Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 23 - REGULATION GOVERNING USES OF LANDS AND WATERS ACQUIRED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
Section 23-7 - Lands and Waters Enrolled in the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Access Program

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 23-7

Current through March 23, 2024

(a) The contracts between the Department and individual landowners for hunter and/or angler access through the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Area Program and the Department's Hunter Management Area Program only grant access to hunters and/or anglers to take one (1) or more specific species of wildlife and for specified time periods as designated in Department publications. No person shall enter upon lands enrolled in the Walk-in Area Program or the Hunter Management Area Program to hunt, fish or trap any species of wildlife or for any time period not specified without first obtaining permission from the landowner or the person in charge of the property.

(b) Travel by motor vehicle on lands and waters enrolled in the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Access Program is prohibited except as otherwise designated by Department sign. Department signs shall advise if specific designated or established roads are open to travel to motor vehicles. Department signs shall serve as official regulations of the Commission and the signs may be used to advise of additional restrictions on motor vehicle travel activities. The landowner or person in charge of the property may grant permission for motor vehicle travel contrary to Department signs.

(c) No person shall conduct the following activities or uses on lands and waters enrolled in the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Access Program unless such uses have been approved by the landowner or person in charge of the property: camping; commercial or business use; acting as an outfitter or professional guide for hunters or fishermen; littering; utilizing open fires or lighted smoking materials; using recreational livestock; recreational shooting; trapping; wood cutting; possession or discharge of fireworks or other pyrotechnics; vandalizing, defacing, and/or destroying or removing private property or Department signs; constructing blinds, tree stands or similar structures or pits, possessing hay other than hay that has weed free certification and/or any other activity not directly related to the taking of the specified species of wildlife during the specific time periods as designated in Department publications.

(d) Contrary to this regulation, the landowner or person in charge of the property may grant permission for any use of his lands enrolled in the Department's Private Lands/Public Wildlife Walk-in Area Program and the Department's Hunter Management Area Program.

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