Live game birds, excluding those held under authority of Wyoming Statute § 23-5-102 and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulation, Chapter 40, Regulation Governing Commercial Game Bird Farms, shall only be imported, possessed, confined, transported, or disposed of in accordance with this regulation and the provisions listed in this section. Game birds imported under authority of Wyoming Statute § 23-5-102 and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulation, Chapter 40, Regulation Governing Commercial Game Bird Farms or this regulation shall comply with the certificate of veterinary inspection requirements and provisions of Appendix II of this regulation.
(a) Game birds held under a permit, whether live or dead, shall not be sold, traded, bartered or taken except under the provisions of this regulation.
(b) Game birds shall not be taken at locations other than within the holding facilities as described in the permit application, nor shall said game birds be taken by any person other than the permittee, except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section. Game birds may be taken in accordance with Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulations, governing the taking of game birds.
(c) Participants at dog field trial events may take game birds held by permit under the supervision of the permittee subject to the following conditions: - (i) The permittee shall notify the Department in the application for a permit that the permit is for a dog field trial and the dates of the event;
- (ii) Department personnel may witness the taking of game birds at these events;
- (iii) Live game birds taken at dog field trial events shall remain in possession of the permittee unless the game birds are transferred to a person in possession of a valid permit issued under the terms of this regulation; and,
- (iv) Game birds killed at dog field trial events shall remain in the possession of the permittee unless the person in possession of the dead game birds has a receipt for said game birds issued by the permittee on a form approved by the Department.
(d) Pen-raised game birds may be used for dog training or falconry training throughout the year subject to the following conditions: - (i) The person in possession of the pen-raised game birds shall possess a valid, unexpired permit while engaging in dog training or falconry training;
- (ii) Any pen-raised game bird may be taken in dog training or in falconry training;
- (iii) Before any pen-raised game bird is released or used in dog training or falconry training, the birds shall be toe clipped or possess a leg band attached by the owner of the game birds;
- (iv) The permittee shall notify the Department in the application for a permit that the permit is for the purpose of dog training or falconry training and provide the legal description of the land on which the dog training or falconry training shall take place to the nearest section. The permittee may apply for multiple release sites;
- (v) Pen-raised game birds shall not be released in locations inhabited by wild game birds of the same species, unless the season for the taking of the species of game birds released is open according to current Commission Regulations;
- (vi) Department personnel may witness the taking of pen-raised game birds;
- (vii) Live pen-raised game birds shall remain in possession of the permittee;
- (viii) Pen-raised game birds may only be taken by the permittee or by a person or persons in the accompaniment of the permittee and game birds killed shall remain in the possession of the permittee;
- (ix) Pen-raised game birds may only be taken with firearms or archery equipment as provided by Commission Regulation or falconry;
- (x) A call back pen or live trap may be utilized for the purpose of retrieving pen-raised game birds released into the wild for dog training or falconry training purposes. Any game bird which is not marked according to subsection (d) (iii) of this section which is taken in the call back pen or trap shall immediately be released to the wild. All call back pens or live traps shall have a visibly attached metal tag bearing the owner's name and address; and,
- (xi) Regardless of the number of permits issued to the person, a person shall be authorized to possess a maximum of one hundred (100) game birds annually during the period January 1 through December 31.
(e) Captive reared mallards shot for dog training shall only be taken with nontoxic shot.
040-10 Wyo. Code R. § 10-8