040-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-4 - Areas Open and Areas Closed to Black Bear Baiting; Restrictions on Use of Processed and Unprocessed Baits; Use of Chemical Attractants
(a) All black bear hunt areas shall be open
to the baiting of black bear except those hunt areas and those portions of hunt
areas listed in this section.
(i) Black Bear
Hunt Areas 22, 25, 26, 32 and that portion of Black Bear Hunt Area 23 on U.S.
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and State lands, including lands
administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, shall be closed to
baiting.
(ii) That portion of Black
Bear Hunt Area 27 north and west of the Wood River on U.S. Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management and State lands including lands administered by the
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, shall be closed to baiting.
(iii) That portion of Black Bear Hunt Area 28
on the Shoshone National Forest north of Pelham Lake, Pelham Lake Creek and
Lava Mountain shall be closed to baiting.
(iv) Those portions of Black Bear Hunt Area
35 on the Pole Mountain Unit of the Medicine Bow National Forest shall be
closed to baiting.
(v) All
designated Wilderness Areas in National Forests shall be closed to baiting.
Hunters should check maps of designated Wilderness Areas at the Department
Headquarters or Regional Offices.
(vi) The primary conservation area for
grizzly bears shall be closed to baiting and no bait registrations shall be
issued within that area. Hunters may view a map of the primary conservation
area for grizzly bears on the Department website.
(vii) Areas administered by the U.S. Forest
Service, Bureau of Land Management or the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission in
which human access has been restricted to protect wintering wildlife shall be
closed to baiting. Such areas, if not already closed by this section, shall be
closed to black bear baiting during the time period for which the areas have
been closed to human access.
(b) Only unprocessed baits shall be utilized
for the baiting of black bears in Black Bear Hunt Area 18 and those portions of
Hunt Areas 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28 and 29 in which bear baiting is not
excluded by Section
4(a).
(c) Processed or unprocessed baits shall be
utilized for the baiting of black bears in Black Bear Hunt Areas 1-17, 30, 31,
33, 35.
(d) Chemical attractants
are not considered bait and may be used in all black bear hunt areas of the
state.
Notes
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