Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 21 - GRAY WOLF MANAGEMENT
Section 21-7 - Issuance of a Lethal Take Permit for Gray Wolves Designated as Trophy Game Animals
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 21-7
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) A Lethal Take Permit shall only be issued by the Department if legal removal of gray wolves will not prevent the Department from achieving the management objective described in Section 4(a)(i).
(b) If the requirements of Section 6(b) and Section 7(a) are met, the Department shall issue Lethal Take Permits when requested by an owner.
(i) Lethal Take Permits shall only allow for
the take of gray wolves by the use of firearms. Lethal Take Permits shall not
allow the take of gray wolves from aircraft.
(ii) One (1) Lethal Take Permit shall be
issued for not more than two (2) gray wolves per specified limited geographic
or legally described area as designated on the permit, and shall state the
name, address and phone number of the Lethal Take Permit holder, a list of
designees, and be signed by the Lethal Take Permit holder and a Department
representative. The Lethal Take Permit shall specify the limited geographic or
legally described area where the permit is valid.
(iii) The issuance of Lethal Take Permits
shall be immediately suspended if the Department determines that further lethal
control may prevent the Department from achieving the management objectives
described in Section
4(a)(i). Any existing
Lethal Take Permits shall be immediately cancelled if the Department determines
that further lethal control may prevent the Department from achieving the
management objectives described in Section
4(a)(i).
(iv) Notification of suspension or
cancellation of Lethal Take Permits shall be provided via personal
notification, certified return receipt mail, telephone or facsimile to all
current Lethal Take Permit holders.
(v) The Lethal Take Permit holder or designee
listed on the permit shall notify a Department representative(s) named on the
Lethal Take Permit within twenty-four (24) hours either by personal or phone
contact of the take of a gray wolf under the authority of a Lethal Take
Permit.
(vi) Failure by the Lethal
Take Permit holder or designee listed on the permit to abide by all provisions
and conditions stipulated in this Section shall be cause for the Department to
cancel the permit.
(vii) Lethal
Take Permits shall expire forty-five (45) days after the date they are issued,
unless the permit is cancelled in accordance with other provisions of this
Section. Lethal Take Permits may be renewable in forty-five (45) day intervals
for as long as conditions as set forth in Section
6(b) and Section
7(a) continue.
(viii) Lethal Take Permits shall not be
issued for gray wolves designated as predatory animals as set forth in Section
4(b). Gray wolves
designated as predatory animals may be taken without a license in any legal
manner and at any time as provided by W.S. §
23-2-303(d), §
23-3-103(a), §
23-3-112, §
23-3-304(b), §
23-3-305 and §
23-3-307.
(ix) To possess a gray wolf taken under a
Lethal Take Permit the Lethal Take Permit holder or designee shall procure a
Wyoming Interstate Game Tag.
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