(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.
(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, a visible beard shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification in the field and while the wild turkey is being transported.
(e) 2018 Fall Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
Hunt Area | Type | Season Dates | Quota | License | Limitations | |
Opens | Closes | |||||
1 | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | General | Any wild turkey, archery only | ||
1 | Nov. 1 | Nov. 30 | General | Any wild turkey | ||
2 | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | General | Any wild turkey, archery only | ||
2 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | General | Any wild turkey | ||
2 | 3 | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | 100 | Limited quota | Any wild turkey valid within Natrona County, archery only |
2 | 3 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | Any wild turkey valid within Natrona County | ||
3 | Sep. 1 | Dec. 31 | General | Any wild turkey | ||
3 | 3 | Sep. 1 | Dec. 31 | 250 | Limited quota | Any wild turkey |
4 | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | General | Any wild turkey valid east of the Bighorn River, archery only | ||
4 | Nov. 1 | Nov. 30 | General | Any wild turkey valid east of the Bighorn River | ||
5 | Sep. 1 | Sep. 30 | General | Any wild turkey, archery only | ||
5 | Oct. 1 | Dec. 31 | General | Any wild turkey |
(f) 2019 Spring Season. Hunt Areas, Season Dates and Limitations.
Hunt Area | Type | Season Dates | Quota | License | Limitations | |
Opens | Closes | |||||
1 | Apr. 13 | May 20 | General | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | ||
2 | Apr. 1 | May 20 | General | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | ||
2 | 3 | Apr. 1 | May 20 | 100 | Limited quota | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard valid within Natrona County |
3 | Apr. 1 | May 20 | General | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard | ||
3 | 3 | Apr. 1 | May 20 | 300 | Limited quota | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
4 | Apr. 13 | May 20 | General | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard, except the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission's Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area shall be closed | ||
4 | 1 | Apr. 13 | May 20 | 50 | Limited quota | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
5 | Apr. 1 | May 20 | General | Any male wild turkey or any wild turkey with a visible beard |
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.