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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish CommissionSubagency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 25 - FALCONRY AND RAPTOR PROPAGATION REGULATION
Section 25-8 - Acquisition, Transfer, Release, Loss or Rebanding of a Raptor

040-25 Wyo. Code R. § 25-8

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Section 25-8 - Acquisition, Transfer, Release, Loss or Rebanding of a Raptor

(a) If a permittee acquires, transfers, rebands, or microchips a raptor; or if a raptor a permittee possesses is stolen; or if a permittee loses a raptor to the wild and does not recover it within thirty (30) consecutive days; or if a raptor possessed for falconry dies; the permittee must report the change within ten (10) days by entering the required information in the electronic database at http://permits.fws.gov/186A or by submitting Service Form 3-186A to the Department. The permittee of a stolen raptor shall also report such theft to the Department and to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement special agent in charge for the area.

(b) Permittees shall keep copies of all electronic database submissions documenting take, transfer, loss, rebanding, theft or micro-chipping of each falconry raptor until five (5) years after the raptor is transferred, lost or has died.

(c) Permittees shall adhere to the following regulations prior to permanently releasing a raptor to the wild;

  • (i) If the species is not native to Wyoming, or is a hybrid of any kind, it shall not be released to the wild.
  • (ii) If the species to be released is native to Wyoming and is captive-bred, a permittee shall not release the raptor to the wild unless he has written permission from the Department. If permitted to do so, the raptor shall be hacked (allowed to adjust) to the wild at an appropriate time of year and an appropriate location. The permittee shall remove any falconry band and report release of the raptor by entering the required information in the electronic database at http://permits.fws.gov/186A or by submitting Service Form 3-186A to the Department.
  • (iii) If the species to be released is native to Wyoming and was taken from the wild, it may be released at an appropriate time of year and an appropriate location. The permittee shall remove any falconry band and report release by entering the required information in the electronic database at http://permits.fws.gov/186A or by submitting Service Form 3-186A to the Department.

(d) There is no limit on the number of wild-caught or captive-bred raptors that may be transferred to a permittee, but a permittee shall not exceed their possession limit.

(e) No person shall enter upon the private property of any person to take a raptor without the written permission of the owner or person in charge of the property.

040-25 Wyo. Code R. § 25-8