Game and Fish hosting 2020 season setting meetings statewide

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is holding public meetings and has opened a comment period to gather public input on several hunting season regulations. Game and Fish sets hunting seasons annually based on public input, annual harvest data, population monitoring data, individual herd unit objectives and ongoing habitat evaluations. The regulations include:
 

  • Chapter 2, General Hunting Regulation
  • Chapter 5, Antelope Hunting Seasons
  • Chapter 6, Deer Hunting Seasons
  • Chapter 7, Elk Hunting Seasons
  • Chapter 8, Moose Hunting Seasons
  • Chapter 9, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat Hunting Seasons
  • Chapter 11, Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Seasons
  • Chapter 14, Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons and Light Goose Conservation Order
  • Chapter 15, Wild Bison Recreational Hunting Season
  • Chapter 20, Fall and Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Seasons


The meetings will address the above regulation proposals:
 

DateTimeCity/TownLocation
March 246 p.m.SaratogaTown Hall
March 256 p.m.BaggsValley Community Center
March 254 p.m.BuffaloJohnson County Library 
March 256 p.m.CokevilleTown Hall
March 256 p.m.GlenrockTown Hall
March 255 p.m.GreybullTown Hall
March 256 p.m.MeeteetseConservation District
March 257 p.m.NewcastleUSDA Building
March 256 p.m.RivertonFremont County Library
March 254 p.m.SheridanSheridan Game and Fish Office
March 254 p.m.SundanceCrook County Courthouse 
March 256 p.m.ThayneThayne Elementary School
March 256 p.m.TorringtonPlatte Valley Bank Conference Center
March 266 p.m.DuboisHeadwaters Arts and Conference Center
March 266 p.m.JacksonJackson Game and Fish Office
March 266 p.m.KayceeJohnson County Library
March 266 p.m.KemmererSouth Lincoln Training and Events Center
March 266 p.m.PinedalePinedale Game and Fish Office
March 265:30 p.m.PowellPark County Fairgrounds
March 266 p.m.ThermopolisBig Horn Federal Savings
March 266 p.m.WheatlandPlatte County Public Library
March 276 p.m.CheyenneCheyenne Game and Fish Office
March 289 a.m.CasperCasper Game and Fish Office
March 289 a.m.DouglasConverse County Library
March 282 p.m.LuskNiobrara County Fairgrounds Office
March 305:30 p.m.CodyPark County Library
March 306 p.m.LaramieLaramie Game and Fish Office
March 305 p.m.LovellFire Hall
March 306  p.m.LymanTown Hall
March 316 p.m.EvanstonUinta County Library
March 314 p.m.GilletteCampbell County Library 
March 316 p.m.RawlinsJeffrey Memorial Center
March 316 p.m.WorlandWashakie County Fairgrounds
April 16 p.m.Green RiverGreen River Game and Fish Office
April 16 p.m.LanderLander Game and Fish Office
April 16 p.m.SheridanSheridan Game and Fish Office
 


Written comments shall be accepted through 5 p.m. on April 3, 2020 at public meetings, online or by mailing: 

Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Regulations
3030 Energy Lane
Casper, WY 82604 


Copies of the proposed regulations are available on the Game and Fish website and at the address above in accordance with Chapter 1 Regulation Governing Access to Public Records.

Written comments shall be presented to the Game and Fish Commission prior to the public hearing at their April 2020 meeting in Riverton.

The Game and Fish Department supports the Americans with Disabilities Act. Every effort will be made for reasonable accommodations by contacting the nearest Game and Fish office.

 

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