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Chapter 48 - LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER
Section 48-4 - Conservation Order Regulations

040-48 Wyo. Code R. § 48-4

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Section 48-4 - Conservation Order Regulations

(a) Federal Regulations. 16 U.S.C. 703 - 712; 16 U.C. 742 a-j; Pub. L. 106-108; Pub. L. 95-616; 92 Stat. 3112 ( 16 U.S.C. 712(2) ); and 50 CFR 20 and 21, revised as of October 1, 2014, which do not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter, governing the taking and possession of migratory birds and migratory game birds, and the conservation order for mid-continent light geese, are adopted as regulations of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission; except, those portions of 50 CFR 20 and 21, revised as of October 1, 2014, which allow the use of unplugged shotguns during the conservation order are not adopted as regulations of the Commission. Violations of these federal statutes and regulations shall be violations of the Commission regulations. A copy of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations can be viewed at Department Regional Offices.

  • (i) Shotguns shall be the only weapons that can be used to take light geese. Shotguns larger than ten (10) gauge shall not be legal for the take of light geese in Wyoming during the conservation order for mid-continent light geese. Automatic loading, pump, or repeating shotguns shall be plugged to admit no more than one (1) shell in the chamber and two (2) shells in the magazine.
  • (ii) Recorded or electrically amplified bird calls or sounds, or imitations thereof may be used to take light geese during the dates of the light goose conservation order.

(b) Evidence of Species. One fully feathered wing or the feathered head shall remain naturally attached to the carcass as a means of identification of all light geese in the field and while the birds are being transported.

(c) Nontoxic Shot Restrictions.

  • (i) No person shall take light geese while possessing shot shells loaded with shot other than nontoxic shot.

(d) Species and Hunt Areas, Conservation Order Dates, Shooting Hours, Closed Areas, Bag Limit.

  • (i) The Central Flyway portion of Wyoming, excluding the closed areas listed in Section 5, is open during the conservation order for mid-continent light geese. The Central Flyway is that portion of Wyoming east of the Continental Divide, excluding the Great Divide Basin. Please refer to the Wyoming Waterfowl Flyway Areas Map in Chapter 14, Late Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons.

    LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER, CENTRAL FLYWAY

    Species and Hunt

    Dates of Conservation Order

    Shooting Hours

    Closed Areas Section 5 Subsections

    Bag Limit

    Areas

    Opens

    Closes

    Daily

    Possession

    LIGHT GEESE Central Flyway

    Feb. 22

    Apr. 10

    See Sec. 6

    a(i), a(ii), b, c, d

    a(iii) after March

    20

    20

    Unrestricted

  • (ii) Those areas within the boundaries of the Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt, including Bump-Sullivan Reservoir, shall be open to the taking of light geese during the light goose conservation order. Pits/blinds shall be occupied on a first-come, first-served basis and shall not be claimed or reserved by leaving personal belongings, including decoys, unattended at the pit/blind at any time. Conservation order participants are not required to possess a Bump-Sullivan managed goose hunt permit or a goose special management registration nor are they required to hunt from a pit/blind during the light goose conservation order.

040-48 Wyo. Code R. § 48-4

Amended, Eff. 6/3/2015.