Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Agriculture, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0005 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 14 - PREDATORY ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS
Section 14-3 - State Permits

(i) Meets the requirements of these regulations;

(ii) Submits a district approval form, provided by the Department, for each predator management district over which the applicant plans to conduct aerial hunting that is signed by either the president, vice president, or secretary-treasurer of the district's board;

(iii) Completes and submits the appropriate permit application; and

(iv) Submits the fee established in W.S. § 11-1-104(b)(i).

(i) The name of all applicants who have sought approval from one of the board members since the last board meeting when applicant approvals and denials were reviewed;

(ii) Whether each applicant was approved; and

(iii) If approved, the name of the board officer who signed the district approval form.

(i) Aircraft permits. All aircraft that are used to hunt or harass rodents or predators must have a valid aircraft permit attached within the aircraft's cabin or within the physical possession of the pilot operating the aircraft.

(ii) Pilot permits. A valid pilot permit must be in the physical possession of any person who pilots an aircraft used to hunt or harass rodents or predators.

(iii) Gunner permits. A valid gunner permit must be in the physical possession of any person who shoots at rodents or predators while airborne.

(i) After receiving a permit, a permittee who intends to conduct aerial hunting in an additional predator management district must submit to the Department a district approval form signed by either the president, vice president, or secretary-treasurer of that district's board. No fee is required for submittal of additional district approval forms. The permittee may not conduct aerial hunting in an additional district until the permittee receives from the Department written confirmation of receipt and verification of the signed district approval form.

(ii) A pilot or gunner permittee must produce a permit upon the request of any state law enforcement officer or any federal law enforcement officer who is authorized to enforce the Airborne Hunting Act.

(iii) No person shall conduct aerial hunting over private property unless the pilot permittee has physical possession of written permission of the owner or person in charge of the property.

(iv) A pilot permittee must produce written permission from the owner or person in charge of private property upon request of any state law enforcement officer or any federal law enforcement officer who is authorized to enforce the Airborne Hunting Act.

(v) Prior to conducting aerial hunting over federal lands, pilot permittees shall notify the appropriate federal land management agency of the area to be flown over.

(vi) State aerial hunting permits do not supersede or authorize the violation of any applicable trespass laws or regulations.

(vii) Unless revoked, permits are valid for up to one year and must be renewed on or before April 1 of each year by following the requirements in Section 3(a).

(viii) The pilot permittee must complete and submit by the fifth day of each month a monthly report to the Department on the Department's form unless the pilot permittee did not conduct aerial hunting during the previous month.