow, recurve bow, compound bow and/or crossbow.
(f) 'Buck Antelope' means male antelope with visible horns and a dark cheek patch at the base of the ear.
(g) 'Calf' means young-of-the-year elk or young-of-the-year moose.
(h) 'Cow' means an adult female elk or an adult female moose.
(i) 'Designated road' means only established roads marked as open to motorized vehicular traffic by a Department sign on the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Access Program or Hunter Management Program lands.
(j) 'Doe' means an adult female antelope or adult female deer.
(k) 'Drainage' means the river or stream proper and the area of land, including all streams and standing waters, which drain into that river or stream.
(l) 'Edible portion of big game animal' means the meat of the front quarters as far down as the knees, the hindquarters as far down as the hocks, and the meat along the backbone between the neck and hindquarters, excluding meat on the ribs and neck.
(m) 'Established road' means any road or trail which has been graded or constructed to carry motorized vehicular traffic or on which repeated motorized vehicular traffic has created well-defined tracks on the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Access Program or Hunter Management Program lands.
(n) 'Fawn' means young-of-the-year antelope or young-of-the-year deer.
(o) 'Hunt Area' means the geographic boundaries within which a license shall be valid.
(p) 'Motorized vehicle' means any vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine.
(q) 'Muzzle-loading firearm' means a muzzle-loading rifle having a barrel bore diameter of at least 40/100 of an inch and a charge of at least fifty (50) grains of black powder or equivalent; or a muzzle-loading specialty single shot handgun which has a barrel length of not less than ten (10) inches, a bore diameter of at least 45/100 of an inch and which propels a projectile of two hundred forty (240) grains at not less than five hundred (500) foot pounds at one hundred (100) yards.
(r) 'National Elk Refuge Permit' means a permit issued by National Elk Refuge personnel that allows a properly licensed elk hunter to take an elk within the National Elk Refuge.
(s) 'Off National Forest' means lands other than those administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
(t) 'On National Forest' means lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
(u) 'Park Permit' means a permit issued by Grand Teton National Park personnel that allows a properly licensed elk hunter to take an elk within Grand Teton National Park.
(v) 'Point' means any protrusion from an antler one inch or more in length.
(w) 'Processor' means a custom meat processor licensed by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
(x) 'Public Road or Highway' means any roadway that is publicly or privately maintained but open to vehicular travel by the public. The area between the fences on a fenced public road or highway and the road surface, borrow pits and shoulders of unfenced public roads or highways shall be considered the public road or highway. Unmaintained two-track trails on public lands are not public roads.
(y) 'Regular Hunting Seasons' mean seasons which delineate the dates and hunt areas for the taking of big game animals and/or trophy game animals with legal weapons in accordance with the license types and limitations as set forth in Section 3 of Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk), 8 (Moose), 9 (Bighorn Sheep), 24 (Mountain Goat), Section 10 of Chapter 3 (Black Bear) and Section 4 of Chapter 42 (Mountain Lion) of the Commission Regulations.
(z) 'Site of the Kill' means the location where the harvested animal died.
(aa) 'Special Archery Seasons' mean seasons which delineate the dates and hunt areas for the taking of big game animals and/or trophy game animals with legal archery equipment in which a hunter with the proper hunting license and an archery license may hunt in addition to the regular hunting seasons in accordance with the limitations as set forth in Section 4 of Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk), 8 (Moose), 9 (Bighorn Sheep) and 24 (Mountain Goat) and Section 11 of Chapter 3 (Black Bear).
(bb) 'Spike Elk' means an elk with antlers consisting of a single unbranched beam on both sides.
(cc) 'Type' means a limitation on a license in a particular hunt area for the sex of animal, the species of animal, the length of the season, the type of weapon, and/or a portion of the hunt area in which the license shall be valid.
(dd) 'Waste' means to leave, abandon, or allow to spoil any edible portion of meat from a big game animal, game bird, game fish or small game animal, excluding trophy game animals.
Section 3. Bag Limits and Numbers of Licenses. No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for each big game species during any one (1) calendar year, except as otherwise provided in Commission Regulations. The maximum bag limit for big game animals and trophy game animals for any person per license with the proper licenses and permits shall not exceed the following number of animals: one (1) elk per license; one (1) moose per license; one (1) bighorn sheep per license; one (1) mountain goat per license; one (1) antelope per license; one (1) deer per license; one (1) black bear per license; one (1) mountain lion per license. Section 4 of this Chapter and Chapter 34, Depredation Prevention Hunting Seasons and other Commission regulations may provide for taking additional game animals with the proper licenses.
Section 4. Issuance of Deer and Antelope Limited Quota Reduced Price Doe or Fawn Licenses and Elk Limited Quota Reduced Price Cow or Calf Licenses.
(a) For deer, any person may apply for and receive a maximum of one (1) Limited Quota, Resident General, or Nonresident Region General, and two (2) Limited Quota Reduced Price doe/fawn deer licenses.
(b) For antelope, any person may apply for and receive a maximum of one (1) Limited Quota any antelope license, and two (2) Limited Quota Reduced Price doe/fawn antelope licenses.
(c) For elk, any person may apply for and receive a maximum of one (1) General or Limited Quota elk license and one (1) Limited Quota Reduced Price cow/calf elk license.
(d) It is a violation to apply for and receive more than the specified number of licenses allowed by Commission regulations.
Section 5. Open Hours for Taking of Big and/or Trophy Game Animals. Big and/or trophy game animals may only be taken from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.
Section 6. Retention of Evidence to Identify Sex, Species and Horn or Antler Development of Animal Harvested. Any person who takes any big game animal in an area where the taking of either sex is controlled or prohibited shall keep naturally attached to a portion of said animal's body evidence of the sex of such animal. Either the head with horns or antlers, or the visible external sex organs shall remain naturally attached to the animal as a whole, or edible portion thereof. Evidence of sex shall remain naturally attached while said animal is in transportation from the site of the kill to the residence of the person taking the animal or delivered to a processor for processing. In areas with antler point or horn size restrictions, the antlers or horns shall also accompany the animal. In areas where the taking of a species of deer is controlled or prohibited, either the head or tail of the deer shall remain naturally attached to the whole animal, or edible portion thereof as evidence of the species taken.
Section 7. Dating and Display of Game Animal/Wild Turkey Carcass Coupons.
(a) When dating a carcass coupon, the entire wedge or block shall be cut out for the day and month of the kill.
(b) The carcass coupon shall be attached to the carcass of any big game or wild turkey or the carcass or hide of any trophy game animal in such a manner as to be plainly visible. When the animal is in transportation, the carcass coupon may be carried by the person accompanying the carcass so that the coupon shall not be lost. While quarters or pieces of an animal are being packed from the field, the carcass coupon shall remain with the person transporting the animal.
(c) Subsections 7 (a) and (b) shall be in addition to the requirements in W.S. §23-3-104.
Section 8. Emergency Closure. Big game hunting seasons may be closed because of an emergency upon forty-eight- (48-) hours notice. Trophy game hunting seasons may be closed upon immediate notice.
Section 9. Established Check Stations, Mandatory Reporting. Every hunter or angler shall stop and report at every established check station on route to or from the hunting or fishing area regardless if the person has wildlife in possession. Upon request of any authorized Department representative, anyone who has been hunting or fishing shall produce a valid license and conservation stamp, if required, and special management permit, if required, for game animals, game birds or fish. Even if the game meat or fish in possession has been cut and wrapped or processed, the person transporting shall stop and report at the check station. Any person transporting wildlife harvested in another state or country shall stop at established check stations on their route.
(a) Check stations shall be signed and established at a point on a highway or road clearly visible at a distance of not less than two hundred (200) yards in either direction.
(b) Check stations shall be at a point where flashing warning lights shall be visible to oncoming traffic for a distance of not less than two hundred (200) yards. The emergency warning lights on a marked law enforcement vehicle or a yellow flashing light on a marked Department non-enforcement vehicle shall be in operation, except at permanent check stations.
(c) At least one (1) person working the check station shall be in Department uniform and at least one (1) vehicle at the check station shall be a marked Department vehicle, except at permanent check stations.
(d) Permanent Check Stations.
-North Fork - South Fork Check Station - At the junction of U.S. Highway 14-16-20 and Wyoming Highway 291 west of the town of Cody
-Dubois Check Station - On U.S. Highway 287 east of the town of Dubois
Section 10. Placement of Name of Outfitter and Outfitter's License Number on Back of License. Any license holder utilizing the services of an outfitter shall legibly print the name of the outfitter, the outfitter's license number and the type of outfitter license on the back of the licensee's big and/or trophy game license.
Section 11. Archery Hunting. No person shall hunt big game or trophy game animals with bow and arrow or longbow during a special archery hunting season without first obtaining an archery license and the applicable hunting license. An archery license shall not be required in addition to a limited quota license to participate in a limited quota archery only season. Archery equipment and legal firearms may be used to hunt big game and/or trophy game animals during the regular hunting seasons as set forth in Section 3 of Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk), 8 (Moose), 9 (Bighorn Sheep), 24 (Mountain Goat), and Section 10 of Chapter 3 (Black Bear) and Section 4 of Chapter 42 (Mountain Lion) except where Commission regulations are otherwise specified.
Section 12. Motorized Vehicle Travel Upon and Access to Lands Enrolled in the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Access Program and Hunter Management Program.
(a) The contracts between the Department and individual landowners for hunter and/or angler access through the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Access program and Department's Hunter Management program only grant access to hunters and/or anglers for the species of wildlife and for the time period specified in Department publications. Hunters and anglers who wish to gain access to lands enrolled in the Walk-in Access program and Hunter Management program to hunt, fish or trap any species of wildlife or for any time period not specified in the Department's publications entitled 2001 Walk-In Areas Hunting, 2001 Walk-In Areas Fishing or 2001 Hunter Management Programs shall obtain permission to enter upon private property from the owner or person in charge of the property.
(b) Travel by motorized vehicle on lands enrolled in the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Access Program and Hunter Management Program is prohibited except as otherwise provided. Department publications or Department explanatory signs shall advise if specific designated or established roads are open to travel by motorized vehicle. Department signs shall serve as official regulations of the Commission and the signs may be used to advise of additional restrictions on motorized vehicle travel activities. The landowner or person in charge of the property may grant permission for motorized vehicle travel contrary to Department signs or the Department's publications entitled 2001 Walk-In Areas Hunting, 2001 Walk-In Areas Fishing or 2001 Hunter Management Programs.
Section 13. Retrieval of Edible Portions of Game Meat from the Field. The Department may require substantive proof from any person who fails to retrieve from the site of kill all edible portions of a big game animal as to why the required edible portions were not removed from the field.
WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
By:
L. GARY LUNDVALL
PRESIDENT
Dated: April 17, 2001