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2022 SMALL GAME HUNTING SEASONS
WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO HUNT SMALL GAME IN WYOMING?
Resident requirement
Resident daily or 12 month small game or game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4)
Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6)
Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5)
Nonresident requirement
Nonresident daily or 12 month game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4)
Nonresident 12 month youth game bird/small game hunting license (See page 4)
Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6)
Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5)
Section 8. Small Game Hunting Seasons.
(a) Small Game Species, Seasons Dates, Bag Limits and Limitations.
Season Dates
Species
Red, Grey and
Fox Squirrel
Cottontail Rabbit Sep. 1 Mar. 31 10
Snowshoe Hare Sep. 1 Mar. 31 4
Sep. 1 Mar. 31 10
(i) Small Game Hunt Area Description.
Area 1. The entire state of Wyoming.
Section 9. Archery Regulations.
Upland game birds and small game may be taken with archery equipment in accordance
with limitations set forth in this Chapter.
Section 10. Upland Game Bird and Small Game Falconry Seasons.
(a) Upland game birds may be taken with falcons in accordance with Section 3 of this
Chapter. Persons hunting with falcons may take any pheasant.
(b) The falconry season shall open September 1 and close March 1 in those open hunt
areas listed in Section 3 of this Chapter and subject to the closures listed in Subsection
10(c) of this Chapter.
Bag limit
Opens Closes Daily Possession
20
8
20
Limitations
Any cottontail rabbit
Any snowshoe hare
Any red, grey or fox
squirrel
No
No
YES
No
(c) Closed Areas.
Pheasant Hunt Area
8, 9
Also refer to closed areas in Section 3.
(d) The daily bag and possession limits for upland game birds other than sage grouse,
shall be as set forth in Section 3 of this Chapter. The daily bag limit shall be one (1) sage
grouse and the possession limit shall be two (2) sage grouse.
(e) Persons taking sage grouse with falcons shall respond to Department surveys not
later than May 1, 2023 requesting harvest information for the period September 1, 2022
through March 1, 2023.
(f) Small game animals may be taken with falcons in accordance with the open seasons
in the table below.
Falconry
Season Dates
Species
Cottontail
Rabbit
Snowshoe
Hare
Red, Grey and
Fox Squirrel
10
10
10
Mar. 2 Aug. 31 1
Sep. 1 Mar. 1
Mar. 2 Aug. 31 1
Sep. 1 Mar. 1
Mar. 2 Aug. 31 1
Bag limit
Opens Closes Daily Possession
Sep. 1 Mar. 1
20
2
20
2
20
2
Limitations
Any cottontail rabbit
Any cottontail rabbit
Any snowshoe hare
Any snowshoe hare
Any red, grey or fox squirrel
Any red, grey or fox squirrel
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PYGMY RABBITS
Red squirrel
Small game hunters in southwest Wyoming should be
aware of the pygmy rabbit, a small, rare rabbit similar in
appearance to the cottontail. Pygmy rabbits are found in
Uinta, southern Fremont, Lincoln and Sublette counties and
western Sweetwater County. Pygmy rabbits inhabit dense,
tall thickets of sagebrush along small streams and riparian
areas, sagebrush stringers along dry washes, and hummocks
or clumps of sagebrush on dry, upland benches. The pygmy rabbit is classified as a
nongame species and protected from intentional harvest. There is no open season
for taking pygmy rabbits. The pygmy rabbit is about the size of a juvenile cottontail.
Other comparative characteristics are:
Pygmy Rabbit
Cottontail Rabbit
Short, rounded ears
Small, inconspicuous tail
Snowshoe hare
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Cottontail rabbit
Yellow-brown on underside
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Longer, more pointed ears
Large white tail
Limitations
Closed to falconry hunting
No
YES
No
Under age 14
No
YES
YES
YES
Under age 14
YES
YES
YES
Ages 14 through 17
YES
No
YES
YES
Ages 18 and older
Ages 14 and older
SMALL GAME

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