Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 32 - REGULATION GOVERNING FIREARM CARTRIDGES AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT
Section 32-4 - Firearms, muzzle-loaders and cartridges that are legal for the taking of big or trophy game animals
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 32-4
Current through March 23, 2024
(a) For the taking of bighorn sheep, elk, moose, mountain goat or black bear by the use of a firearm, a hunter shall use:
(i) Any center-fire firearm of at least .24
caliber and firing a cartridge of at least two (2) inches in overall length and
using an expanding point bullet, or any other cartridge of at least .35 caliber
and at least one and one-half inches (1.5) in overall length and using an
expanding point bullet; or,
(ii)
Any muzzle-loading rifle or any muzzle-loading handgun of at least .40 caliber
and firing an expanding point bullet or lead ball and using a charge of at
least fifty (50) grains of black powder or its equivalent; or,
(iii) Any shotgun firing "00" or larger
buckshot, or a slug.
(b) For the taking of antelope, deer, mountain lion, or gray wolf where designated as a trophy game animal, a hunter shall use:
(i) Any center-fire firearm of at least .22
caliber (excluding .22 Hornet) and having a bullet weight of at
least sixty (60) grains and firing a cartridge of at least two (2) inches in
overall length and using an expanding point bullet, or any other cartridge of
at least .35 caliber and at least one and one-half (1.5) inches in overall
length and using an expanding point bullet; or,
(ii) Any muzzle-loading rifle or any
muzzle-loading handgun of at least .40 caliber and firing an expanding point
bullet or lead ball and using a charge of at least fifty (50) grains of black
powder or its equivalent; or,
(iii)
Any shotgun firing "00" or larger buckshot, or a slug.
(c) For the taking of a grizzly bear by the use of a firearm, a hunter shall use:
(i) Any
center-fire firearm of at least .27 caliber and having a bullet weight of at
least one hundred fifty (150) grains and firing a cartridge of at least two (2)
inches in overall length and using an expanding point bullet; or,
(ii) Any muzzle-loading rifle or any
muzzle-loading handgun of at least .50 caliber and firing an expanding point
bullet or lead ball and using a charge of at least one hundred (100) grains of
black powder or its equivalent; or,
(iii) Any shotgun firing "00" or larger
buckshot, or a slug.
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