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2022 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASONS AND LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER
Section 6. Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt.
Nineteen (19) numbered pits/blinds shall be available each day during the dark goose
hunting season and shall be occupied on a first-come, first-served basis within the BumpSullivan
Managed Goose Hunt Area in Goshen County. From November 12, 2022 through
February 12, 2023, hunting during dark goose shooting hours shall only be allowed from
pits/blinds or within fifty (50) yards of the pits/blinds.
(a) Selection of pits/blinds. Hunters and hunting parties shall occupy pits/blinds by
parking one vehicle directly in front of the numbered post that is marked with the
corresponding number of the pit/blind. Vehicles shall not be parked overnight to reserve
a pit/blind. Vehicles shall also not be parked in front of a numbered post of a pit/blind
other than the one the hunting party is occupying. Hunters shall not change pits/blinds
except by returning to the parking area and moving their vehicle to the numbered post
corresponding to the new pit/blind.
(b) Access to pits/blinds. Hunters shall only park in established parking areas. No more
than two (2) vehicles per pit/blind shall be allowed in the parking lots. No person shall
drive a vehicle beyond the established parking areas during the goose and duck hunting
seasons, except for Department administrative access. Hunters may only use nonmotorized
methods to transport decoys and other gear to and from the pit/blind.
(c) Commercial operations. No person shall conduct a commercially guided or outfitted
hunt on the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area.
(d) Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area boundary description. The Bump-Sullivan
Managed Goose Hunt Area shall include the portion of the Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife
Habitat Management Area (WHMA) located west of Goshen County Road 37 (BumpSullivan
Reservoir and adjacent Commission owned lands); the portion of the Springer/
Bump Sullivan WHMA located south of Goshen County Road 42; and the portion of the
Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA located between County Road 37 and the closed area
boundary.
Section 7. Light Goose Conservation Order
(a) Licensing, Permitting and Reporting Requirements.
(i) Wyoming Game Bird License and Conservation Stamp. Each person who takes or
attempts to take any light geese under the authority of this regulation shall have in
possession a valid Wyoming game bird license and a valid Wyoming conservation stamp
(except as otherwise exempted by State statute).
(ii) Conservation Order Special Management Permit. A Conservation Order Special
Management Permit shall be in possession of any person participating in the light
goose conservation order. The Conservation Order Special Management Permit shall be
validated by signing the person's name in ink across the face of the permit. Conservation
Order Special Management Permits may be purchased through the Department's ELS.
(iii) Reporting Requirements. Any person who obtains a Conservation Order Special
Management Permit is requested to accurately complete the online survey at the web
address provided on the permit no later than May 14, 2023.
(iv) Hunters are not required to possess a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and
Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) or Harvest Information Program (HIP) Permit in order
to participate in the light goose conservation order.
(b) Conservation Order Regulations.
(i) Shotguns shall be the only weapons that can be used to take light geese and are
not required to be plugged to limit shell capacity to three (3). Shotguns larger than
ten (10) gauge shall not be legal for the taking of light geese during the light goose
conservation order.
(ii) Recorded or electronically-amplified calls may be used for the taking of light geese
during the light goose conservation order.
(iii) Evidence of Species. One fully feathered wing or the feathered head shall remain
naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification of all light geese in the
field and while the birds are being transported.
(iv) Nontoxic Shot Restrictions. No person shall take light geese while possessing shot
shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic shot.
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(v) The Central Flyway portion of Wyoming, excluding the closed areas listed in Section 3,
is open during the light goose conservation order.
(vi) Light Goose Conservation Order Hunting Seasons.
LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER, CENTRAL FLYWAY
Species and
Hunt Areas
Light Geese
Conservation
Order Dates
Opens Closes
Closed Areas Section
3 Subsections
Feb. 13 Apr. 30 a(ii), a(iii), b, c
Bag Limit
Daily Possession
50
Unrestricted
(c) Bump-Sullivan Area. Those areas within the boundary of the Bump-Sullivan Managed
Goose Hunt Area, including Bump-Sullivan Reservoir, shall be open to the taking of
light geese during the light goose conservation order. Light goose conservation order
participants are not required to hunt from a numbered Department pit/blind during
the light goose conservation order. Participants who choose to hunt from a numbered
Department pit/blind shall follow the rules in Section 6 of this regulation. Section
6 (c) shall apply to persons hunting light geese anywhere within the Bump-Sullivan
Managed Goose Hunt Area.
Section 8. Light Goose Conservation Order Shooting Hours.
Shooting hours for taking light geese during the light goose conservation order shall be
from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise until one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTER'S FIELD LOG
At the end of the season, you may receive a state waterfowl hunting survey and/or a
Federal HIP survey. This log is provided to help you recall your waterfowl harvest.
Date
County
No. Doves
Shot &
Retrieved
No. Geese
Shot &
Retrieved
No. Ducks
Shot &
Retrieved
Sex and
Species of
Ducks
MIGRATORY GAME BIRD

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