Most big game hunting seasons are now over and many of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Wildlife Habitat Management Areas (WHMA) that provide big game winter range are now closed to public access for the season.

According to Wyoming Game and Fish Habitat and Access Branch Chief, Ray Bredehoft, seasonal closures minimize stress-causing disturbance to wintering deer, elk and other wildlife.   The closures also reduce the human and recreational impacts to the forage, which supports wintering wildlife.  The closures are for any human presence unless otherwise noted.  The Habitat and Access Branch is responsible for implementing the following closures:
   

HABITAT AREAS	NEAREST TOWN	DATES AREA CLOSED	RESTRICTIONS
Forbes/Sheep Mountain	Albany	Jan. 1 through April 30
Grey’s River	Alpine	Dec. 1 through April 30
Wick/Beumee	Arlington	Nov. 16 through May 15	Only lands south of I-80 are closed
Bud Love	Buffalo	Dec. 01 through May 14
Sunlight	Cody	Dec. 16 through April 30
Inberg/Roy (East Fork)	Dubois	Dec. 16 through May 15
Spence & Moriarity	Dubois	Dec. 16 through May 15	East Fork County Road and the portion east of the road is open year round
Whiskey Basin	Dubois	Dec. 1 through May 15	Closed to vehicles only - Open to foot/horse traffic
Medicine Lodge	Hyattville	Dec. 26 through June 30	Medicine Lodge Creek open to foot access for fishing
Renner	Hyattville	Dec. 1 through May 31	Lower portion remains open year round
Camp Creek	Jackson	Dec. 01 through April 30
Horse Creek	Jackson	Dec. 01 through April 30
South Park	Jackson	Jan. 01 through April 30	Closed to vehicle traffic Dec 1 through April 30.  Signed area open to foot traffic Dec 1 through December 31
Ed O. Taylor	Kaycee	Dec. 16 through April 30
Red Canyon	Lander	Dec. 1 through April 30
Sunshine	Meeteetse	Dec. 1 through May 31	Closed to vehicles year round - Closed to human presence Dec 1 - May 31. Foot or horseback allowed June 1 to November 30.
Half Moon	Pinedale	Nov. 21 through April 30
Soda Lake	Pinedale	Nov. 21 through April 30
Fall Creek	Pinedale	Nov. 21 through April 30
Morgan Creek	Rawlins	Dec. 1 through April 30	Closed to vehicles only - Open to foot/horse traffic
Pennock Mountain	Saratoga	Dec. 1 through April 30	Closed to vehicles only - Open to foot/horse traffic
Amsden Creek	Sheridan	Nov. 1  through May 31	Closed to vehicles
Amsden Creek	Sheridan	Nov. 16 through April 30
Kerns	Sheridan	Nov. 1 through May 31	Closed to vehicles
Kerns	Sheridan	Nov. 16 through May 31
Laramie Peak	Wheatland	Feb. 1 through April 30	Laramie Peak is open all year except for Hay Canyon, Tony Ridge, and Duck Creek Canyon areas which are closed from February 1 through April 30 each year.