2022 antelope, deer and elk hunting regulations - 8

2022 IMPORTANT HUNTING INFORMATION
Common violation
FAIL TO PRODUCE
CONSERVATION STAMP
Hunters and anglers must
purchase a conservation stamp
to hunt and fish in Wyoming.
There are exceptions for holders
of a Pioneer license or a one-day
license. Those individuals should
refer to regulations for details.
(See page 6)
101 (a) (xii) (B) (l) and (ll).
" Private land " means all fee title/deeded lands owned by
a private individual, partnership or corporation.
" Processor " means a custom meat processor licensed by
the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
" Public road or highway " (except as otherwise provided)
means any roadway that is open to vehicular travel by
the public. The road surface, the area between the fences
on a fenced public road or highway, and an area thirty (30)
feet perpendicular to the edge of the road surface on an
unfenced public road or highway shall be considered the
public road or highway. Two-track trails on public lands are
not public roads.
" Real Time Video Photography Equipment " means
any video or photography equipment capable of utilizing
cellular or Wi-Fi technology to transmit images or video for
remote viewing.
" Regular hunting seasons " means seasons which delineate
the dates and hunt areas for the taking of big game
or trophy game animals with legal weapons in accordance
with the license types and limitations set forth in Section
2 of Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk) and 8 (Moose);
Sections 3 and 7 of Chapter 9 (Bighorn Sheep and Mountain
Goat); Section 10 of Chapter 3 (Black Bear); Section 3 of
Chapter 42 (Mountain Lion); and, Section 4 of Chapter 47
(Gray Wolf) of the Commission regulations.
" Resident " means a United States citizen or legal alien
who is domiciled in Wyoming for at least one (1) full year
immediately preceding making application for any resident
game and fish license, preference point, permit or tag, shall
not have claimed residency in any other state, territory or
country for any other purpose during that one (1) year period,
and meets the requirements specified in Wyoming Statutes
§ 23-1-102 and § 23-1-107.
" Site of the kill " means the location where the harvested
animal died.
" Special archery seasons " means seasons that delineate
the dates and hunt areas for the taking of big game 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 2 of
Chapters 5 (Antelope), 6 (Deer), 7 (Elk), 8 (Moose), Sections
3 and 7 of Chapter 9 (Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat) and
Section 10 of Chapter 3 (Black Bear).
" Spike elk " means an elk with at least one (1) antler consisting
of a single unbranched beam.
" State Trust Land " means lands administered by the Office
of State Lands and Investments.
" Take " means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, shoot, fish,
seine, trap, kill, or possess, or attempt to hunt, pursue,
catch, capture, shoot, fish, seine, trap, kill or possess.
" Trophy game animal " means black bear, grizzly bear,
mountain lion, or any gray wolf within the Wolf Trophy Game
Management Area and Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Management
Area as described in Wyoming Statute § 23-1-101 (a)
(xii) (B) (I) and (II).
" 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 or a portion of the hunt
area in which the license shall be valid.
" Waste " means to leave, abandon or allow any edible
portion of meat from a big game animal, game bird, game
fish or small game animal to become tainted, rotten or otherwise
unfit for human consumption prior to processing at a
person's home or at a processor.
" Youth license " means a big game license that may be
issued to a resident or non-resident person who is at least
eleven (11) years of age provided that person shall attain
twelve (12) years of age by the end of the same calendar
year and who is under eighteen (18) years of age at the time
of application.
* For all other species, excluding furbearing animals, requiring
a license to take, youth license means a license that may
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HUNTERS!
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conservation.
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