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2022 FALL & 2023 SPRING WILD TURKEY HUNTING SEASONS
(e) 2022 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
Resident requirement
Resident wild turkey license
WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED TO HUNT
WILD TURKEY IN WYOMING?
All ages
Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6)
YES
YES
Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) YES
Nonresident requirement
Nonresident wild turkey license
Hunter Safety Certificate (See page 6)
YES
YES
Wyoming Conservation Stamp (See page 5) YES
Section 1. Authority.
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming Statute § 23-1-302.
Section 2. Hunting Regulations.
(a) No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a wild turkey during
any one (1) season, except as otherwise provided in this regulation. The maximum bag
limit for wild turkey for any person with the proper license shall not exceed one (1) wild
turkey per license.
(b) Issuance of 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. After
the initial drawing is completed, a person may apply for and receive up to three (3)
wild turkey licenses valid for each season, provided that at least two (2) of those
licenses are Limited Quota Type 3 licenses. However, no person shall apply for and
receive more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the fall season
and no more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the spring season,
except as authorized in Commission regulations.
(c) No person shall possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for hunting wild turkeys
with a shotgun on all of the 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.
All ages
Hunt
Area
1
1
2*
2*
2*
2*
3*
3*
4*
4*
5*
5*
License
Type
Gen
Gen
Gen
Gen
3
3
Gen
3
Gen
Gen
Gen
Gen
Regular Season
Dates
Opens Closes
Sep. 1
Nov. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Sep. 1
Oct. 1
Quota
Sep. 30
Nov. 30
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Sep. 30 400
Dec. 31
Dec. 31
Dec. 31 250
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Sep. 30
Dec. 31
Limitations
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey valid within
Converse and Natrona counties,
archery only
Any wild turkey valid within Converse
and Natrona counties
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
Any wild turkey, archery only
Any wild turkey
*Indicates hunt areas with difficult public access. (Please see " wild turkey hunt areas with difficult
public access " on page 9)
Mentor a kid in the field
Tom and hen wild turkey
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WILD TURKEY

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