(a) No person shall
apply for or receive more than one (1) license for a wild turkey during any one
(1) season, except as otherwise provided in this regulation. The maximum bag
limit for wild turkey for any person with the proper license shall not exceed
one (1) wild turkey per license.
(b) Issuance of Licenses. No person shall
apply for or receive more than one (1) fall wild turkey license and one (1)
spring wild turkey license in any calendar year. After the initial drawing is
completed, a person may apply for and receive up to three (3) wild turkey
licenses valid for each season, provided that at least two (2) of those
licenses are Limited Quota Type 3 licenses. However, no person shall apply for
and receive more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid for the
fall season and no more than a total of three (3) wild turkey licenses valid
for the spring season, except as authorized in Commission
regulations.
(c) No person shall
possess or use shot other than nontoxic shot for hunting wild turkeys with a
shotgun on all of the lands in the Springer and Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat
Management Areas and on all national wildlife refuges open for
hunting.
(d) Evidence of Sex.
During the spring season in those hunt areas limited to the taking of male wild
turkeys or any wild turkey with a visible beard, proof of sex shall accompany
the turkey carcass, attached or unattached while the wild turkey is in
transportation from the site of the kill to the residence of the person taking
the wild turkey, or delivered to a processor for processing. Proof of sex for
male wild turkeys shall include either one leg including the spur, or a patch
of skin with the breast feathers and beard attached; and for female wild turkey
(bearded hen) a patch of skin with the breast feathers and beard
attached.
(e) Yellowtail Wildlife
Habitat Management Area. During the spring season, no person shall attempt to
take a wild turkey on the lands of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's
Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area without possessing a valid Hunter
Management Area permission slip issued to them by the Department for said
management area and the date(s) of any attempt to take.
(f) 2024 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season
Dates and Limitations.
|
Hunt Area
|
Type
|
Season Dates
|
Quota
|
Limitations
|
|
Opens
|
Closes
|
|
1
|
Gen
|
Sep. 1
|
Sep. 30
|
|
Any wild turkey, archery only
|
|
1
|
Gen
|
Oct. 1
|
Dec. 31
|
|
Any wild turkey
|
|
1
|
3
|
Sep. 1
|
Sep. 30
|
750
|
Any wild turkey valid within Converse, Natrona,
Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties, archery only
|
|
1
|
3
|
Oct. 1
|
Dec. 31
|
|
Any wild turkey valid within Converse, Natrona,
Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan counties
|
(g)
2025 Spring Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
|
Hunt Area
|
Type
|
Season Dates
|
Quota
|
Limitations
|
|
Opens
|
Closes
|
|
1
|
Gen
|
Apr. 20
|
May 31
|
|
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a
visible beard (Hunter Management Area permission slip required to hunt on the
Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area)
|
|
1
|
3
|
Apr. 1
|
Apr. 19
|
700
|
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a
visible beard valid within Natrona, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
counties
|
|
1
|
3
|
Apr. 20
|
May 31
|
|
Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a
visible beard valid within Converse, Natrona, Campbell, Johnson and Sheridan
counties
|
Notes
040-20 Wyo. Code R. §§
20-2
Amended, Eff.
6/3/2015.
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.
