040-9 Wyo. Code R. §§ 9-5 - Registration of Bighorn Sheep

. Any person harvesting a bighorn sheep in Wyoming shall within fifteen (15) consecutive days following the harvest present the horns attached to the skull plate for registration. All harvested bighorn sheep shall be plugged. Any person picking up any bighorn sheep horns in Wyoming shall within fifteen (15) consecutive days following the pickup of the horns present the horn or horns for registration, plugging and interstate game tagging. Plugging may be omitted if the Department determines that the size or condition of the horn prevents proper plugging. Any person taking bighorn sheep horns shall present them in person at one of the following Department offices, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bighorn sheep horns not originating in Wyoming shall not be plugged.

Game and Fish Department:
Headquarters	Cheyenne	1-800-842-1934
Casper Region	Casper	1-800-233-8544
Cody Region	Cody	1-800-654-1178
Green River Region	Green River	1-800-843-8096
Jackson Region	Jackson	1-800-423-4113
Lander Region	Lander	1-800-654-7862
Laramie Region	Laramie	1-800-843-2352
Pinedale Region	Pinedale	1-800-452-9107
Sheridan Region	Sheridan	1-800-331-9834

(a) The Department may require substantive proof from individuals who do not possess a valid bighorn sheep license and take bighorn sheep horns that the horns were legally acquired. Failure to provide such proof may result in seizure of the horns. Before a person's bighorn sheep horns may be plugged, the person may be required to take a Department enforcement officer to the location where the bighorn sheep horns were acquired. Failure to comply with this request shall be a violation of this regulation and the bighorn sheep horns may be seized.

(b) No person shall alter, deface or remove a plug placed in a bighorn sheep horn by the Department.

(c) No person shall possess the horn(s) of a bighorn sheep that bears an altered, defaced or counterfeit Wyoming plug or from which the plug has been removed.

(d) The insertion of a Wyoming plug does not in itself certify that the animal was legally taken or possessed.

(e) Any person who makes a false statement on the bighorn sheep registration form shall be in violation of this regulation.

Notes

040-9 Wyo. Code R. §§ 9-5

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.