040-14 Wyo. Code R. §§ 14-7 - Light Goose Conservation Order

(a) Licensing, Permitting and Reporting Requirements.

(i) Wyoming Game Bird License and Conservation Stamp. Each person who takes or attempts to take any light geese under the authority of this regulation shall have in possession a valid Wyoming game bird license and a valid Wyoming conservation stamp (except as otherwise exempted by State statute).

(ii) Conservation Order Special Management Permit. A Conservation Order Special Management Permit shall be in possession of any person participating in the light goose conservation order. The Conservation Order Special Management Permit shall be validated by signing the person's name in ink across the face of the permit. Conservation Order Special Management Permits may be purchased through the Department's ELS.

(iii) Reporting Requirements. Any person who obtains a Conservation Order Special Management Permit will be emailed an online harvest survey. Permit holders are requested to accurately complete the survey at that time.

(iv) Hunters are not required to possess a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) or Harvest Information Program (HIP) Permit in order to participate in the light goose conservation order.

(b) Conservation Order Regulations.

(i) Shotguns shall be the only weapons that can be used to take light geese and are not required to be plugged to limit shell capacity to three (3). Shotguns larger than ten (10) gauge shall not be legal for the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation order.

(ii) Recorded or electronically-amplified calls may be used for the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation order.

(iii) Evidence of Species. One fully feathered wing or the feathered head shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification of all light geese in the field and while the birds are being transported.

(iv) Nontoxic Shot Restrictions. No person shall take light geese while possessing shot shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic shot.

(v) The Central Flyway portion of Wyoming, excluding the closed areas listed in Section 3, is open during the light goose conservation order.

(vi) Light Goose Conservation Order Hunting Seasons.

LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER, CENTRAL FLYWAY
Species and Hunt Areas	Conservation Order Dates		Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections	Bag Limit
	Opens	Closes		Daily	Possession
Light Geese	Feb. 17	Apr. 30	a(ii), a(iii), b, c	50	Unrestricted

(c) Bump-Sullivan Area. Those areas within the boundary of the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area, including Bump-Sullivan Reservoir, shall be open to the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation order. Light goose conservation order participants are not required to hunt from a numbered Department pit/blind during the light goose conservation order. Participants who choose to hunt from a numbered Department pit/blind shall follow the rules in Section 6 of this regulation. Section 6 (c) shall apply to persons hunting light geese anywhere within the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt Area.

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040-14 Wyo. Code R. §§ 14-7

Amended, Eff. 6/8/2016. Amended, Eff. 6/8/2017. Amended, Eff. 6/7/2018. Amended, Eff. 7/3/2019. Amended, Eff. 7/1/2020. Amended, Eff. 6/2/2021. Amended, Eff. 6/24/2022. Amended, Eff. 5/24/2023. Amended, Eff. 5/23/2024.