Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 40 - REGULATION GOVERNING COMMERCIAL GAME BIRD FARMS
Section 40-15 - Special Competitive Game Bird Hunts
Current through September 21, 2024
The Department, in compliance with statutory and regulatory provisions, may approve special competitive game bird hunts on licensed game bird farms as set forth in this section. Individuals participating in an approved special competitive game bird hunt are not required to obtain a valid Wyoming game bird hunting license prior to taking game birds during an approved special competitive game bird hunt.
(a) Applications for special competitive game bird hunts shall be submitted on a form provided by the Department, to the Game Warden in whose district the game bird farm is located not less than twenty (20) days prior to the special competitive game bird hunt. The application for a special competitive game bird hunt shall include: the applicant's name, address and phone number; the name, address and current year's license number of the licensed game bird farm where the hunt will occur; the name of the sponsor; the date(s) of the hunt; the number and species and source of game birds to be utilized, and the estimated number of participants.
(b) Approved special competitive game bird hunts may be held on any licensed game bird farm throughout the calendar year except as provided in this subsection. To protect natural game bird populations, special competitive game bird hunts may not be approved during the time period April 1 through July 31 of each year on licensed game bird farms where Department personnel document natural reproduction of any game bird species.
(c) Only the species of game bird approved by the Department on the licensed game bird farm may be taken during any special competitive game bird hunt.
(d) Participants may possess game birds taken during a special competitive game bird hunt provided each participant possessing game birds has in possession a receipt issued by the permit holder providing the name of the person receiving the game birds, the number and species of game birds in possession and the date the birds were possessed.
